India’s Madhya Pradesh state to develop economic relations with Gulf

NEW DELHI: The Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has announced plans for developing economic relations with the Arabian Gulf countries. The state government will organise a ‘Mini-Investors’ Meet’ next year in the state capital Bhopal, which will be exclusively focused on enhancing investment ties with the Gulf. This was announced in a report on the […]

Net neutrality supporters ask court to reconsider ruling that upheld FCC repeal

WASHINGTON: The fight to reinstate net neutrality rules could return to federal court, if consumer groups and tech companies including Mozilla get their way. The maker of the Firefox web-browser joined other tech firms and public-interest advocates to fire their latest salvo Friday: They asked a panel of judges to rehear a case that upheld […]

UAE to utilise renewable and traditional energy sources to meet future demand says official

Abu Dhabi: No one source of energy will be enough to meet with the global energy transition, as both renewables along with traditional sources such as oil and gas will be needed to meet with rising demand, according to Dr Matar Al Neyadi, undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy, who laid out the UAE’s energy […]

UK business malaise deepened before election — PMI

London: British businesses endured their worst downturn since mid-2016 in the run-up to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s landslide victory in a national election last week, a survey showed on Monday. The ‘flash’ early reading of the IHS Markit/CIPS UK Purchasing Managers’ Indexes (PMI) for Britain showed on Monday that the decline in both the services […]

Key points in the US-China ‘phase one’ deal

WASHINGTON: After nearly two-years of bare-knuckle battling, Washington and Beijing on Friday at last announced a bargain to end the dispute. The agreement came two months after US President Donald Trump first announced a “phase one” deal. Below are major elements of the deal announced on Friday. Agreement in principle: The world’s top two economies […]