Blackstone plans to double its investments in India to $100 billion within five years, with chief operating officer Jonathan Gray describing the country as the firm’s best-performing market and expressing confidence in
Colombo, June 23, 2024 — The Sri Lanka Public Utilities Commission (PUCSL) has refused to grant approval for the procurement of the 484 MW Mannar and Punarin wind farms to India’s Adani
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Century-old Japanese financial institution Norinchukin Bank has announced plans to sell approximately 10 trillion yen (about 63 billion U.S. dollars) in overseas bonds, primarily U.S. and European government bonds, by the end
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In early June, a rumour began to circulate – which was widely reported in the Indian press as true – that the government of Saudi Arabia had allowed its petrodollar agreement with the United States to
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The Deep State should have been alert five years ago when Candidate Joe Biden announced that he, if elected as president, was determined to make the Saudi rulers “pay the price, and
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The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce congratulates the Government of Sri Lanka for securing a board-level agreement on the second review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) with the International Monetary Fund
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The Yukthi Research Collective hosted a significant public forum titled “Is There Another Way? Debt Restructuring, IMF, and the Future of Sri Lanka,” on June 10, 2024, at the Sri Lanka Foundation
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Unlike previous years, livestock markets in Ankara are experiencing a noticeable slowdown leading up to the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha due to the country’s struggle with high inflation. A sharp decline in
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Thailand’s consumer confidence index dropped for the third straight month in May, reaching the lowest level in seven months, due to concerns over political uncertainty and a sluggish economic recovery, a survey
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, Inland Revenue Department, University of Moratuwa, and the National Innovation Agency of Sri Lanka, co-convened the
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Recent reports have sparked global interest as Saudi Arabia, a pivotal player in global oil markets, has purportedly terminated its longstanding petrodollar arrangement with the United States. This development, widely discussed across
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The world remains off course to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal for energy (SDG7) as progress on basic energy access in 2022 reversed for the first time in a decade, finds a
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The next global climate meet (COP 29) is scheduled to take place in Azerbaijan in November 2024. While global climate meetings have taken place 28 times so far in different countries, these
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Don’t participate in the unfruitful actions of darkness, instead, reveal the truth about them ~ Ephesians 5:11 In August 2017, CIA’s front company Noetic International Inc. signed an agreement with the RKW
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Sri Lanka’s national debt has surged past $100 billion, reflecting the country’s ongoing economic challenges and efforts to stabilize its finances. The latest figures reveal that unpaid principal and interest now exceed
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In a landmark decision, the Parliament of Sri Lanka has approved the long-awaited Electricity Bill, marking a significant milestone in public sector reform. The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, which has been advocating
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