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G-20 for tripling IMF kitty, greater say for emerging economies
16 Mar 2009
The G-20 meeting has agreed to boosting of resources of the International Monetary Fund and a devolution of powers at the IMF and the World Bank
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G-20 finance ministers focus on growth, regulation
16 Mar 2009
G20 finance ministers ay governments must absorb toxic debts worth as much as $3.6 trillion to save the global financial system and thwart recession
Consensus evades G20 on crisis response
13 Mar 2009
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No more "pork-barrel projects", vows Obama
12 Mar 2009
President Obama said that he would sign an “imperfect” $410-billion bill to keep government operations running but wants the Congress to stop jamming it with pet projects
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Global economy shrinking with below zero growth: IMF
10 Mar 2009
The world is facing a `Great Recession' of below-zero growth, according to IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
United Technologies to fire 11,600 employees
10 Mar 2009
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US economic crisis like Pearl Harbour: Warren Buffett
10 Mar 2009
The US is caught in a negative feedback cycle as scared Americans are changing buying habits that is creating further losses and layoffs, says the legendary investor
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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!
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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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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.
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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
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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
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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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History of hovercraft Part 3...
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