World economy
India invested over $26 billion and created 60,000 jobs in US: study
16 Jun 2010
Indians made 127 greenfield investments, creating an additional 16,576 jobs in the US over a five-year period ending 2009, according to the study.
India to extend $1-billion credit to Sri Lanka
10 Jun 2010
India will extend a credit of $1 billion for funding Sri Lanka’s infrastructure projects, mainly in the former civil war zones in the north and east of the country
Goldman Sachs subpoenad for stonewalling inquiry
08 Jun 2010
Foxconn announces second pay rise in China
07 Jun 2010
Chinese bank to raise $30 billion in world's biggest IPO
05 Jun 2010
Though it did not disclose the issue price, reports say it would be the world’s largest IPO, overtaking the $21.9 billion raised by the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China in 2006
US deficit nears 90 per cent of GDP at $13 trillion
03 Jun 2010
US national debt has increased by nearly $2.4 trillion since Obama took office in January 2009.
G-20 to discuss global economy, financial sector reforms
02 Jun 2010
The meeting is also expected to discuss measures to make banks accountable by making them pay for future bailouts
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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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