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IANS- The new managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva warned of an economic slowdown in 2019 in 90 per cent of the world during her first speech at the helm of the multilateral organization. “In 2019, we expect slower growth in nearly 90 per cent of the world. The global […]
Ritu Jha- Mukesh Aghi, president and CEO of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), told indica on the sidelines of the Fourth US-India Conference Sept 27 that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s joint rally with President Donald Trump in Houston Sept 22 showed “the Indian diaspora is now a political force to be reckoned with” […]
indica News Bureau- The right-wing news website Breitbart.com has published a report that claims that Indian visa workers are driving Americans out of what it called ‘middle-class jobs’. A report published on the website last week cited census data that shows that one in seven software developers in Hudson County, New Jersey, was born […]
IANS- Driven by a view that data is wealth (or “new oil”) that needs to be secured and controlled for the development of the nation, India has advocated data localization — the storage of personal data on servers located within the physical boundaries of the country. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi put it at Davos […]
Ritu Jha- Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Smart City mission may have proved a nonstarter, but researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business are hopeful about the Smart Village mission. The premier B-school’s Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Meghalaya government to help […]
indica News Bureau- Petronet LNG Ltd, a joint sector gas company in India, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the US-based Tellurian last month for import of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The MoU was signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s highly publicized visit to Houston, Texas, for the ‘Howdy, Modi!’ rally. However, the […]
IANS- Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Ivanka Trump have announced an initiative to provide 250,000 training opportunities over the next five years for the US citizens to learn new-age technology skills. Pichai made the announcement with Ivanka Trump at a round-table event in Dallas on Thursday, reports CNET. The Google CEO, in the line of […]
IANS- The US on Thursday expressed its displeasure over some of India’s trade protectionist measures especially related to small retailers but also reaffirmed commitment to come up with a trade deal soon. At a panel discussion during the World Economic Forum’s 33rd India Economic Summit here, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said that the US […]
indica News Bureau- A Korean American engineer has sued chipmaker Intel Corp for allegedly allowing its Indian managers to illegally favor Indians in hiring and promotions, the far-right news outlet Breitbart reported. According to Hoseong Ryu’s lawsuit filed in California, “Throughout the course of his employment, Ryu has worked in an environment with management […]
IANS- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has promised his employees to “fight and win” if Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren wins the 2020 election and moves forward with her stated plan to break up the big US tech firms. Adopting a more aggressive style than he habitually uses in his public appearances, Zuckerberg directed his remarks […]
