Day: October 2, 2020

Europe’s central bank moves toward introducing digital euro

9:28 pm October 2, 2020

Frankfurt: With consumers increasingly using cashless ways to buy things, the European Central Bank on Friday took a step closer to issuing a digital version of the euro currency shared by 19 countries, saying it had to be ready to launch digital money if a changing world requires it. The central bank issued a comprehensive […]

Two lakh jobs added in IT sector since 2019: Prasad

Crisis in Bihar NDA will be defused, asserts Ravi Shankar Prasad

9:24 pm October 2, 2020

Patna: BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda has authorized “three-four people” to intervene and defuse the crisis in the NDA in Bihar ahead of the Assembly polls, senior party leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Friday. Prasad, who represents Bihar’s Patna Sahib constituency in the Lok Sabha, did not disclose whom the BJP chief has assigned that task, but asserted […]

Indian-origin billionaire brothers win bid to buy UK supermarket chain Asda

9:21 pm October 2, 2020

London: Indian-origin billionaire brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa are set to acquire a majority stake in the leading UK supermarket chain Asda from its US owner Walmart after a USD 8.8-billion deal was struck as part of a consortium involving private equity firm TDR Capital. The Issa brothers, whose parents moved to the UK from Gujarat in the 1970s, own the Euro Garages […]

European Council President Charles Michel

The Latest: EU council head wishes Trump speedy recovery

9:13 pm October 2, 2020

Brussels: Speaking in the name of all 27 EU leaders, European Council president Charles Michel wished Donald Trump a prompt recovery after the U.S. president and his wife tested positive for coronavirus. Speaking after a two-day meeting of heads of states and governments from the bloc in Brussels, Michel was asked by a reporter what lessons could […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump’s age, health woes raise his risk for COVID-19 illness

9:09 pm October 2, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump has several strikes against him — age, obesity, elevated cholesterol and being male — that could put him at greater risk of becoming seriously ill from the coronavirus infection he disclosed late Thursday. Trump and first lady Melania Trump, who also tested positive, “are both well at this time” and plan to remain at […]