World economy
Getting US patent becoming more difficult: study
01 Nov 2014
China factory activity slides to five month low
01 Nov 2014
Federal Reserve ends bond buying; says US economy recovering
30 Oct 2014
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday ended its monthly bond purchase programme — started in 2009 during the global financial crisis — amidst an uptick in US economic activity and improvement in the labour market
China to invest over £100 bn in UK infrastructure over the next decade
28 Oct 2014
China is set to invest over £100 billion in the UK's infrastructure over the next decade, setting off a new wave of joint ventures with UK firms
Brazil markets fall as President Rousseff wins another term
27 Oct 2014
In one of the tightest voting, Rousseff polled 51.6 per cent of votes in a runoff against Neves, who won 48.4 per cent votes
Five million Britons now in low-paid jobs
27 Oct 2014
Goldman Sachs sees oil prices tumbling in 2015
27 Oct 2014
Rising output will outstrip demand as forecasters generally pare estimates for oil due to slowing global growth, a strengthening dollar and ample supplies
UK recovery slowed in third quarter
25 Oct 2014
WHO vaccines head volunteers to undergo Ebola vaccine trial
25 Oct 2014
The WHO official under whose supervision an Ebola drug was being developed has signed up to become one of the first volunteers to undergo vaccine trials
Oil black-marketing, extortion making ISIL richest terror group: US
25 Oct 2014
US officials have confirmed that the vicious Islamic State has fast become one of the world's wealthiest terror groups, generating tens of millions of dollars a month
Canadian parliament shut after shootout at war memorial
22 Oct 2014
Reports said Parliament was locked down and Prime Minister Stephen Harper had left the building safely as police converged on the area
Hong Kong pro-democracy protests to continue as talks make no headway
22 Oct 2014
Protesters want to nominate and vote for candidates in 2017, while China says that only those approved by it would be allowed to stand – which protesters dismiss as "fake democracy
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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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