World economy
COP21: Business, investors see multi-billion opportunity in green economy
08 Dec 2015
Sustainable Innovation Forum 2015 showcases technological innovation, cross-sector partnerships and finance for a low-carbon future
2,600-year-old tombs discovered in central China
07 Dec 2015
Greece approves austere 2016 budget
07 Dec 2015
Despite the tax hikes and spending cuts, which include sensitive pension cuts, the country’s debt is expected to grow to €328 billion or 188 per cent of GDP
US says working with India to salvage climate deal
05 Dec 2015
India, despite its green pledges, has long been targeted by the western media on its expansion plans of coal usage to meet its energy requirements
Norfolk Southern snubs $28-bn Canadian Pacific takeover bid
05 Dec 2015
The deal, at an enterprise value of around $37.8 billion, would have created a transcontinental rail company
China pledges $60bn investment in Africa
04 Dec 2015
China, S Africa keen on equal trade relationship
04 Dec 2015
The traditional engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) model for Chinese companies doing business in Africa is giving way to one where the Chinese investor commits to working with a local partner and takes an equity stake in a joint venture
Climate talks: G77, China slam rich nations
04 Dec 2015
The G77 group of developing countries, which includes India, says some rich nations are trying to shirk their UNFCCC financial commitments by seeking to attach fresh conditions
Swaraj may visit Islamabad for Afghan talks
03 Dec 2015
Russia says it has right to take military recourse to downing of its plane
03 Dec 2015
“This is intentional murder of our soldiers and this deed must be punished," chairman of the Duma, the lower house, Sergei Naryshkin said on Friday
Myanmar's Suu Kyi strikes a conciliatory note as she prepares to form govt
02 Dec 2015
Suu Kyi and armed forces supremo Min Aung Hlaing talked for over an hour at the military chief's office in the capital Naypyitaw without aides and the general later said, "We had very nice talks”
Five major UK banks pass BoE stress tests
02 Dec 2015
Bomb scare causes mass evacuations in London
02 Dec 2015
Five major UK banks pass BoE stress tests
02 Dec 2015
Russian sanctions could add $5 bn to Turkey’s CAD
01 Dec 2015
The risks of sanctions could push the $35 billion current account deficit calculated for 2015 to over $40 billion
US has not lost Thailand to China: US ambassador
01 Dec 2015
India not responsible for climate change, but concerned over planet’s health: PM
30 Nov 2015
The prime minister said while India's new economic momentum is a subject of international attention and a source of global opportunity, the health of the planet is equally important
Cameron seeks backing for UK strikes against IS
30 Nov 2015
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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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