Modi’s investment call

Mumbai / AFP Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi renewed his call on Saturday for firms to invest in India and turn it into a global manufacturing hub, painting the country as a bright spot for investment in an uncertain world economy. The right-wing prime minister was addressing a gathering of industry leaders, CEOs and foreign dignitaries in the commercial capital ...

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Firms root for Emiratisation

Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business Emiratisation rang loud and clear at the recently-held National Career Exhibition 2016, in Sharjah. Backing UAE’s pledge to nurture local talent and provide superior training and growth opportunities to Emiratis, participating companies said they were fully dedicated to create a national workforce. Rashed Al Ansari, GM, Al Ansari Exchange, said, “We are eager to support ...

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Patriot missiles in S Korea

Seoul / AFP The United States has temporarily deployed an additional Patriot missile battery in South Korea following North Korea’s recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch, US Forces Korea said on Saturday. The move came as the two allies plan to start detailed discussions on bringing in an advanced, high-altitude US missile defence system opposed by China as early ...

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Venezuela prez under fire

Caracas / AFP Venezuela’s opposition vowed to speed up efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro after he defied lawmakers by securing emergency powers to intervene in the crisis-hit oil state’s economy. The maneuvers intensified a political standoff that has raised fears of unrest and deepening economic suffering in the oil-rich, violence-plagued South American state. The Supreme Court overruled opposition from ...

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UAE’s IT market to touch AED19.2 billion by 2019

ALKESH SHARMA Emirates Business Emirates’ Information and Technology industry is at an all-time high, courtesy the UAE government’s progressive policies and presence of world-class IT growth catalysts in the country. It expects a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of nearly 3.6 percent over the period of 2015-2019, suggests a Business Monitor International (BMI) Research report. According to the survey, the ...

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Protests over pension reforms rock Athens

Athens / AFP Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Athens on Saturday in solidarity with farmers who have blocked dozens of highways and border crossings in recent weeks in protest over a pensions overhaul. An estimated 12,000 people gathered in the Greek capital’s central Syntagma Square outside parliament, police said. More than half were members of the communist-leaning Pame trade union, ...

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Modi renews plea for manufacturing investment

Mumbai / afp Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi renewed his call on Saturday for firms to invest in India and turn it into a global manufacturing hub, painting the country as a bright spot for investment in an uncertain world economy. The right-wing prime minister was addressing a gathering of industry leaders, CEOs and foreign dignitaries in the commercial capital ...

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USA deploys more Patriot missiles in South Korea

Seoul / AFP The United States has temporarily deployed an additional Patriot missile battery in South Korea following North Korea’s recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch, US Forces Korea said on Saturday. The move came as the two allies plan to start detailed discussions on bringing in an advanced, high-altitude US missile defence system opposed by China as early ...

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Russia decries ‘new Cold War’ as East-West strains cloud talks

Munich / AFP The world has plunged into a “new Cold War”, the Russian premier said on Saturday, as East-West tensions over Ukraine and Syria took centre-stage at a gathering of world leaders in Germany. “We have slid into a new period of Cold War,” Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told the audience at the Munich Security Conference. “Almost every day ...

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Hungarians protest state’s grip on education

Budapest / AFP Thousands of Hungarians angry at the state’s tight grip on public education rallied on Saturday in Budapest, in one of the biggest street protests against Prime Minister Viktor Orban in recent years. Soon after coming to power in 2010, his rightwing government launched sweeping reforms of the public education system, which it said was too liberal and ...

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