Day: April 17, 2020

Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels exchange prisoners

2:56 pm April 17, 2020

Kyiv: Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels exchanged 34 prisoners Thursday in the latest trade aimed at creating conditions that could lead to the end of the six-year war in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian president’s office said. Ukraine took back 20 of its citizens in the swap with the two separatist entities in the rebel-controlled east, […]

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Bolsonaro fires popular Brazil health minister amid pandemic

2:42 pm April 17, 2020

Rio De Janeiro: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, whose dismissive stance toward the COVID-19 pandemic has angered many health experts, fired his popular health minister following a series of disagreements over the proper response to contain the virus’ spread in South America’s most populous country. Luiz Henrique Mandetta, an orthopedist, had garnered support for his handling […]

Cohen's book foreword: Trump 'wouldn't mind if I was dead'

Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen being released from prison

2:33 pm April 17, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and longtime fixer Michael Cohen will be released from federal prison to serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement amid the coronavirus pandemic, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Cohen is currently locked up at FCI Otisville in New York after pleading guilty […]

PM says RBI measures will enhance liquidity

2:23 pm April 17, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the announcements made by the Reserve Bank of India will greatly enhance liquidity and improve credit supply. “These steps would help our small businesses, MSMEs, farmers and the poor. It will also help all states by increasing WMA limits,” he said on Twitter. RBI Governor Shaktikanta […]

Economic growth will only move upwards: Shaktikanta Das

RBI to ensure adequate liquidity in system; cuts reverse repo rate by 25 bps

2:18 pm April 17, 2020

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the central bank will ensure adequate liquidity in the system to ease the financial stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The central bank reduced the reverse repo rate – the rate at which banks park their fund with the central bank – by […]