World economy
Bahrain’s Investcorp looks to raise up to $548 m in yuan fund
14 Nov 2023
Encouraged by its successful share sale through an IPO, Investcorp Capital, an alternative asset manager based in Bahrain, is reported to be looking to raise 2 billion to 4 billion yuan
Greek government sells 20% stake in National Bank
13 Nov 2023
The Greek government on Tuesday announced the sale of a 20 per cent stake in National Bank of Greece (NBG).

World Bank warns Middle East conflict could trigger global commodity and oil price surge
31 Oct 2023
The World Bank has sounded the alarm, cautioning that the ongoing conflict between Israel and HAMAS in the Middle East has the potential to significantly
India, US, Brazil join to spearhead Global Biofuels Alliance
10 Sep 2023
In yet another big deal for India, which is the current president of the G20, the summit in New Delhi announced the formation of a Global Biofuels Alliance.

Brazil's president proposes common currency for BRICS nations
24 Aug 2023
The President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, popularly known as Lula, proposed the idea of establishing a common currency among the BRICS nations.

JPMorgan Chase acquires majority stake in failed First Republic Bank
06 May 2023
JPMorgan Chase has offered to protect all $92 billion of deposits - insured and uninsured - bringing its financial strength, capabilities and capital to the US banking system and First Republic
ECB raises interest rates by 25 basis points
05 May 2023

Silicon Valley Bank, sixteenth-largest US bank, collapses
11 Mar 2023
The run on the bank followed a letter sent by Silicon Valley Bank chief executive officer Greg Becker to shareholders stating that the bank had suffered a $1.8 billion loss on the sale of US treasuries and mortgage-backed securities and also outlined a plan to raise $2.25 billion to shore up capital

India, well placed to lead G20 towards `One Earth, One Family, One Future’
06 Mar 2023
“In a world facing multiple challenges and rising geopolitical tensions, India’s G20 presidency is critical — and beautifully captured in the theme: One Earth, One Family, One Future,” the IMF MD said in a blog post
US using Indian refiners for record purchase of gasoline and diesel of Russian origin: report
06 Feb 2023

India seeks unity of Global South to grow past a ‘frozen’ United Nations
16 Jan 2023
As many as 125 countries, which included 29 countries from Latin America and Caribbean, 47 countries from Africa, seven from Europe, 31 from Asia and 11 from Oceania, participated in the summit, while China and Pakistan were absent

Rising debt could undermine South Asia’s growth: RBI governor
10 Jan 2023
Multiple external shocks in the form of Covid related global supply chain disruptions, food and energy crisis following the war in Ukraine, and financial market volatility arising from the aggressive monetary policy tightening have exerted sustained price pressures in the South Asian economies, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das told a meeting of the International Monetary Fund

Rishi Sunak becomes UK’s first Indian origin Prime Minister
25 Oct 2022
Sunak must ensure that his team is focused on overcoming a tumultuous economic crisis even as his government fixes the mistakes made by his predecessors

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth dies at 96
14 Sep 2022
Her eldest son Charles, 73, automatically becomes king of the United Kingdom and the head of state of 14 other nations, including Australia, Canada and New Zealand
US economy contracted in second quarter by 0.6%
31 Aug 2022

China launches a second module to its space station
25 Jul 2022
China will launch a third module, named Mengtian, in October this year, completing the T-shaped space station
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp

India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent

Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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