Adani loses Asia’s richest crown as stock rout deepens to $86 billion
The losses mark a dramatic setback for Adani, the school-dropout-turned-billionaire whose fortunes rose rapidly in recent years in line with stock values of his businesses.
Discharge of treated Fukushima plant water into ocean draws attention
TEPCO plans to gradually reduce the treated water over the next several decades during the decommissioning period.
Ending Pakistan’s recurring electricity crises — a seven-point action plan
The energy minister tried to downplay the blackout, saying it was not a major crisis, but it was possibly the worst crisis to hit the grid in the nation’s history.
Bangladesh electricity price hike “an anti-people decision”: Gano forum
The government on Jan 31 increased the electricity price by 5 per cent at the retail level, the second hike in 19 days.
Inflation softens to 5.28%, further alleviates pressure on Bank of Indonesia
Inflation in January was driven particularly by higher prices for food, beverages and tobacco, with Statistics Indonesia registering an annual increase of 5.82 per cent for that…
India’s poll-oriented budget doesn’t address unemployment, inflation: Opposition
Terming the Union Budget 2023-24 as “disappointing”, they said it was not addressing the real sentiment of the country..
India raises defence budget to $72.6 billion to modernise military
In the past few years, PM Narendra Modi has ramped up spending to modernize the military, which employs 1.38 million people. The total Indian defence budget is estimated at about…
Imran says govt lacked ‘understanding, interest’ when terrorism began to resurface
He made the remarks during a televised address, where he talked about terrorism at length and the steps the PTI government took.
South Korea foreign minister to lobby for UN seat, nuke talks on US trip
Seoul, which last served on the UN body from 2013 to 2014, is eyeing another term starting next year, a move it sees as part of its long-term Indo-Pacific strategy.
S’pore teen detained under ISA planned to declare caliphate on Coney Island, bomb army camp
The authorities said that he is believed to have acted alone and had not radicalised others.