World economy
US remittances to Mexico jump most in 10 years
03 Jan 2017
Obamacare on the block as US Congress session opens today
03 Jan 2017
Though Trump had promised to unite a deeply divided country, the first thing that his Republican party would push for is legislation to undo Obamacare, a health insurance programme which has an expected 13.8 million economically disadvantaged people enrolled in it
Israel to withhold bodies of killed militants
02 Jan 2017
Trump hails Putin for not retaliating to US expulsions
31 Dec 2016
Russian President Vladmir Putin's decision not to reciprocate is a sharp departure from the tit-for-tat policies Moscow pursued against the United States in response to Ukraine-related sanctions in 2014
China plans $503 bn spend on railways to boost growth
30 Dec 2016
The high-speed rail network under the proposal will span more than 30,000 kilometres, according to details released at a State Council Information Office briefing in Beijing
5,000 migrants died at sea this year: UN
24 Dec 2016
Deutsche Bank to pay $7.2 billion to close US mortgage probe
23 Dec 2016
Swiss lender Credit Suisse Group AG, meanwhile, announced that it had settled a related probe with the US Department of Justice for $5.28 billion
Italy plans $21-bn bailout of banks as investors snub Paschi
23 Dec 2016
Under the recapitalisation plan, a major part of the holdings of these banks’ government bonds will be converted to equity, in what would be a partial nationalisation
US GDP growth posts a 2-year high of 3.5% in July-Sept quarter
22 Dec 2016
The spike in the GDP growth of the US was mainly due to a 10-per cent rise in US exports, which largely reflected a surge in soybean exports after a poor soy harvest in Argentina and Brazil
Psychiatry professors urge Obama to order Trump’s medical examination
20 Dec 2016
Three professors of psychiatry have written to President Barack Obama urging him to order a medical evaluation of President-elect Donald Trump, who they say may suffer from ‘Narcissistic Personality Disorder’
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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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