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Robots are solving the very expensive research problem of banks

Using so-called AI to automate swathes of the research process is quickly gaining traction because cost-conscious investment banks are downsizing.

Indian passport less powerful than Brazil, Russia and China, ranks a poor 86th globally

India has dropped 7 places in last 6 months; Japan and Singapore are at the top while Finland, South Korea and Germany are on the second spot.

US and China agree to tentative trade war truce ahead of G-20 summit

A crew member from Brazilian president’s plane detained in Seville with 39 kg of cocaine.

US puts Huawei on export blacklist amid trade war with China

Thousands of teachers, students protest in Brazil against President Jair Bolsonaro for ‘massive’ cuts in education budget

France looks to include India and several other countries as permanent UNSC members

India is at the forefront of efforts to push for the long-pending reform of UNSC, emphasising that it rightly deserves to be a permanent UN member.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu likely to secure a record fifth term

New World Bank chief David Malpass seeks to temper fears over appointment, and US sends warship to disputed sea in signal to China.

Jair Bolsonaro: Why Brazil’s far-Right leader could be bracing for street protests

ThePrint looks at the rise of Jair Bolsonaro and what he tells us about Brazil’s shift to the Right.

Brazil, Ethiopia & Kenya: A new wave of unlikely economic reformers

ThePrint takes a look at how some countries are implementing reforms and what the politics behind the agenda is.

Sugar output seen sinking to 3-year low next season

A shrinking harvest will potentially cut overseas shipments and support global prices that fell 21% in 2018 -- a second straight year of losses.

On Camera

5 reasons behind Kejriwal’s googly at PM Modi, probable successors Amit Shah and Yogi

By raising the now-disputed age ceiling purportedly fixed by PM Modi in 2014 and wading into the succession debate, the AAP’s national convenor is seeking to kill five birds with one stone.

Brokerages & hedge funds make a killing as India’s inexperienced youth flocks to the equity market

Indians aged 20-30 are trading in options market in droves, but know nothing about it & so keep losing money. If losses mount, it could undo gains India saw in investment culture, analysts fear.

Pensionless Maha Vir Chakra awardee who trained Mukti Bahini continues to fight for rights

Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.