Why is the 2026 Social Security 2.8% COLA failing against 3.3% inflation? Is your retirement check shrinking?Social Security COLA 2026 Inflation Gap: Why 2.8% Increase Trails 3.3% Senior Inflation. The 2.8% Social Security COLA for 2026 is failing....
30 Apr, 2026, 10.27 PM IST
Song lyric of the day by American rock band Green Day: 'Summer has come and passed. The innocent can never last. Wake me up when September ends.'Green Day's hit song 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' captures the pain of loss. The lyrics reflect on summer's end and the end of innocenc...
23 Apr, 2026, 12.50 PM IST
The war in Iran sparks a global fertilizer shortage and threatens food pricesFarmers worldwide face rising costs and dwindling fertilizer supplies due to the Iran war. This shortage threatens crop yields and could le...
27 Mar, 2026, 08.03 AM IST
SC questions ‘scientific’ basis of BPL classification, flags misuse of ration cardsThe Supreme Court questions if states are using a scientific approach to identify and classify the economically disadvantaged for BPL benef...
20 Mar, 2025, 12.19 AM IST
Middle class in America? This is what a Trump presidency would mean for youAs the presidential election season heats up, one promise that remains a constant across party lines is the vow to lift the middle class. H...
24 Oct, 2024, 01.56 AM IST
E-grocery deliveries delayed in Covid-19 second wave tooWhile top players, including Bigbasket, Flipkart, Amazon and Grofers put the blame squarely on supply chain disruptions last year, a combin...
26 May, 2021, 10.24 AM IST
Consumers still stockpiling; channel behaviour has changed for long term in pandemic: YouGov reportThe report said almost all consumers in India have developed a regular shopping routine over the course of the pandemic. Half the responden...
13 Apr, 2021, 12.40 PM IST
Investors Clinic, Supertech to offer property at subsidised rates to frontline workersThe project, which is close to the upcoming Jewar airport and proposed Film City is spread in 100-acre and is a mix of plotted development ...
27 Feb, 2021, 03.31 PM IST
Economy picks up momentum, COVID handled much better: SBI ResearchCorporate results for July-September quarter shows that the companies producing essential goods have mostly witnessed strong results while ...
09 Nov, 2020, 06.05 PM IST
What will cost more and what will be cheaper for you due to GST? Here's the listWith prospects of GST increasing the GDP by 2 per cent, the momentous legislation, at least for the short term, may emerge as a mixed bag f...
05 Apr, 2017, 02.47 PM IST
Centre looking at selling pulses via PDSAlready some states like Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh are distributing pulses through PDS at a subsidised rate.
11 Jan, 2017, 08.31 PM IST
Biocon, Piramal & GSK buck the pharma trend, outperform amid absence of FDA issuesWhile most pharma companies have turned risky on account of regulatory clamps, investors have switched to companies with healthy pipeline a...
29 Apr, 2016, 09.23 AM IST
In rare case, deficit target can be hiked: Bimal Jalan"We have to keep in mind two priorities. One is public investment. Two is the use of technology to reduce administrative expenses."
08 Feb, 2016, 11.41 AM IST
How to solve electricity woes in rural India? Free solar lamp instead of subsidized keroseneStudies show 40 per cent of kerosene, supposedly meant for the poor, is diverted to other users.
27 Jul, 2014, 03.00 PM IST
Markets entering a pre-Budget rally: Anish Damania, IDFC SecuritiesPeople are betting on a recovery and I would guess that to a great extent, it can really happen, says Anish Damania.
02 Jul, 2014, 09.46 AM IST
- Assocham backs Centre's decision to hike diesel price
Industry body Assocham today backed the Centre's decision to hike diesel price and allow FDI in multi-brand retail.
19 Sep, 2012, 07.19 PM IST
- Doha round likely to be completed by year-end: Khullar
The Doha round of trade negotiations is likely to be completed by year-end, Indian Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar has said.
18 Mar, 2011, 12.04 PM IST