View: Every pollster tells a storyEven most exit polls couldn’t see the BJP getting near 300 seats. Some attributed the party as few as 155-160 seats. Similarly, most pollst...
08 Mar, 2022, 11.58 PM IST
Soaring fuel is bad timing for governments facing votersOil’s relentless march toward triple figures has already prompted political action from incumbents. India cut retail taxes on gasoline and ...
20 Feb, 2022, 09.58 AM IST
Oil firms, near highest since late November on risk appetiteU.S. oil rose for a sixth consecutive session on Wednesday while Brent gained more ground with a broad-based rally in global markets suppor...
29 Dec, 2021, 07.34 AM IST
End of the summer: 8 events that may shake markets in SeptemberThe will-they-won't-they debate over trimming pandemic-era stimulus gets an airing with several G10 central banks holding meetings. A showd...
06 Sep, 2021, 02.00 PM IST
India's retail inflation for July at 5.59%Consumer prices rose 5.59% in July from the same month last year, lower than June's 6.26% annual inflation rate and below a Reuters poll fo...
12 Aug, 2021, 07.52 PM IST
China's economic recovery loses some steam, investors eye more policy easingGross domestic product (GDP) expanded 7.9% in the April-June quarter from a year earlier, official data showed on Thursday, missing expecta...
15 Jul, 2021, 12.21 PM IST
China's economy grows more slowly than expected in Q2Growth slowed significantly from a record 18.3% expansion in the January-March period, when the year-on-year growth rate was heavily skewed...
15 Jul, 2021, 08.43 AM IST
Donald Trump, Joe Biden hit key states on final weekend before voteThe election takes place in a deeply divided country, with feelings so raw that gun sales have surged in some areas. Businesses in some cit...
01 Nov, 2020, 10.44 AM IST
Healthcare, materials nudge China shares higherProfits at China's industrial firms rose 10.1% in September year-on-year, a fifth straight monthly rise, but growth slowed from August, dat...
27 Oct, 2020, 02.13 PM IST
China factory prices fall more slowly in August with recovery on trackChina's economy returned to growth in the second quarter after a massive coronavirus-induced contraction at the start of the year. Recent i...
09 Sep, 2020, 09.27 AM IST
What exactly to expect from today's GDP numbersGDP forecasts for the June quarter range from contraction of 15 to 25.9 per cent, which is the worst performance since the country started ...
31 Aug, 2020, 08.44 PM IST
Euro zone economy posts record slump in second quarter, inflation ticks upThe contraction was slightly more pronounced than market expectations of a 12.0% fall, and followed the 3.6% GDP drop recorded in the first...
31 Jul, 2020, 02.57 PM IST
China's second-quarter GDP grows 3.2% year-on-year, beats expectationsThe growth was faster than the 2.5% forecast by analysts in a Reuters poll, and followed a steep 6.8% slump in the first quarter, the first...
16 Jul, 2020, 11.17 AM IST
View: Raj Bhavan's new nadirConstitutionally, it is elementary and elemental that dissolution, at any time, is a last resort, when no other exists.
24 Nov, 2018, 07.33 PM IST
Just how good are our opinion polls?Even when polls report a sampling error between 3% and 5%, the error in seat forecasts is often as high as 200%.
12 Mar, 2014, 01.24 AM IST
- Opposition forces rapidly gaining in power
Realisation is slowly beginning to dawn on the Left Front that the opposition forces are rapidly gaining in power.
10 Dec, 2009, 10.57 PM IST
- Vote for cash: Karnataka tops national shame table
The study conducted after assembly elections in May 2008 gains relevance given the ongoing bypolls in Karnataka where money power is expect...
25 Dec, 2008, 09.05 AM IST