[ad_1] Stock market today: BSE Sensex and Nifty50, Indian benchmark equity indices, opened in green on Wednesday. BSE Sensex surged over 250 points and Nifty50 was above 22,650. At 9:20 AM, BSE Sensex was trading at 74,824.42, up 141 points or 0.19%. Nifty50 was at 22,681.30, up 39 points or 0.17%.Equity markets opened at fresh […]
[ad_1] Cattle grazing the dried bed of Kerala’s longest river Bharathapuzha near Ottapalam, Palakkad | Photo Credit: MUSTAFAH KK This year’s February was the hottest February ever. So was this year’s January. This is in continuation of a streak: the last seven months of 2023 also marked record highs for those months. Records have been […]
[ad_1] War of Words! Krishnamurthy Subramanian, the Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund has said that the IMF’s GDP growth forecasts for India have been consistently ‘INACCURATE’. In contrast, he claimed that his predictions of India’s GDP growth have been accurate. The issue stems from IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack recently stating that Krishnamurthy Subramanian’s […]
[ad_1] Saudi Aramco, Coal India and Gazprom did not immediately respond to requests for comment. | Photo Credit: AP “The vast majority of planet-warming carbondioxide emissions since 2016 can be traced to a group of just 57 fossil fuels and cement producers,” researchers said on April 4. “From 2016 to 2022, the 57 entities including […]
[ad_1] ANKARA: The Turkish Central Bank‘s net reserves rose around $1 billion last week, bankers said on Tuesday, with recent declines halting after last month’s interest rate hike. According to four bankers’ calculations, net reserves climbed $0.8-1 billion in the week to March 29 from $15.21 billion a week earlier to reach more than $16 […]
[ad_1] Factory workers are seen on an assembly line at a manufacturing plant for automobile air conditioners in China. File | Photo Credit: AP Manufacturing in China expanded in March after contracting for five consecutive months, according to an official survey of factory managers released on March 31, suggesting a rebound in industrial activities following […]
[ad_1] In an impressive display of resilience, the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared to new heights in New York on Thursday, marking a significant prelude to the Easter holiday break. This rally not only set new records but also signaled the best start to the year for the S&P 500 since […]
[ad_1] A view of the Islamabad High Court. File | Photo Credit: AFP In an unprecedented move, six judges of the Islamabad High Court sought intervention by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against the alleged interference in the working of the judiciary by Pakistan’s powerful intelligence agencies. A letter signed by six Islamabad High Court […]
[ad_1] CAIRO: Iraq’s oil ministry said on Monday that foreign companies operating in Iraqi Kurdistan were partly to blame for the delay in resumption of crude exports from the region. Foreign companies, alongside the Iraqi Kurdish authorities, had so far not submitted contracts to the federal oil ministry to revise them and issue new contracts […]
[ad_1] The loss in biodiversity was driven by several factors, primarily eutrophication and climate change Habitats and organisms in Finland’s coastal waters are threatened by biodiversity loss, with some key species in worrying decline, Finnish experts said in a report published on March 22. With its brackish, shallow waters and coastline covering over 46,000 kilometres […]
