JOHANNESBURG / WAM HH Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, attended a reception hosted by Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa, to mark his country’s hosting of the 15th BRICS Summit. The annual summit is taking place in Johannesburg from August 22-24, bringing together heads of state and …

BLOOMBERG India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole after Russia’s attempt at a lunar touch down in the same area ended in failure following an engine malfunction. Chandrayaan-3 — India’s spacecraft that launched last month — achieved a soft landing at 6:04 pm local time on August 23, after Russia’s Luna-25 crashed into …

BLOOMBERG India’s inflation should abate in the coming months as policymakers are taking every possible step to cool down soaring prices, according to a top Finance Ministry official. “I am very confident that it is a temporary spike and will not sustain,” Finance Secretary TV Somanathan said in an interview in New Delhi. “Every instrument in the toolkit is being …