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Sunday, May 5, 2024
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

Saving the planet doesn’t mean killing economic growth

Cheap renewable energy means that poor countries will be able to follow a different, cleaner path to industrialisation without sacrificing living standards.

This 73,000-year-old piece of art is changing what it means to be human

A new discovery is changing the belief that symbolic art is an expression only human beings are capable of.

Nitin Gadkari says India’s infrastructural development needs support from banks

Bankers are dithering about lending decisions as they fear that if a decision goes wrong, they could be subject to probes. 

Modi govt is taking the bull by the horn, says Kumar Mangalam Birla

Birla’s hunger for deals comes from his optimism about India’s economy, which he likened to an elephant that’s starting to run.

India needs a mix of small and large cap stocks for steady returns, says HDFC Securities

A major opportunity for small caps may come around the general elections in May 2019 when large caps could underperform.

Zuckerberg does not know how to solve or even think about Facebook’s problems

New Yorker's Evan Osnos in his interview with Mark Zuckerberg found him to be completely unprepared to solve the issues his company was mired in. 

More jobs please – The simple message for politicians from India’s Gen Z

PM Modi's failure to create 10 million jobs a year will be a key issue in general elections next year for 130 million first-time voters. 

Traumatic experience of liberalism made Asians and Africans distrust it

Mahatma Gandhi was one of the critics of liberalism. He saw it collapsing in the West into demagogic, racist and authoritarian regimes.

India indicates trade war truce with US again even as Chinese goods set to face fresh tariffs

The Trump administration is dealing with India differently by exempting it from tariffs on its steel and aluminium goods, with some conditions applied. 

This is the only strategy that can bring success to Bank of Baroda

Savings deposits from small town India could prove to be a lucrative source of funding.

On Camera

‘Trade, not aid’—Narasimha Rao’s 1991 reforms speech that changed India’s economic landscape

On 9 July 1991, then-PM PV Narasimha Rao addressed the nation days before the Budget presentation, admitting that the job of repairing India's sick economy won't be easy, quick, or smooth.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.