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Nigeria: Still delicate

Edit Business Day Online 26 Sep 2017
The Nigerian economy exited recession in the second quarter of 2017 to much applause. Readers of my column would recall my earlier expectations of a positive recovery in the first quarter of 2017 ... High food prices are majorly why, with food inflation – about 51 percent of the consumer price index (CPI) – at 20.3 percent in August from 17.8 percent in January ... Some of the food inflation is imported, however, about 13 percent of the CPI ... ....

BOJ wants to stick with current policy, faces growing doubts

Edit This is Money 26 Sep 2017
By Stanley White ... "Most members shared the view that, although the recent developments in CPI had been relatively weak, the year-on-year rate of change was likely to continue on an uptrend and increase toward 2 percent, mainly on the back of the improvement in the output gap and the rise in medium- to long-term inflation expectations," the minutes said ... 31 ... At a subsequent meeting on Sept ... ....

Maoist hotbed Bastar is a goldmine: National Geophysical Research Institute

Edit The Times of India 26 Sep 2017
By. U Sudhakar Reddy. Is CPI (Maoist), the largest left-wing extremists (LWE) group in the country, sitting over huge gold deposits in a large geographical area in Chhattisgarh? Recent findings of Hyderabad-based National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) has hinted at presence of goldbearing sulphide mineralisation in the Bastar Craton of central India ... They showed us gold particles and a big sized gold nugget too ... RELATED ... bgo ... Earn....

Finance ministry clarifies news report

Edit The News International 26 Sep 2017
ISLAMABAD. The spokesman of the Finance Division Saturday categorically rejected a report carried by a section of press, "Dar's Legacy ... Some of the key economic highlights are as follows; ... FY-2017 marked the third consecutive year when the headline CPI inflation remained lower than the annual target ... During July-August FY-2018, CPI inflation increased by 3.16 percent compared to 3.84 per cent in the comparable period of last year ... FDI ... ....

Is Ganapathi on his way out as Maoist thrust shifts to militarism?

Edit The Hindu 25 Sep 2017
Is the elusive Muppala Lakshman Rao alias Ganapathi, General Secretary of the banned CPI (Maoist), on his way out? ... Ganapathi has led the CPI (Maoist) since its formation in 2004. The outfit was formed following the merger of the CPI (Marxist-Leninist), People’s War (People’s War Group) and the Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI)....

Singapore witnesses 0.4 pct inflation in August

Edit Xinhua 25 Sep 2017
25 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4 percent in August, compared to the 0.6 percent of CPI-All Items inflation in July, said Ministry of Trade and Industry and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in a joint release on Monday ... CPI-All Items inflation is projected to rise to 0.5-1.5 percent from -0.5 percent last year....

Jayalalithaa’s hospitalisation, death generated political heat

Edit Deccan Chronicle 25 Sep 2017
CHENNAI. From the time former chief minister J ... Panneerselvam also jumped onto the bandwagon and went to the extent of even accusing the VK Sasikala family of having a role in her death ... Opposition Leader M.K. Stalin, PMK founder S Ramadoss, CPI’s R Mutharasan and CPI-M’s G Rama-krishnan were unanimous in demanding a detailed probe into Jayalalithaa’s hospitalisation and her subsequent death right from day one ... ....

Rupee correction overdue, seen in 64.80-65 range

Edit DNA India 25 Sep 2017
In a world beset with uncertainties, where a lot of moving parts determine the daily course, any prediction is at the best guesswork based on present variables ... In India, both CPI and WPI readings were higher than expectations putting paid to any hopes of further rate cut in the forthcoming RBI Policy meeting ... The benchmark yield can easily move towards 6.75% in future if the trend in CPI moves into the higher trajectory ... Bhaskar Panda....

Turmoil in Alappuzha council over Chandy row

Edit The Hindu 25 Sep 2017
ALAPPUZHA ... The council, which was scheduled to hold one of its routine meetings, could not get down to any business as the CPI(M)-led Opposition raised a furore demanding immediate reinstatement of the suspended employees. Although municipal chairman Thomas Joseph offered to take up the issue at the end of the meeting, the Opposition members were unrelenting in their demand ... (EOM) ....

GOP bill will offer Dreamers citizenship after extreme vetting

Edit Democratic Underground 25 Sep 2017
—. Sen. Thom Tillis will introduce his “conservative Dream Act” on Monday that would provide a pathway to citizenship for as many as 2.5 million young undocumented immigrants, but one that is long and involves “extreme vetting.” ... “There is a third option ... Read more here. http.//www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article175175316.html?#storylink=cpy ... Cherry picking much ? ... ....

UDF to go all out against Thomas Chandy

Edit The Hindu 25 Sep 2017
Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala has asked Revenue Minister E. Chandrasekharan to direct the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) to file a case against Transport Minister Thomas Chandy invoking the penal provisions of the Kerala Paddy and Wetland Conservation Act. Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Mr ... Mr ... Minister’s admission ... The UDF would continue its agitation against the violations of CPI(M) legislator P.V ... ....

UP CM Yogi Adityanath seeks report after police crackdown on BHU students: 5 things to know

Edit Hindustan Times 25 Sep 2017
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has sought a report from the divisional commissioner tension runs high at the Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi after a police crackdown on students demonstrating against an alleged molestation ... 1) Why the police crackdown? ... 2) What triggered the protests? ... CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury tweeted, “Only a barbaric govt unleashes male police with lathis on women students....

'Vyankatam had plans of armed insurrection in Gujarat'

Edit The Times of India 25 Sep 2017
AHMEDABAD ... ATS officials said Vyankatam, who was an active member of CPI (Maoist) and zonal head of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha special zone, now runs a magazine which sympathizes with the Naxalite movement. He had come to Surat in 2010. "During his stay in Surat he used to instigate migrant labourers and tribals against the government," said an ATS source ... A case of attempt to murder was registered against him ... RELATED. From around the web....
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