Mumbai overtakes Beijing to become Asia's billionaire capital for the first time
Move over, Beijing.
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King warns Malaysians against taking advantage of ‘Allah’ socks scandal after petrol bomb attack, death threats
Malaysia’s king has called on all parties to stop taking advantage of the controversy over the sale of five pairs of socks bearing the word “Allah”, after an escalation of tension that saw death threats aimed at a politician and an attempt to petrol bomb a supermarket branch narrowly fail.
Connecting Indian cosmology, Western psychology and AI
“Everything that humans are doing now – gathering, analyzing and processing data – will be done by AI. Ten years from now, consciousness (chitta) will be valued over knowledge. This is the time human beings can focus on consciousness.”
India rejects remarks by US, Germany on opposition leader Kejriwal’s arrest
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest a month before national election comes under increasing global scrutiny.
India's love for gold has done little for its economy and investors, BlackRock's Larry Fink says
India's fondness for gold has neither benefited its economy nor generated decent returns for investors, BlackRock Founder and Chairman Larry Fink said in his annual letter to shareholders of the world's largest asset manager.
CNBC Daily Open: Baltimore port shutdown a major disruption
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Rohingya in India accuse Modi of double standards on citizenship law
As New Delhi claims to help persecuted minorities in South Asia through the law, the mainly Muslim refugees from Myanmar face deportation.