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By Patricia Zengerle

(Updated — December 6, 2023 12:11 PM EST)

Two recent back-to-back events have helped showcase India’s rise in the polity of nations: the country’s successful hosting of the G20 summit, which managed some path-breaking geopolitical agreements, and the Chandrayaan-3 mission that was executed flawlessly and cost effectively, validating India’s space industry. India is being seen as a country with a deep history and culture that is moving forward firmly.

When the Center for Strategic and International Studies simulated a war between the U.S. and China over Taiwan, the wargame ended with Taiwan still free, at grievous cost. The U.S.

WASHINGTON—During more than a dozen phone calls to discuss the war in Gaza between President Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a U.S. official, who has become increasingly involved in the administration’s handling of the conflict, was listening in: Vice President Kamala Harris.

Gaza's Health ministry over 16,000 Palestinians have lost their lives in Gaza. Meanwhile, in an interview with CNN, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has informed that they have killed ‘two Palestinian for every Hamas militant’ in their relentless bombing and intensive ground offensive in Gaza.

(Reuters) -Oil prices rose slightly in Asian trade on Wednesday, after posting losses for four sessions, as investors weighed the effectiveness of an extension in OPEC+ cuts on tightening supplies against worries of a worsening demand outlook in China.

Nifty50 has been on a bull run, hitting record high for the fourth straight session on the back of stellar GDP growth in the September quarter, foreign investors inflows returning to Indian equities, stabalising dollar and yields, and hopes of a rate cut sooner than anticipated. Moreover, state election results indicating a very high probability of policy continuity also aided the sentiment. Indian markets also saw a strong rally in November, rising 5.5 percent after a weak October following strong global cues as the risk of worst-case scenarios reduced both internationally and in India.

A new study in the US suggests some market players placed bets in anticipation of Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israeli targets in which more than 1,200 people were killed. While it’s unsettling to contemplate profits made off terror, could trading patterns serve as intelligence inputs for agencies tasked with thwarting such attacks? If market participants have information about what’s going to happen, no matter how few they are, it might be useful to watch out for suspicious activity. But linking any market trades to foreknowledge of violence is easier said than done.

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Israel, the State Department said Tuesday it will impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of recent attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the step after warning Israel last week that President Joe Biden's administration would be taking action over the attacks. Blinken did not announce individual visa bans, but department spokesman Matthew Miller said the bans would be implemented starting Tuesday and would cover «dozens» of settlers and their families, with more to come if the settler violence continued. He wouldn't give a number and refused to identify any of those targeted due to confidentiality reasons. The decision comes at a sensitive moment in U.S.-Israeli relations.

WASHINGTON : The US State Department will impose visa bans against individuals involved in undermining peace, security or stability in the occupied West Bank, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Tuesday announcing a new visa restriction policy. The restrictions will target those who have committed acts of violence or taken other actions that restrict civilians' access to essential services and basic necessities and may also apply to those individuals' family members, Blinken said. President Joe Biden and other senior U.S.

Human rights lawyers have gone to court in the Netherlands to call for a halt to the export of fighter jet parts to Israel that are being used in attacks on Gaza

While Ukrainian diplomats take part in negotiations at the United Nations COP28 climate talks, Russia’s war on the country lurks just in the background

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Also Read: Israel-Hamas war: How AI helps Israel army select bombing targets in Gaza Short selling is a way to bet against the value of a security. It is a trading strategy aimed at making a profit off an asset that is expected to drop in price. The seller ‘borrows’ a security and sells it on the open market with the goal of buying it back later at a lower price and pocketing the difference.

Wall Street Journal report mentions that Israel plans to flood the tunnel system in Gaza with seawater. Israel has assembled a large system of pumps that may be used to flood tunnels used by militant group Hamas under the Gaza strip in a bid to drive out fighters, the report mentioned.

Hamas attack on the kibbutz of Nir Oz started a little after 6:30 a.m. on October 7 and lasted long into the afternoon, with dozens of fighters rampaging unopposed through the community with an apparent mission: To capture as many civilians as possible. By the time the last fighter left, one in five residents of Nir Oz was a hostage.

Investing.com-- Oil prices rose in Asian trade on Tuesday as focus remained on a potential escalation in the Israel-Hamas conflict, although disappointing OPEC+ cuts and strength in the dollar kept crude trading near five-month lows. 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Oil prices held steady on Tuesday amid uncertainty over voluntary output cuts by OPEC+ and as continued tension in the Middle East spurred supply concern.