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India’s average household debt rises 23% in 2 years, says financial expert
The Economic Times
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July 9, 2025
India is witnessing a significant transformation in its household borrowing pattern, with debt increasingly directed toward consumption rather than asset creation. According to personal finance expert Pranjal Kamra, the average debt per individual...
Indian talent shines abroad with record Erasmus+ wins this year
Edex Live
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India continues to cement its standing on the global education stage, with 101 students — 50 of them women — securing the sought-after Erasmus+ scholarships for 2025–27. As Times Now reports, these fully funded two-year Master’s courses will see...
India’s deal activity drops 48% in Q2 amid global headwinds
The Hindu Business Line
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July 9, 2025
India’s deal activity slumped in the second quarter of 2025, with total transaction values falling 48 per cent to $17 billion across 582 deals, according to Grant Thornton Bharat’s latest dealtracker report released today. The sharp decline was...
China pledges to build megaprojects despite pivot to domestic consumption
South China Morning Post
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July 9, 2025
China will continue to “scientifically” plan and build megaprojects while maintaining its “investment intensity” over the next five years, officials said – even as Beijing seeks to shift to a more consumption-driven growth model. “To further drive...
China’s J-20 Goes “One Up” On F-35 & F-22 Raptor! Likely To Become World’s First Two-Seat Stealth Fighter Jet
The Eurasian Times
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July 9, 2025
The Chinese J-20S—the world’s first twin-seat fifth-generation combat aircraft—has been widely photographed while flying over China this month, triggering speculation that it is either about to or has already entered operational service with the...
India & China’s inequality trajectories similar, says economist at Giri Deshingkar Memorial Lecture
The Print
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July 9, 2025
New Delhi: When economist Vamsi Vakulabharanam asked a professor in China about social class inequalities in the nation, he was told “there are no classes in China”. He then spent a month in the nation with the professor, and with empirical...
India News | SC to Hear Pleas Against EC's Decision to Revise Electoral Rolls in Bihar on Jul 10
Latestly
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July 9, 2025
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear the challenge against Election Commission of India's decision for a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. The updated causelist shows a bench...
India, Namibia ink key MoUs in entrepreneurship, health; join CDRI, Global Biofuels Alliance
Sacramento Sun - California
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Windhoek [Namibia], July 9 (ANI): India and Namibia exchanged MoUs in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on Thursday. The MoU focuses on setting up the Entrepreneurship Development...
Japan Launches Ambitious Maritime Innovation Project
Nautical Voice
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July 9, 2025
A consortium of ten leading Japanese shipbuilders and research institutions has unveiled a groundbreaking five-year initiative aimed at enhancing the competitiveness and digital transformation of the maritime industry. With an investment of ¥12...
China Focus: SCO countries applaud China's city governance innovations
Xinhua News Agency
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TIANJIN, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Against the backdrop of cities' growing influence as political, economic and cultural hubs, representatives from Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states convened this week in north China's Tianjin to...
Japan Has an Army — Here's How It's Different
JAPAN Forward
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July 9, 2025
Does Japan Have an Army? Ask around outside Japan, and you'll get a range of answers, from "No, they're pacifist" to "Sort of?" to "Isn't it just the United States protecting them?" The confusion is understandable. Japan is the world's...
Japan, Canada Sign Information Security Agreement
Nippon
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July 9, 2025
Newsfrom Japan Politics Jul 9, 2025 12:09 (JST) Tokyo, July 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his Canadian counterpart, Anita Anand, have signed a bilateral agreement on information security. Based on the pact, inked at...
Indian archers smash mixed compound world record at Archery World Cup in Madrid
Euro Weekly News
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July 9, 2025
Bows waiting to be used. Credit: claudiox Madrid’s Centro Deportivo Municipal de Vallehermoso became the stage for an extraordinary feat today, as India’s Rishabh Yadav and Jyothi Surekha Vennam shattered the mixed compound team world record...
China Focus: From resilient economy to wider opening up, China's 14th five-year plan delivers remarkable results
Xinhua News Agency
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BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- With the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) nearing conclusion, China has clocked up a series of landmark achievements, including a resilient economy, solid steps in green transition and unwavering opening up. At a...
India's sporting goldmine: IPL's value surges to $18.5, RCB becomes richest franchise
Asianet Newsable
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July 9, 2025
The Indian Premier League's valuation has soared to $18.5 billion, with RCB emerging as its most valuable franchise in a landmark year for the cricketing juggernaut. It started in 2008 as a bold bet — cricket, but shorter, faster, flashier....
china China detains female erotica writers in pornography crackdown
Asiaone
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July 9, 2025
BEIJING — Police in China have detained dozens of young women authors in a genre of gay erotica widely known in Asia as "boys' love" during a nationwide crackdown on online pornography, lawyers and activists familiar with the cases say. The...
Indian engineer dies on ship in Sharjah, family demands probe
The Siasat Daily
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July 9, 2025
Abu Dhabi: Anurag Tiwari, a 33-year-old marine engineer from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, India, died on June 29 while working aboard a Panama-flagged vessel docked at Sharjah Port in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). His family has alleged negligence...
China Market Update: Instant Commerce Race Getting Government’s Attention
Forbes
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CLNKraneShares Key News Asian equities delivered a mixed performance overnight, as the Philippines and Vietnam outperformed while Hong Kong underperformed. This occurred despite former President Donald Trump’s threats of new tariffs on copper and...
Asia is a hotbed of telco AI factories
Telecom TV
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July 9, 2025
A growing number of telcos are investing in ‘AI factory’ facilities in an effort to capitalise on the broad business potential of AI infrastructure, with Asia home to many of the operators that are adopting such strategies. That’s one of the key...
China still key in driving global growth
China Daily
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A worker handles products at the Shu Brocade Workshop of the Chengdu Shu Brocade Research Institute, a private enterprise in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on July 3. LI XIANGYU / FOR CHINA DAILY China's gross domestic product is expected to reach...