Banks general
Bank credit grows 15%, deposits up 17%
26 Dec 2013
IDFC not eligible for bank lincence
20 Dec 2013
EU officials agree landmark banking deal
20 Dec 2013
The agreement envisages setting up a €55 billion ($75 billion) fund financed by the banks over a period of 10 years, to avoid future bank bailouts using taxpayers’ money
UK banknotes to get tough new makeover from 2016
18 Dec 2013
Strike hits banking operations across the country
18 Dec 2013
The strike has affected 85,000 bank branches across the country, resulting in non-clearance of around 40 lakh cheques worth around Rs24,000 crore
RBI leaves policy rates unchanged on liquidity concerns
18 Dec 2013
While the tapering of quantitative easing by the US Fed may disrupt inflows of funds, RBI said it cannot soften its stand on inflation for obvious reasons
Governments divided on Bitcoin's status as money
16 Dec 2013
Norway has decreed Bitcoin to be an asset upon which capital gains tax could be charged, though it says the virtual currerncy did not qualify as real money
RBI sees 14.23% growth in bank credit
12 Dec 2013
RBI suggests loan rate hike for ‘willful’ defaulters
11 Dec 2013
Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan today said the RBI is considering making borrowings more expensive for willful defaulters
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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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