Новости за 01.02.2024

KAMPONG THOM, Cambodia, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Thursday broke ground for the construction of the Dang Kambet reservoir here in the country's central part, with the concessional financing from the Export-Import Bank of China (China EximBank).

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday spoke of the 'Amrit Kaal' - the 25-year period till 20247 to make India a developed country - and said the government will facilitate high and more resource-efficient economic growth while working towards energy security. Presenting the Interim Budget 2024-25 in Parliament today, the Minister said it is an important policy priority

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Former CEO NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant after the interim budget presentation in parliament, said that the budget is very reflective of inclusive growth. "The budget is very reflective of inclusive growth. It is reflective of the confidence of the government that will come into the long-term budget. It believes in micro-economic fundamentals. It believes in bringing financial discipline, no

Islamabad [Pakistan], February 1 (ANI): The Pakistan police have intensified the crackdown on Pakistan Tehree-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders and workers and have picked up over three dozen more party workers for being allegedly involved in violence during a rally at Teen Talwar over the weekend, Dawn reported. They have been arrested on charges of rioting and attacking policemen, among other crimes. "39 more persons have been appr

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): After the presentation of the interim budget, the Executive Director of the IMF and the Former Chief Economic Advisor KV Subramaniam on Thursday termed the budget as Judicious on the fiscal front, non-populace and visionary. "...Overall, that is how I would assess it - judicious on the fiscal front, non-populace because it is more of the same and visionary because many other steps on i

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday slammed Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's interim budget speech and said that not "very much came out of it" and that she used "vague" and "rhetorical language.""It was one of the shortest speeches on record in the Budget. Not very much came out of it. As usual, a lot of rhetorical language, very little concrete implementation... She tal

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): The government will lay a 'White Paper' on the table of the Parliament to look at where the country was till 2014 and where it is now, to draw lessons from the "mismanagement of those years", said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Talking about the economy, the Union Finance Minister, in her interim Budget speech on Thursday, said "The crisis of those years has been overcome,

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi said that the 2024 interim budget has addressed the aspirations of youth and women and given importance to science, innovation, and technology. "This is an interim budget, and Nirmala Sitharaman herself said that we will present the full budget on our own. This budget comes in a sequence that for the last 10 years the country has been moving to higher st

Protesting farmers clogged roads around Brussels on Thursday as they drove a convoy of around 1,000 tractors to the European Union headquarters, where leaders were gathering for talks. The move is part of a sustained push for better prices for agricultural produce and less red tape.

Islamabad [Pakistan], February 1 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will hold a crucial meeting to discuss the worsening state of law and order in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan, as reported by Geo News. Reportedly, there has been a surge in attacks on political rallies, offices and candidates, alongside terror incidents, particularly in these two provinces for the last few weeks. Rehan Zeb Khan, a

Washington, DC [US], February 1 (ANI): The US, Russia and China are battling for dominance to build and sell small modular reactors (SMRs), as per CNN. SMRs are smaller and less costly to build than traditional, large-scale reactors. They are fast becoming the next great hope for a nuclear renaissance as the world looks towards cutting fossil fuels. The Biden administration and American companies are putting billions of d

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): The Skill India Mission has trained 1.4 crore youth, upskilled and reskilled 54 lakh youth, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the interim budget for 2024-25. "The government of India established 3000 new ITIs. A large number of new institutions of higher learning, namely 7 IITs, 16 IIITs, 7 IIMs, 15 AIIMS and 390 universities, have been set up." added the

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman whose sartorial choices reflect her love for Indian handwoven textiles and crafts, remained true to her signature style when she picked a blue handloom saree for the presentation of the interim budget of the second term of the Modi government. For her sixth budget speech, which lasted for 58 minutes, Sitharaman chose a blue coloured tussar silk

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Stating that 'women and health' are significant for a developed India, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Executive Vice Chairperson, Shobana Kamineni on Thursday said that the Interim Budget 2024, presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament, covered both factors well. "First I am glad that it was delivered by a woman, so it gave a huge intent. It was a sharp budget.

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BRUSSELS - Farmers descended on Brussels to press a summit of European Union leaders to do more to help them with taxes, rising costs and cheap imports, throwing eggs at the European Parliament, starting fires near the building and setting off fireworks.

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Congress MP Manish Tewari responded sharply to Indian economist and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's presentation of the Interim Budget for the fiscal year 2024-25, labelling it a 'vote-on-account' whose only goal is to keep the government solvent for the first quarter of the current fiscal year. As soon as the budget for 2024-25 was made live, Congress MP Tewari told ANI, "It is

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Following the presentation of the Interim Budget 2024 in Parliament, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said that no sector has been left out and that today we have become a confident country in the world in terms of economy. "I thank Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and PM Modi for this budget. No sector has been left out...Today we have become a confident country in the world

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Calling the Interim Budget 2024, presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament, an encouraging one, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that the country will achieve the target of becoming a developed nation by 2047. "This is an encouraging budget...We are fully confident that we will achieve the target of becoming a developed nation by 2047," the Def

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], February 1 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Jagdish Devda praising the Interim Budget 2024-25 said on Thursday that the budget reflects the image of Viksit Bharat in it. "The budget is really good and worthy of a welcome. All poor, youth, women and farmers have been taken care of. The special thing for Madhya Pradesh is that all schemes that are running, Mad

(Austin, February 1, 2024) - Increasingly extreme rhetoric from political leaders and escalations of Texas' Operation Lone Star border deterrence program are increasing the risk to the lives and safety of immigrants and border residents alike, Human Rights Watch said today.

Bangkok - Members of the Russian-Belarus rock band Bi-2 who have been held in Thailand on immigration charges have been allowed to fly to Israel amid concerns they would be deported to Russia over the groups anti-war stance.

DELFT, The Netherlands: As part of its price reduction campaign that began in 2022, IKEA will further cut the prices of various products in several countries, including Belgium, Canada, and India.

HANOI, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) moved back above the 50.0 no-change mark at the start of the year, rising to 50.3 from 48.9 in December, according to the S&P Global Market Intelligence's report released on Thursday.