World economy
The Times Company threatens to shut down The Boston Globe
04 Apr 2009
The New York Times Company has threatened to close The Boston Globe unless labor unions agree to $20 million in pay cuts and cessation of pension contributions amidst deepening recession.
India willing to increase contribution to IMF: Manmohan
03 Apr 2009
India does not intend to borrow any money from the multilateral lending agency, prime minister Manmohan Singh said at the G20 summit in London
G-20 cracks whip on tax havens; OECD publishes blacklist
03 Apr 2009
Last night G-20 leaders agreed to crack down on tax havens, paving the way for the ‘naming and shaming’ of countries that fail to comply with internationally agreed standards
Global markets rally as G-20 pledges $1.1 trillion recovery package
03 Apr 2009
Stock markets across the world have rallied after world leaders reached a $1.1-trillion deal to tackle the global economic crisis at the G-20 summit.
Group of Two: Obama, Hu to meet in Beijing
02 Apr 2009
G-20 pledges $1 trillion to stem financial meltdown
02 Apr 2009
Leaders of the G-20 nations have agreed to pump an additional $1 trillion into the troubled global economy through funding boost to agencies like the IMF, CNBC-TV18 reports.
Australia posts record slump in retail sales
02 Apr 2009
Proximity to Pine Gap facility nixes Chinese mining bid
02 Apr 2009
The real reason for the rejection of a bid by China Minmetals for OZ Minerals may have been the fact that company mines, located in the proximity of the Pine Gap intelligence facility, would have allowed Chinese spies to intercept transmissions.
G-20 draft focuses on free trade, protectionism
31 Mar 2009
BRICs to demand a bigger say at G20 meet
31 Mar 2009
As the wealthy western economies reel under recession, fast-developing Brazil, Russia, India and China are demanding a bigger say in the affairs of G20
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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.
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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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