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News Headlines-17th March
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Turning up the heat on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks in the UK on Indian democracy, the ruling BJP has initiated moves to suspend him from Lok Sabha if he does not apologise in the house.
Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said global uncertainty has been rising after the recent developments in the US and governments, businesses and individuals should keep ‘margins of safety’ in fiscal, corporate and savings account planning.
Credit Suisse sought to shore up its liquidity and restore investor confidence by borrowing up to $54 billion from Switzerland’s central bank, after a slump in its shares had intensified fears of a global banking crisis.
Sixteen years after Japan’s then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave his seminal speech, ‘The Confluence of Two Seas’ in the Indian Parliament, his successor, Fumio Kishida is set to announce a new plan for a free and open Indo-Pacific during his India visit next week.
