Tesla had controversially acquired SolarCity, run by two of Elon Musk’s cousins, in what critics had termed a bailout at the expense of Tesla shareholders. Now, it is closing several solar installation offices and downsizing staff
The higher import duties will raise the prices of some varieties of apples, almonds, chickpeas, lentils, walnuts and artemia, most of which are imported from the United States
Inspired by nature, researchers have developed a novel nanolaser that changes colours using the same mechanism as chameleons; this could help in advances in flexible optical displays in smartphones and televisions, wearable photonic devices and ultra-sensitive sensors that measure strain
China has distanced itself from the proposal for a trilateral meeting of India, China and Pakistan under the aegis of the SCO, but said New Delhi and Islamabad must find ways of strengthening dialogue and mutual trust
A fresh trove of 1.2 million documents linked to the defunct Panamanian firm Mossack Fonseca reveal fresh details that appear to implicate Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, footballer Lionel Messi, and the family of Argentina’s president, among others
The move follows withering criticism for the heavy-handed and cold-hearted response to an immigration crisis after the implementation of the zero-tolerance policy, resulting in children being forcibly separated from parents who illegally cross the border
The Indian Hotels Company Ltd has agreed to pay over Rs1,866 crore in annual licence fee for The Connaught, a premium hotel in Lutyen's Delhi, to acquire a 33 year lease right for the property
Change is not encoded in the DNA of an organization, yet it is essential for growth. The key requirement is a visionary leader who can create a core team with a common vision and focus to spearhead change, says Tapas Gupta, founder and MD of BEI Confluence Communication and formerly president and CEO of a McCann-Erickson agency
The US EB-5 Investor programme or ‘million-dollar green card programme’ requires you to tie up around $575,000 of funds for a long period with no guarantee of success; similar programmes in Canada, the UK or Europe have much less burdensome requirements and may make more sense, says Ajay Sharma, president of Abhinav Oursourcings
Intensifying river floods could lead to regional production losses worldwide caused by global warming. This might not only hamper local economies around the globe — the effects might also propagate through the global network of trade and supply chains
Scientists have developed a model for detecting moralised language based on a prior, deep learning framework that can reliably identify text that reflects moral concerns about an issue
Taxing MNEs' profits, as currently done, wastes resources and is detrimental to global welfare, a new study argues, and suggests we should, instead, tax dividends and sales
While the number of robots deployed by Indian firms has seen a 200-fold increase in the 21st century, the country still has the lowest density of robots in the world, and they are mostly deployed in jobs that are difficult or dangerous for humans
