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Two senior Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives have called on the Biden administration to tighten export controls on advanced semiconductors to China. The lawmakers, Michael McCaul and Mike Gallagher, chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Select Committee on China respectively, expressed concerns over the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) lax enforcement of existing rules. The call for action comes amid advancements by China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and Huawei Technologies.

China's decision against inviting Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing to the third Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) forum in Beijing this week was part of its diplomatic optics to avoid global criticism. It however sent invitation to Junta Deputy Prime Minister and Transport and Communications Minister General Mya Tun Oo for attending the forum.

2024 Mercedes-Benz E-Class LWB boasts dimensions of 5,092 mm in length, 1,880 mm in width, and 1,493 mm in height, with a wheelbase spanning 3,094 mm. In comparison to its predecessor, it is 18 mm longer and 20 mm wider, with the 15 mm longer wheelbase primarily accounting for the 18 mm length increment. From an exterior perspective, the latest Mercedes-Benz E-Class LWB bears a striking resemblance to the standard wheelbase variant.

climate «loss and damages» ahead of COP28 ended in failure Saturday, with countries from the global north and south unable to reach an agreement, according to sources involved in the talks. The agreement to set up a dedicated fund to help vulnerable countries cope with climate «loss and damage» was a flagship achievement of last year's COP27 talks in Egypt. But countries left the details to be worked out later.

Pakistan's ballistic missile program. A U.S. State Department statement identified the firms as General Technology Limited, Beijing Luo Luo Technology Development Co Ltd, and Changzhou Utek Composite Company Ltd. It said General Technology had worked to supply brazing materials used to join components in ballistic missile rocket engines and in the production of combustion chambers; Beijing Luo Luo had worked to supply mandrels and other machinery, which can be used in the production of solid-propellant rocket motors, the U.S.

Florida lawmakers will return for a special session to impose additional sanctions against Iran, express support for Israel and provide additional security to protect Jewish institutions in Florida

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Catch all the LIVE updates here Soon after the announcement was made about the change in timings, the countdown timer which was displayed on the monitors at Satish Dhawan Space Centre was also removed. The 13-hour countdown commenced on Friday at 7pm.

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₹90 billion. If it succeeds, India will become only the fourth country to send a human into space after the Soviet Union, the US, and China.

Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday that the government is looking at reducing its debt burden further and has already resorted to prudent spending by resisting the temptation of fiscal profligacy, especially after the pandemic, to avoid burdening future generations. In her inaugural speech at the Kautilya Economic Conclave 2023 in the capital, a few months ahead of the interim Budget for FY25, she said: «For every decision that we take today, we are conscious of what burden it is going to leave to the next generation. It's very easy to be profligate.» The Centre aims to bring down its fiscal deficit to 4.5% of GDP by FY26 from the budgeted 5.9% for FY24. The global economy, she said, is bearing the brunt of simultaneous wars in places that can severely affect supply chains. The Israel-Hamas war has already stoked fresh uncertainties about the global supply chains — especially of food and energy — already hit by the Ukraine war and the pandemic. Debt-to-GDP ratio In such critical junctures, however, the decades-old multilateral institutions have become less effective, Sitharaman said, highlighting the urgent need for reforming them. As for the government's debt policy, she said: «We are conscious of the debt of the government.

Lynas Rare Earths reported a 21.8 per cent fall in first-quarter revenue, dragged down by lower production, and is preparing to shut down all bar one of its operations in Malaysia in the December quarter.

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Indian Army deliberated on the Russia-Ukraine war and Israel-Hamas conflict at a five-day conclave to draw relevant lessons besides focusing on ways to make the force «future ready» in line with with emerging contours of threats and challenges. The situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China and ways to enhance the Army's combat readiness to deal with any contingencies also figured at the Army Commanders' Conference that took place in Delhi from October 16 to 20.

PTI. "India remains standout overweight. We increase our overweight stance on Indian equities and as our most-preferred emerging market," PTI quoted a brokerage note as saying on Friday.

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HONG KONG—China is strengthening restrictions on exports of graphite, a key mineral needed for the production of electric-vehicle batteries and fuel cells, the latest move in an intensifying global tussle over the building blocks of critical technologies. Citing national-security concerns, China’s Commerce Ministry said Friday that exports of several categories of natural and synthetic graphite materials would require permits under a system used to control trade in items with dual civilian and military uses starting Dec.

Morgan Stanley has upgraded India to «standout overweight» citing that the relative economic and earnings growth is improving and the macro-stability setup looks sufficient to withstand the higher real rate environment. «India remains standout overweight. We increase our overweight stance on Indian equities and as our most-preferred emerging market,» the brokerage said in a note on Friday.

By Nerijus Adomaitis

Xi Jinping won power in 2012, the government has grown more repressive and society less vibrant. Censors have turned the internet into a drearier place, while letting nationalist trolls drum in the state’s talking-points. At university students must grapple with Mr Xi’s forbidding personal ideology.