Economy - general
Sensitive personal data should be processed in India: Srikrishna panel
27 Jul 2018
All sensitive personal data relating to Indian citizens should be processed and stored only within India, the Justice Srikrishna committee has said, among other recommendations that forms the basis of the new bill on data protection
Maratha quota stir called off in Mumbai amidst large-scale violence
26 Jul 2018
The bandh was abruptly called off because of the violence it generated; vehicles were set on fire, buses damaged and the Central Railway was forced to shut services on the Thane-Vashi route
List of products under revised GST rates
23 Jul 2018
GST rate cut gives consumer stocks a big boost
23 Jul 2018
White goods were the major beneficiaries in the stock market as shares of these companies gained 5-8 per cent in early trade today
New Rs100 notes spell fresh headache, Rs100 cr cost for ATM industry
21 Jul 2018
According to ATM industry body Confederation of ATM Industry, the industry was not consulted about the move to issue new, different-sized Rs100-notes and it received the news via media platforms; and it warned of a potential fresh cash crunch
No-trust vote: Opposition numbers do not stack up
20 Jul 2018
NDA partner Shiv Sena, despite its flip-flop, is expected to close ranks and vote against the no-confidence move while others like the AIADMK, TRS and the BJD are also likely to abstain from voting
India fastest growing economy as Asia Pacific growth remains solid: ADB
19 Jul 2018
ADB’s Asian Development Outlook 2018 report published in April had said that India's economic growth will rise to 7.3 per cent this fiscal and further to 7.6 per cent in the next financial year
Men and women can pray at Sabarimala, rules SC
19 Jul 2018
SC asks centre, states to enact special laws to stop lynching
17 Jul 2018
Coming down heavily against government apathy to recent incidents of mob violence and lynching with people taking law into their own hands, the Supreme Court has asked Parliament to pass law to make lynching a separate punishable offence
Grab, grab, grab!
10 Jul 2018
There has been a growing trend of a handful of rich and powerful people grabbing national resources for personal profit. Laws have been bent and broken, the political system corrupted, and the common people’s interests thrown to the winds. Yogi Aggarwal’s book, Plunder of the Commons, goes into great detail to describe the plunder, says Kiron Kasbekar.
India has taken quantum jump in wrong direction: Amartya Sen
10 Jul 2018
Nobel Prize winner and top economist Amartya Sen lambasts the Narendra Modi government’s performance that has pulled India’s ranking among South Asian economies
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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