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Haryana is caught in a paradox. 3rd in per capita income, yet 75% there live below poverty line

Haryana's revised BPL criteria, expanding the scope for families to qualify as BPL, has sparked debate, with govt data showing 2.10 cr residents classified as impoverished.

Despite cyclical downturn in India, govt unlikely to unleash any fiscal stimulus measures: Report

New Delhi , January 14 (ANI): India is currently experiencing a cyclical economic downturn, with gross domestic product (GDP) growth projected at 6.1 per...

US futures steady, Japan slides in nervous wait for US CPI

By Caroline Valetkevitch and Tom Westbrook NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Ten-year Treasury yields hit 14-month highs, driving a spike in the dollar and a wave of selling in technology stocks which

India’s plastic pipe industry has significant headroom for growth: Jefferies

New Delhi , January 14 (ANI): India's plastic pipe industry has immense growth potential due to its lower per-capita pipe consumption compared to the...

Dollar clings to 2-year high as US rates, tariffs in focus

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar hung near its highest in more than two years on Tuesday as traders scale back U.S. rate cuts in 2025 after strong economic data, while investor

Oil prices remain near four-month highs as markets weigh Russia sanctions impact

By Colleen Howe BEIJING (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped at market open on Tuesday but remained near four-month highs as Chinese and Indian buyers sought new suppliers in the wake of the Biden

Stocks mostly ease as yields rise; investors weigh rate cut outlook

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) -Stock indexes mostly dipped on Monday, while U.S. Treasury 10-year yields touched 14-month highs as a resilient US economy and persistent inflation

Dollar stays strong as doubts about Fed rate cuts grow

By Laura Matthews NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar rose on Monday, driving its peers to multi-year lows, after Friday's blowout U.S. jobs report underscored economic strength and fueled growing doubts

Stocks slip as yields rise; dollar hits highest in more than 2 years

By Caroline Valetkevitch, Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Stock indexes dipped on Monday, while the U.S. dollar index hit its highest in more than two years, after last week's blowout U.S.

Oil prices climb 2% to 4-month high with sanctions expected to disrupt Russian supplies

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices climbed about 2% to a four-month high on Monday on expectations that wider U.S. sanctions on Russian oil would force buyers in India and China to seek

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Climate finance gap is widening. Rich nations still see it as charity 

Developed countries should take responsibility for their climate emissions. Instead, the instinct has been familiar: Protect your own first. This is now shaping the climate finance debate.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.