Meet Mukesh Mandal: Once a Microsoft engineer, now a street cleaner in Russia who earns Rs 1.1 lakh per monthThe 26-year-old Mukesh Mandal, who worked with Microsoft in India, is now cleaning the streets of Russia and reportedly earning Rs 1.1 lakh...
09 Jan, 2026, 01.21 PM IST
US stocks edge up as investors position for busy week of dataWall Street indexes edged higher as tech stocks rebounded, while investors awaited economic data to gauge interest rate direction. Presiden...
15 Dec, 2025, 10.32 PM IST
Ticket to the Arctic: Inside Russia's system of convict labourRussia revives forced labour amid Ukraine war labour crisis. Convicts fill workforce gaps in harsh regions like Norilsk. Activist Yekaterin...
11 Sep, 2025, 11.09 AM IST
All about serial killer Mikhail Popkov, ‘The Werewolf’ of Russia who killed 92Mikhail Popkov, Russia's infamous 'Werewolf,' has confessed to two more murders, raising his victim count to 92, with fears it could reach ...
29 Aug, 2025, 12.34 AM IST
How big fossil-fuel-producing countries export emissions abroadFossil fuel exports have been a hot topic at the United Nations climate conference in Baku this year, with activists and delegates from som...
25 Nov, 2024, 10.21 AM IST
Narendra Modi’s latest sojourn to America intends to make the India-US embrace long-termIndia is in a geopolitical sweet spot. A year ago, it was in the crosshairs of global opprobrium for refusing to condemn Russia's invasion ...
24 Jun, 2023, 10.02 AM IST
War in Ukraine at 1 year: Pain, resilience in global economyOne year after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and caused widespread suffering, the global economy is still enduring the consequen...
15 Feb, 2023, 07.23 PM IST
In Egypt, host of COP27, a small step toward green energyFrom a distance, the endless landscape of solar panels stretching toward the horizon can easily be mistaken for crops nearing harvest. But ...
11 Nov, 2022, 12.14 PM IST
Can't rule out 5-8-10% corrections over next couple of months; market to be stronger by Diwali: Abhishek Basumallick“ We cannot rule out some 5-8-10% corrections over the next couple of months but somewhere, close to the end of September-October, we shoul...
24 Aug, 2022, 03.04 PM IST
Poorer nations face unrest as wealthy countries snap up fuelThe crunch comes at a particularly difficult time: The global shift to cleaner energy sources meant developed economies weren’t investing i...
19 Aug, 2022, 07.04 AM IST
Govts spending like drunk sailors! Aswath Damodaran on why inflation is biggest riskAswath Damodaran, one of the most forthright global voices on markets and investment,says: "My biggest worry for the next year is how infla...
03 Mar, 2022, 11.13 AM IST
Recovery means oil getting slick againBacked by a robust tax collection, GoI should cut tax on fuels, nudge states to follow, and keep alive the proposal to bring petrol and die...
18 Jan, 2022, 11.34 PM IST
India should play the great game for Artic oil & gasIn the inhospitable wastelands of the Siberian Arctic, whipped by blizzards and wrapped in polar night for six months in a year, a great ga...
01 Oct, 2021, 02.38 PM IST
Bullish on midcap IT companies like HCL Tech, MindTree more than sectoral leaders: Prabodh Agrawal"We like the midcaps much more than the front liners. So we like HCL Tech, which has been our favourite for a very, very long time."
15 Mar, 2014, 10.21 PM IST
- IMF breathing again, courtesy financial crisis
Financial crisis has breathed new life into IMF which, not too long ago, had run out of steam itself. 2008: Year of fin crisis I Management...
12 Nov, 2008, 04.58 PM IST