'Dangerous new era': climate change spurs disaster in 2024This year is the hottest in history, with record-breaking temperatures in the atmosphere and oceans acting like fuel for extreme weather ar...
28 Dec, 2024, 10.55 AM IST
As wildfires wipe out forests, Greeks debate: to replant, or not?Wildfires in Greece have intensified, destroying vast forest areas around Athens. The government plans to replant trees, but experts debate...
19 Sep, 2024, 01.45 PM IST
One week after Libya flood, aid effort gains paceInternational aid efforts are increasing to help the survivors of the flash flood that devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna. Search-...
17 Sep, 2023, 03.05 PM IST
Libya: Storm Daniel triggers severe rain and floods, 10000 missing; Know what happenedLibya has been hit hard by Storm Daniel, resulting in catastrophic flooding in the eastern part of the country. Here's what happened:
12 Sep, 2023, 05.41 PM IST
Greece faces dual crisis: After 'largest ever' wildfires, flood-like situation with one fatality reportedGreece faced a tragic turn of events as relentless rainfall led to severe flooding, with reports from the country's fire brigade confirming...
05 Sep, 2023, 08.44 PM IST
Oil slides 4% on China virus curbs and climate warningA United Nations panel's dire warning on climate change also added to the gloomy mood after fires in Greece have razed homes and forests an...
09 Aug, 2021, 03.43 PM IST
Death toll reaches 26 in earthquake that hit Turkey, Greek islandThe quake hit Friday afternoon, toppling buildings in Izmir, Turkey's third-largest city, and triggering a small tsunami in the district of...
31 Oct, 2020, 03.23 PM IST
Pragmatic Alexis Tsipras postpones Greek revolution, trouble lurksListening to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his re-elected leftist government, you would think the revolution had been postponed, ...
13 Oct, 2015, 02.29 AM IST
Here's why Ashoka Mody thinks that Germany, not Greece, should exit euroA German return to the deutsche mark would cause the value of the euro to fall, giving countries in Europe's periphery a boost in export-co...
18 Jul, 2015, 01.00 PM IST
Markets looking for cues from final clauses of Greece bailout deal: Madhur Jha, StanChart"We are likely to see some more ECB support. Markets will now really be looking at what the final terms of the new bailout agreement are li...
15 Jul, 2015, 04.28 PM IST
Investors should avoid getting sucked into the prevailing negativity: Mark Mobius"The market went up too rapidly last year and began to break many valuation measures, prompting some investors to get out of it."
13 Jul, 2015, 08.46 AM IST
Greece can't pay for paper anymoreGreece is running out of paper because companies can't pay foreign suppliers and the shipments are getting trapped in customs
11 Jul, 2015, 03.21 PM IST
Greece isn't panicking about capital controls because millions of people are already too poor for it to matterControls have already been here for years. People seem far less inclined to panic since this is now the fifth year of a semi-permanent cris...
02 Jul, 2015, 04.00 PM IST
Top five factors why Sensex fell over 850 pointsThe benchmarks are nearing intermediate support zones and if buyers refrain from buying, then the market may weaken further in the next few...
06 Jan, 2015, 05.03 PM IST
- Rupee gains 10 paise against US dollar
The rupee gained 10 paise to 44.64 per US dollar in early trade on fresh selling of dollars by banks on the back of dollar weakness in over...
11 May, 2011, 11.38 AM IST
- 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...
16 May, 2010, 07.00 PM IST
Germany to take on at least 30 bn euros in debt: reportGermany will contract new debt of at least 30 billion euros (42 billion dollars) in 2009, more than double the amount this year.
17 Dec, 2008, 01.55 PM IST