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2022 fifth or sixth warmest year on record: WMOThe global mean temperature in 2022 was 1.15 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) average, making it the "fifth or sixth" w...
Statkraft, first MNC to buy bankrupt Indian power firmOslo-headquartered Statkraft was pitted against Biocon-backed Ampyr Energy, ReNew Power, an arm of state-owned NTPC and European renewable ...
‘No one is safe’: Extreme weather batters the wealthy worldFloods swept Germany, fires ravaged the American West and another heat wave loomed, driving home the reality that the world’s richest natio...
Is the Sensex bubble about to burst?Sensex is a bubble. But it may last some time since it is part of a global bubble blown by major central banks printing money massively to ...
World markets roiled by Brexit as stocks, pound drop; gold soarsThe Dow Jones Industrial Average sank more than 600 points, or 3.7 percent, to erase gains for the year, while European stocks slid 7 perce...
Government mulling to bring large hydropower units under renewable energy ambitIndia’s existing generation capacity is dominated 70% by conventional thermal power plants whereas non-fossil fuel generation constitute th...
CEA Arvind Subramanian to look into country's FTAs, suggest areas for renegotiationThe government has asked the CEA to look into the country's trade agreements and suggest areas that need a review and renegotiation.
Made-in-India drug ‘legal highs’ flooding Europe: ReportThe Europe Drug Report 2015 says new psychoactive substances were detected in the EU last year at the rate of around two per week.
Indian suppliers to MNCs like L’Oreal, Dell may lose out if they fail to address climate concernsInvestment in emissions reductions by Indian companies which are part of the global supply chain has dropped by nearly 50% from 2013.
Britain's 3i to invest $842 million in mid-sized businesses3i said it would continue to focus on mid-market investments in its core business services, consumer, healthcare and industrial sectors.
Flood risk in Europe could double by 2050Socioeconomic growth accounts for about two-thirds of the increased risk, as development leads to more infrastructure that could be damaged...
India wants EU to do away with import duty on its textilesIndia has asked EU to waive import duty on its textiles, arguing that the quality of its cloth is better than that supplied by Pak and Bang...
India to grow at 6% in current fiscal: Standard & Poor'sIt, however, cautioned that a weaker global risk appetite and a poor monsoon would pull down growth to around 5 pc in 2013-14 fiscal.
- India, Germany agree on concluding India-European Union Free Trade Agreement this year
Even as PM was discussing FTA with Merkel, back home, the BJP took exception to his decision to engage in negotiations for a "highly contro...
- ECB keeps key rate at 1% as inflation kicks in
With widening economic divergences already making it harder for ECB to set a common monetary policy, its response may be to do nothing.
- German economy contracts in Q4, stokes recession fear
Germany may be on the brink of recession after the sovereign debt crisis caused the economy to contract in the final quarter of 2011.
- European debt crisis a grim reminder for US
The European debt crisis is a stark reminder for the United States to tackle its own massive budget deficit. Greece crisis | Stocks: Gainer...