Austerity Measures

Services shuts down across Greece amid nationwide general strike

Greece has been dependent on billions of euros from international bailouts from the eurozone and International Monetary Fund since 2010.

French president names new cabinet

Will India ever learn to care for its soldiers braving icy heights?

Shocking although it may sound but the government had ordered a 57 percent cut in kerosene supply for troops due to its austerity measures. And kerosene is not a luxury in those killer heights.

Greek journalists go on strike to protest austerity measures

Journalists in Greece have walked off the job for 24 hours, a day before civil servants and private sector workers stage a nationwide general strike to protest new austerity measures the government is still negotiating with the debt-ridden country's international creditors.

Delaying the inevitable? Greece's history of missed targets

Greece has repeatedly voted in measures and privatisations that have never materialised. It is proving a Herculean task.