WION Morning News Brief, November 17, 2017

WION Morning News Brief, November 17, 2017

Virgin hyperloop has big plans in India

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Even as the two sides talk on diffusing the North Korean crisis, US aircraft carriers, South Korean destroyers recently concluded their naval exercise on the Korean peninsula.

Credit rating agency Moody's has upgraded India’s sovereign ratings to Baa2 from its lowest investment grade (Baa3)

Virgin Hyperloop One will push for pod-based super-fast transportation to improve economic competitiveness, reduce congestion and emissions, and provide citizens with greater social and economic mobility.

Even as the two sides talk on diffusing the North Korean crisis, US aircraft carriers, South Korean destroyers recently concluded their naval exercise on the Korean peninsula.

The pipeline runs from Hardesty, Alberta, to Cushing, Okla and Wood River/Patoka, Ill and is reportedly the largest oil spill in South Dakota, officials say.

A veto-wielding permanent member of the Security Council, China has repeatedly blocked India's move to impose a ban on the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief under the Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the Council.