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JSW gets mandate to develop Keni Port in Karnatakai
18 Nov 2023
The Rs4,119-crore Keni Port, which is designed to handle cape-size vessels, will have an initial capacity of 30 million tonnes and serve exporters in the North Karnataka region

The US pledges a $553 million investment in the Adani-owned Sri Lanka port to curb Chinese Influence
08 Nov 2023
In a strategic move aimed at countering China's influence in South Asia, the United States has pledged a substantial $553 million in financing for the development of a port terminal in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo.

Canada's Davie acquires Russian-owned Helsinki Shipyard
03 Nov 2023
Davie said it used a combination of own funds and a €77 million ($110 million) financing from the Québec government for completing the transaction
IFSC panel roots for competitive ship leasing facility in India
06 Dec 2021
India has a merchant fleet of 1,491 seagoing ships with total capacity of 13 million GT and ranks 18th in terms of flag of registration by dead weight tonnage and 19th by carrying capacity, but accounts for just about 1.3 per cent of the total global dead weight tonnage
Yara launches world’s first fully emission-free container ship
22 Nov 2021
The fully electric and self-propelled container ship will cut 1,000 tonnes of CO2 and replace 40,000 trips by diesel-powered trucks a year
Shaping the post-pandemic economy, a global perspective
21 Jan 2021
Apart from aggravating the problem of inequalities among nations the pandemic is creating joblessness within countries and since global policies cannot be tailored to suit the requirements of all individual countries, there cannot be any guarantee that the IMF, or any international institution for that matter, would be able to help bring about a job-lead economic recovery
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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