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Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of cities and towns across Greece on March 17 to protest the government's handling of last month's Tempi railway disaster and the capitalist system that puts profits before people, reports Brett Wilkins.

A bus driver shortage may be leaving commuters frustrated by delays and cancellations, but a new recruit is equally frustrated, saying inadequate training and low pay are giving him second thoughts about the job.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India remains a well governed and a very well regulated financial market

Lanka has defaulted. it is the other big one. the third is to restructure the public sector units, which are very large and heavy, to make them leaner and make them more sustainable on a long—term, so privatisation of some of the units like sri lankan airlines, to raise funds is also on the cards, corruption and bringing in public sector reforms are also some of the things that imf is looking at, the biggest, bringing down inflation through these policy measures. find these policy measures. a...

On the interest payments is what they will have to discuss and which is where discussions with china will be key to watch out for. restructuring of some of the large public sector enterprises, privatisation of some of the public units, is also on the cards to boost revenues for the government, which will be the key going forward and a key condition that imf will watch out for, not to miss the biggest being, keeping an eye on corruption and building policies to deal with corruption. because, reme...

That the country has to deal with. its at 53% even today. so bringing that down to about 12 to 18% by the end of this year is a target that imf has put. two other key targets that the government has to work on, one being tough debt negotiations with its private, as well as bilateral lenders, whether its a write off on the loans or a postponement on the interest payments is what they will have to discuss and which is where discussions with china will be key to watch out for. restructuring of some...

Hundreds of farmers, under the banner of Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS), on Monday took out a rally and held a demonstration against the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government seeking roll back electricity privatization and providing free electricity to famers in the State.

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has attempted to clear the slate for the last time declaring a Coalition government will “never” turn to privatisation to fund its expansive infrastructure wish list.

Zakhele Mthembu of the Free Market Foundation explores the potential benefits and pitfalls of privatising Eskom.

She was speaking at the Raisina Dialogue, FM Nirmala Sitharaman said that the country will have government-owned professionally run companies in four broad strategic sectors.