Washington: The U.S. and Mexico entered the second day of discussions on migration and trade, with the stock market rebounding on positivism that an agreement could be close, though it was unclear if the Mexican promise to control migration flows were sufficient…
London: Ford will close its engine unit in Wales next year, costing around 1,700 jobs, the U.S. automotive giant announced. Britain’s car industry is already struggling owing to Brexit uncertainty and a worldwide race to fulfil the desire for deploying electric vehicles….
India plans to direct taxi aggregators like Ola and Uber to convert 40.0% of their car fleet to electric by April 2026, as per a source and data of government meetings to hold talks over new policies for clean mobility. Uber and…
Washington: Democratic presidential hopeful Jay Inslee unveiled an extensive plan to restore the U.S. leadership in the fight against climate change that involves proposals to settle hundreds of climate refugees and raise barriers on the import of fossil fuels. “Climate change is…
New York: Every American automotive plant depends on Mexican parts to manufacture cars or trucks. President Donald Trump’s threats to enforce tariffs of up to 25.0% on Mexican part imports by October is already jolting the U.S. auto industry. The tariffs could…
Washington: Two prominent US lawmakers have tabled a legislation in the House of Representatives to safeguard the work authorization of H-4 visa holders, mostly partners of Indian professionals holding H-1B visas. Most of H-4 visa holders are highly skilled professionals, and the…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is proposing raising $20 billion in Hong Kong via a second listing. The e-commerce giant is in talks with financial advisers on the projected offering, said some people with knowledge of the matter, who didn’t wish for their…
Kochi: SmartCity Kochi, a joint-venture organization of the Kerala government and Dubai Holding, has planned to raise Rs 4,000 crore from prospective investors in its phase III, IV and V by finishing the balance infrastructure development in its areas. “The phase III…
Since March, when Mike Pence, Vice President of the U.S., unexpectedly announced a program to get humans on the moon by 2024, NASA has been trying hard to pull off what many think is a near-impossible feat. But, the agency took a…
Now, Narender Modi is the leader with the largest populace mandate in the world. US President Obama, who met Modi in Myanmar during the ASEAN Summit in 2014 had said, “This man has the biggest electoral victory of all of us”. This…
