Due to the central government paying compensation in exchange for the land parcel it took over to build the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail, villagers have reportedly become billionaires. The house in question sits on the side of the busiest street in the Antroli village in Palsana taluka of Surat district. It’s
According to a Reuters investigation, Venezuela’s secret weapon might be a “dark fleet” of oil tankers. The country’s national oil company, PDVSA, had reportedly leased 41 tankers in 2022. Dark fleet is a term used to describe the assortment of tanker vessels which conceal their locations so as to enable the
The FAIR Research 2023 Cost Study reveals the fiscal burden of illegal immigration on United States taxpayers. Introduction This cost study report is currently the only comprehensive examination of the financial impact of illegal immigration in the United States. Every day, hundreds of millions of dollars in American taxpayer money
The currency Lira has plunged after President of Turkey Erdogan appointed Hafize Gaye Erkan, the co-CEO of the failed First Republic Bank, as the new Central Bank Governor. Turkish President Erdogan, fresh from his re-election as president, has named Hafize Gaye Erkan as the new central bank head – and first ever female
Panama Canal is going dry as a severe drought has caused water levels in the lake that feeds the locks in the Panama Canal to drop far below normal. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell keeps careful track of employment levels, wages, consumer prices and numerous other metrics to see where the US inflation rate may
The ‘Arctic Silk Road’ has come alive as Bloomberg ship-tracking data shows that Russia has sent the first LNG tanker, Fedor Litke, to Asia this year. This year, Russia shipped its first liquefied natural gas cargo via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in the Arctic onboard the vessel Fedor Litke.
Binance is being sued by the SEC for ‘billions in fraud’ after allegedly working to subvert ‘their own controls’ to allow high-net-worth U.S. investors and customers to continue trading on Binance’s unregulated international exchange. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed 13 charges against Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, and its founder, Changpeng
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) plans to use AI to monitor global bank transactions for potential instances of money laundering. The project, known as “Project Icebreaker,” focuses on developing a SWIFT-like bottleneck system that would enable global banks to regulate and potentially standardize all currencies. While the IMF is
Naledi Pandor, South Africa’s Minister of International Relations, told reporters that the new currency created by BRICS nations may offer a shield from sanctions. BRICS nations asked the bloc’s specially created bank to provide guidance on a how a potential new shared currency might work, including how it could shield