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BJP chief Shah touted as India’s next finance minister
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to name Amit Shah, the chief of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as the nation’s new finance minister after taking his oath of office for the second term on
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Dr M: Show proof Russia shot down MH17
TOKYO: The Malaysian government wants strong evidence to show that Russia is responsible for shooting down the MH17 flight in 2014, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He said Malaysia accepted the investigation report of Holland but only up
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Govt needs three years to reduce national debt- Dr M
PUCHONG: The government needs three years to reduce the national debt to ceiling level of 54% to the gross domestic product (GDP) from 80 % currently, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He said despite various challenges after taking
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#Pray for Neasamani- Subscribe to us for the cause
Nesamani: Who is he and why is the world praying for him? The hashtag #PrayForNeasamani has been trending worldwide since Wednesday. Tamilians flooded Twitter with posts weeping and expressing concern over a fictional character called Neasamani from the film Friends
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AG: Malaysia seeks to recover US$3.5b paid to IPIC
PUCHONG: The government plans to mount a legal challenge on the UK commercial court’s decision for a closed-door arbitration between its debt-ridden 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) and Aabar Investments PJS (Aabar). In a statement, Attorney
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Post-mortem report points to Payal Tadvi’s murder?
MUMBAI: The post-mortem report of Payal Tadvi, who allegedly ended her life after facing “extreme harassment” and casteist remarks, has revealed evidence of a ligature mark on her neck. Under ‘provisional cause of death’, the autopsy report stated ‘evidence of
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Modi to start second term without aide Arun Jaitley
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take his oath of office today along with his ministers. However, he suffered at the start of his second term when key aide and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley opted out of the government.
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Dr M: Malaysia will continue using Huawei technology
TOKYO: Malaysia will continue using Huawei products and is unperturbed by spying allegations levelled against the tech giant. “We are too small to have an impact on the company like Huawei, whose research is far bigger than the whole of
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Dr M: Let’s have gold based currencies
TOKYO: Malaysia is proposing a new currency based on gold as it is more stable as opposed to the present currency trading which is manipulative, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad . He said that gold can evaluate trading
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China accuses US of ‘naked economic terrorism’
BEIJING: China accused the US of ‘naked economic terrorism’ as the communist nation ramps up the rhetoric in their trade war. The world’s top two economies are at loggerheads as trade talks have apparently stalled, with US President Donald Trump
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