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TOKYO, 17th May, 2025 (WAM) – Japan's economy shrank an annualised real 0.7% in the January-March period, the first contraction in a year, government data showed, underscoring that domestic demand was ...

The DMK chief's demands came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the chief ministers to increase the speed of development in states in order to achieve the goal of a 'Viksit Bharat' or developed ...

Pakistan is set to raise its defence budget to Rs2.8 trillion for the fiscal year 2025-26, marking a 32% increase from last ...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday proposed forming three sub – groups on GDP growth, population ...

Republican budget hawks got steamrolled this week as the House passed a bill to advance President Trump’s agenda, sending ...

House Republicans are pushing a plan to tax money transfers sent by foreigners residing in the U.S. to friends and ...

Domestic and family violence is a serious, widespread and preventable problem. It has severe and long-term effects on victim-survivors, their families and the broader community. In 2022-23, 18,255 ...

Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called President Trump’s 5% NATO defense spending goal “very difficult” for most ...

Pakistan has reaffirmed its commitment to fiscal consolidation and the International Monetary Fund will conduct its next ...

Romania and Bulgaria need to increase defense spending beyond 2% of GDP to strengthen NATO's southeastern flank amid ...

We don’t always have the answers, but we have some people on speed dial who do — which is why we present to you our series FYI where we have experts explain if lip balm is actually bad, how ...