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New Delhi: To promote the use of digital payment systems to encourage transparency, financial inclusion and prepare a roadmap in this regard, the Modi...

Washington: President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the US Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, said on Wednesday the administration would make tax reform and...

Gao (Mali): Militants have struck two airports in northern Mali with an explosives-laden truck and rockets, residents and a security source said on...

Tunis: Tunisia is seeking to firm up actual investment deals to go along with a series of pledges of financial support it has received at an international...

Mosul/Baghdad: The United Nations issued a fresh warning on Wednesday about the humanitarian situation in eastern Mosul where the US-backed Iraqi army is...

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin named deputy finance minister Maxim Oreshkin as Russia's new economy minister on Wednesday, two weeks after the...

Patna: Stepping up her attack on the Centre over demonetisation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday dubbed the drive as "super...

United Nations: The United Nations Security Council imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday that aim to cut the Asian country's annual export...

Beirut: The Syrian government said it had recaptured a district of Aleppo on Wednesday, but rebels vowed to fight on despite losing a third of their sector...

Beijing: The Chinese military on Wednesday parried questions over assertions by a Pakistani naval official that PLA will deploy its naval ships, submarines...