What is SHANTI Bill 2025? Top things to know about the new nuclear energy bill & what it means

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill (SHANTI), 2025, clearing the way for a major overhaul of India’s civil nuclear framework. The Bill was approved by voice vote during the ongoing Winter Session amid a walkout by most opposition members. Introduced earlier this week…

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Boom or skewed spike? India’s exports to China jump 90% – but why there is little reason to cheer

According to GTRI, India’s trade relationship with China has entered a phase of sharp contrasts. (AI image) India’s exports to China surged 90% in November to hit $2.2 billion! However, the remarkable year-on-year spike masks the truth of how volatile India’s exports to China are, and the growing dependence on the neighbouring country for imports,…

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US immigration crackdown: Donald Trump suspends green card lottery; what led to the step?

File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump has suspended the diversity green card lottery programme, saying it allowed the suspect in the deadly Brown University and MIT shootings to enter the United States, as his administration moved to tighten legal immigration channels following the attacks.Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem…

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Asian stocks today: Markets inch higher as US inflation remains low; Nikkei adds over 1%, HSI trades flat

Asian equities inched higher on Friday after as investors relieved after softer reading of US inflation, expecting another interest rate cut as early as next month. Optimism was further supported by strong earnings from US chipmaker Micron Technology, which eased fears that the rally in technology stocks may be overstretched.Hong Kong’s HSI is trading at…

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China to get Nvidia H200 chips! Trump admin begins licensing process for exports — Why are officials not happy?

China could receive the first shipments of Nvidia’s second-most powerful AI chips, signalling a shift in America’s long-standing restrictions on exports to Beijing.The US government has began a formal licensing process that could pave the way for chip gaint’s Beijing entry, Reuters reported, citing five people familiar with the matter. This comes after US President…

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Japan hikes interest rates to 30-year-high

File photo (Picture credit: AP) TOKYO: The Bank of Japan hiked interest rates to a 30-year high of 0.75 per cent on Friday, the first increase since January, as it said the economy had shown signs of improvement.The unanimous vote to lift the main borrowing rate from 0.5 per cent came hours after official data…

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Out of the Blue, ‘Chip’ stock zooms 55,000% in 20 months

BENGALURU/MUMBAI: RRP Semiconductor, a BSE-listed company, is suddenly distinguishing itself in the global craze for semiconductors. The company stands out as an anomaly in India’s fast-evolving semiconductor narrative-drawing intense attention not for technological breakthroughs or manufacturing scale, but for its stock price surge that has sharply defied conventional valuation logic. Little known until recently, even…

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