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stark choice in the second round of its presidential election on November 19th. Sergio Massa, the current finance minister whose government is presiding over inflation of 138% and a bizarre system of various official exchange rates, is facing Javier Milei. Mr Milei is a libertarian who says he wants to tear down the system, borrowing ideas from Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman and other free-market economists.

Gautam Adani, the Chairman of apples-to-airports Adani Group, spoke about the opportunity he saw in the decline of China's project to spread a global footprint. “I anticipate that China, which was seen as the foremost champion of globalization, will feel increasingly isolated.

(This story originally appeared in on Nov 09, 2023)

MPs/MLAs' to monitor early disposal of criminal cases pending against the members of parliament and the legislative assemblies," said one of the directions passed by the bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra. The Supreme Court bench also directed high courts to create an independent tab on the website to provide district-wise information about the details of year of the filing, number of subject cases pending and the stage of proceedings.

₹24,600 per month by 2022-end to ₹28,500 per month by September-end 2023. At Sarjapur Road, average monthly rents increased from ₹24,000 per month in 2022-end to ₹30,500 per month in September 2023". Also read: Tax implications for non-residents selling ancestral property in India Besides Bengaluru, housing rents have soared in other metropolitan cities including Hyderabad, Pune, Delhi and Mumbai.

TBO Tek, a leading travel distribution platform, has filed a draft offer document with market regulator Sebi to raise funds through an IPO. The issue includes fresh equity of Rs 400 crore and an offer for sale of up to 1.56 crore shares. Under the OFS, promoters Gaurav Bhatnagar, Manish Dhingra, LAP Travel and other selling shareholders TBO Korea, Augusta TBO will offload the shares. TBO simplifies the business of travel for suppliers such as hotels, airlines and retail buyers such as travel agencies and enterprise buyers that include tour operators, and travel management companies through the two-sided technology platform that enables suppliers and buyers to transact seamlessly with each other. The platform connects over 1,47,000 buyers across more than 100 countries with over one million suppliers, as of June 2023.

₹ 400 crore through an initial public offering (IPO). The company's IPO comprises a fresh issue of up to ₹400 crore.

Prezzee, the gift card company backed by billionaire Shaun Bonett, has cut about 10 per cent of its workforce, largely in its technology team.

Optus that cut off internet and phone connections to nearly half of its population, causing widespread chaos and leading some small business customers to seek compensation. More than 10 million Australians, 40% of the population, were hit by the 12-hour network blackout at the nation's No. 2 telco firm for much of Wednesday, triggering fury and frustration among customers and raising concerns about the country's telecommunications infrastructure.

Disney CEO Bog Iger has said that the media conglomerate would like to stay in the Indian market even as it is considering options for the Star India business, which is also known as Disney Star. «We'd like to stay in that market. But we're also looking to see whether we can, obviously, strengthen our hand and improve the bottom line,» Iger said in response to a question about the company's India business during the Q4 2023 earnings call. While stating that Disney is considering various options for the India business, which comprises 77 TV channels and one streaming platform, Disney+ Hotstar, Iger added that the company has an opportunity to strengthen its hand in the market. «We're considering our options there.

weather depends partly on what the northern polar jet stream is up to. Jet streams are powerful and persistent winds that snake around the Earth from west to east, several miles above the surface. The meanderings of the northern polar jet stream can bring cold air down from the Arctic over the American Midwest, or send waves of Atlantic storms crashing into Ireland or Scandinavia.

That is not democratic. We need a reasonable peace plan to end this, this is a country whose president just last week was hailing a Nazi in his own ranks." The incident refers to the Canadian Parliament giving an ovation to 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka who served a Nazi unit in Worl War II. Vivek Ramaswamy’s position earned rebukes from the other Republican Presidential hopefuls Nikki Haley and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who said Washington should support Kyiv against Russia’s war against the country.

The bank discriminated against Armenian Americans, federal regulators say.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told a senior Chinese military official that Moscow and Beijing should expand their cooperation on military satellites and other prospective defense technologies

Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia are moving forward in their quests to join the European Union

The German government’s panel of independent economic advisers is forecasting that the country's economy will shrink by 0.4% this year and grow only by a relatively modest 0.7% next year

Close to 400 people connected to fossil fuel industries in some way or another attended last year’s United Nations climate talks in Egypt

Ireland has taken a big step to ease the immigration process for nurses, a critical job in the country. In response to a substantial visa backlog, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland has announced a «one-off» extension of the validity of English tests for these nurses, extending the period for three months. This decision was prompted by the challenging situation faced by nearly 1,000 nurses from abroad. They were at risk of their completed English tests expiring before they could secure their visas to practice in Ireland. Think you check all the immigration boxes? Find out Nurses moving to Ireland for work in thehealthcare system from foreign countries are required to submit a completed English test as part of their visa application, in line with the standard practice in the country. This problem had previously emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic due to travel restrictions, which prevented applicants from traveling to Ireland to renew their tests or take necessary actions, leading to test expiration issues. “On recognition of the delays caused beyond the control of the applicants, NMBI decided to offer a once-off extension to nurses and midwives impacted by visa delays,” an NMBI spokesperson told The PIE. The delays in visa processing also led to visa rejections from the Department of Justice for some nurses, compounding the problem. The NMBI is currently working to process the existing backlog of applications that arose due to these visa delays attributed to issues within the Department of Justice, as stated by their spokesperson.

(This story originally appeared in on Nov 07, 2023)

Russia is in a difficult situation as a result of the protracted conflict in Ukraine. It has turned to former defence allies for assistance in an effort to replenish its military weapons. Moscow is notably focused on Pakistan.

Asian share markets rallied on Thursday and the dollar was weaker after most U.S stocks edged higher and the S&P 500 recorded its longest winning streak in two years, with investors on high alert for signs that global interest rates have peaked. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was flat, although up 4.6% so far this month. The yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes reached 4.5059% compared with a U.S.