High-income countries of G20 fall drastically short on climate action, says Oxfam paperDelving further into the disparities among the G20 countries, the paper notes that the high-income nations of the grouping bear the primary...
08 Sep, 2023, 05.52 PM IST
FCRA violation: CBI registers FIR against Oxfam India, searches its office"From the email found during IT survey by the CBDT it appears that the Oxfam India is providing funds to the Centre for Policy Research (CP...
19 Apr, 2023, 10.17 PM IST
Networth of richest-1% double of rest of world: OxfamReleasing the report on the sidelines of the annual congregation of the global elite in this Swiss ski resort town, Oxfam said a tax of up ...
16 Jan, 2023, 07.04 AM IST
India to boost spending with near-record debt: Budget PreviewEconomists predict Sitharaman will target a fiscal gap of 6.1% of GDP next fiscal year after ending the current year with a 6.8% shortfall,...
01 Feb, 2022, 10.31 AM IST
FCRA licences of 79 NGOs restored by Home MinistryOn January 1, FCRA licence of 5,968 NGOs, including Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, was cancelled after they failed to comply with...
04 Jan, 2022, 10.05 AM IST
The $100 billion hurdle to a global climate breakthroughAhead of the next global summit, held in Glasgow, Scotland, advanced economies have come up short. The gigantic financial gap has some of t...
15 Oct, 2021, 10.58 AM IST
Coronavirus: Rich nations snap up vaccine stocks in global race for jabBig pharma is racing to produce an effective jab to counter a virus that has now killed more than 935,000 people around the world and infec...
17 Sep, 2020, 05.58 PM IST
Green Climate Fund hosts two-day fundraising conference in ParisGiven the urgency of climate action, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres appealed to countries participating in the conferenc...
25 Oct, 2019, 08.03 PM IST
Panama Papers prompt race for tax haven dollarsWhat all of them have in common is a need to bolster public coffers. Results so far have been mixed, with plans getting initial traction in...
25 Aug, 2016, 07.27 AM IST
Panama Papers prompt race for tax haven dollars before crackdownSome are driven by a public backlash to perceived unfairness in global taxation as highlighted by the Panama Papers, others by the prospect...
24 Aug, 2016, 02.56 PM IST
World’s richest 10% responsible for 50% of global carbon emissionsThe vast majority of the richest 10 per cent of the world stay in the OECD countries - North America, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealan...
10 Dec, 2015, 12.19 PM IST
Carbon footprints don’t lie: World’s richest 10% release 50% of its CO2As the rich countries of the West lock horns with the developing world at Paris on the question of who will cut how much carbon emissions, ...
10 Dec, 2015, 02.09 AM IST
- One upma-nship
Jingoists who had once bemoaned India's growing preference for pizza over paratha, chips over papad and maybe even Sonia Gandhi over Advani...
18 Jun, 2011, 02.08 AM IST
- Keep word on cotton subsidy else no global deal, US told
India, China and Argentina have warned that the ongoing negotiations for a global trade deal could be in trouble if the US does not give a ...
23 Jun, 2010, 03.01 AM IST
- Portfolio funds see growth opportunity in Rural India
Rural India has found a new ally in VCs and PE funds. Moving away from chic sectors like IT and real estate, portfolio funds are making a b...
11 Nov, 2009, 01.51 AM IST
- G8 finance chiefs wrestle with oil, food crises
Finance ministers from the world's leading industrialised powers grappled on Friday with the economic threat from soaring food and oil pric...
13 Jun, 2008, 07.40 PM IST
- NGOs cease talks with ADB on SPS
NGOs from different parts of the world have halted their on-going consultative talks with the ADB over the consultation paper on its enviro...
08 Feb, 2008, 11.36 AM IST