India raises spending and avoids “outright populism” in the pre-election budget

Capital expenditure will increase by 33% to 10 trillion rupees in 2023/24 The government targets total borrowing at 15.43 trillion rupees It looks forward to a fiscal deficit of 5.9% in 2023/24, 4.5% by 2025/26 NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Wednesday announced one of the largest increases ever in capital spending for the next … Read more

Adani replied to the Hindenburg, saying that he had submitted all that had been revealed

Adani issued a 413-page rebuttal to the Hindenburg Report The short selling report in the US triggered a drop in Adani shares Al-Adani says he adheres to the laws, and the necessary disclosures Adani CFO is confident of the success of the $2.5 billion share sale NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Adani Group on Sunday … Read more

Microsoft’s cloud outage affects users all over the world

Outage affects Microsoft Azure cloud platform for hours Hit several Microsoft services including Teams and Outlook Microsoft says most customers have service restored now The stock fell 2.4% in the premarket January 25 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) On Wednesday, it said it had restored all of its cloud services after a network outage that … Read more

Pakistan is scrambling to restore electricity after the second major power grid collapse in months

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s government said on Monday it was scrambling to restore electricity to millions of people after a grid collapse caused the worst power outages in months and highlighted poor infrastructure in the debt-ridden country. Energy Minister Khurram Dastgir told reporters that an investigation had been launched into the outage, which he said … Read more

Chinese media downplays the severity of COVID as the World Health Organization seeks details about the variants

State media says severe illness from the coronavirus is rare Chinese scientists brief the World Health Organization Chinese factory activity contracted in December BEIJING/HONG KONG/GENEVA, Jan. 3 (Reuters) – China’s state media downplayed the severity of a surge in COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, while its scientists briefed the World Health Organization, which is seeking detailed … Read more