Russia and India don’t need the US dollar to conduct mutual settlements, having turned to national currencies, the BRICS president says

Afghanistan has been in desperate need of funds since the United States froze $7 billion of Afghan central bank assets held in US banks after the Taliban* came to power in August last year. Other nations also hold around $2 billion of Afghan assets.

Indian billionaire Gautam Adan hasi launched a bid to acquire a 29 percent stake in New Delhi Television (NDTV) earlier this week by buying shares of one of the network's major shareholders