Pompeo meets PM Modi amid trade tensions, Iran crisis

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Pompeo meets PM Modi amid trade tensions, Iran crisis U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held meetings in India's capital on Wednesday amid growing tensions over trade and tariffs that has strained the partners' ties. Cocaine production hit new record in 2017: UN report Global cocaine production reached an all-time high in 2017, breaking the previous year's record by 25 percent, the UN drugs and crime agency said Wednesday in its annual report, as production soars in post-conflict Colombia. Big plastic user Japan fights waste ahead of G-20 summit In a country where cleanliness and neat packaging have long been considered good service, almost everything, from single bananas to individual pieces of vegetables, pastries, pens and cosmetics is sold plastic-wrapped. Where are the world's stateless people? An international conference opening in The Hague will assess progress on a United Nations campaign called #Ibelong which aims to end statelessness by 2024. North Korea says it won't surrender to US-led sanctions North Korea said Wednesday it won't surrender to U.S.-led sanctions and accused Washington of trying to ``bring us to our knees.' 'The statement is yet another reminder that North Korea keeps mistrust of the U.S. though its leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump recently exchanged letters. What millennials think about owning a vehicle As shared mobility gains traction in India, 51 per cent of millennials are questioning the need to own a vehicle, according to a global study by Deloitte. This French restaurant has been named the best in the world Mirazur, located in southeast France near the Italian border, offers dishes made with ingredients from Colagreco's own backyard farm, including fresh vegetables and seafood. Govt stands firm on FDI norms, ecomm giants continue to grow India has warned foreign e-commerce firms such as Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart that they must ensure compliance with new foreign investment rules aimed at deterring them from providing steep online discounts, three sources familiar with the discussions said. Smart things to know about rating downgrades of debt securities Rating downgrade is a negative change in the credit rating of a debt security. Before a rating downgrade, the security is placed on a ratings watch, which is an indicator to monitor and take corrective action. Mutual fund investors want FM to junk LTCG tax on equity in Budget 2019 All the things mutual fund investors expect from this year's Budget.

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