Asian Development Bank and HSBC India have signed an agreement to establish a USD 100 million partial guarantee programme to support more than 4,00,000 micro-borrowers and mostly women-run micro-enterprises across India.
The Kuril Islands dispute between Japan and Russia is over the sovereignty of the South Kuril Islands. These islands are claimed by Japan but occupied by Russia as the successor state of the Soviet Union.
The U.S. Senate on Monday again approved a bill to provide $52 billion in U.S. subsidies for semiconductor chip manufacturing in a bid to reach a compromise after months of discussions.
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