Global summit on nature adopts a novel way to pay for conservationCompanies profiting from genetic information in digital databases will contribute 1% of their profits or 0.1% of revenue. Half of the funds...
04 Nov, 2024, 10.24 AM IST
How could the UK tweak its budget rules to borrow more?British finance minister Rachel Reeves plans to give the new government more leeway to borrow in efforts to boost economic growth. Options ...
24 Sep, 2024, 03.50 PM IST
Paw Power: How pets are becoming a serious business in IndiaIndia's pet care industry is growing at a CAGR of 16.5%, according to Decipher Market Research Agency, with the market size expected to rea...
06 May, 2023, 10.51 PM IST
The average Indian has multiple dreams, but can Centre afford to fund it this Budget?Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will take the podium tomorrow, burdened with the difficult task of finding funds to meet the demands of...
01 Feb, 2023, 10.53 AM IST
Investors who stuck it out for Musk's Twitter deal set to reap rewardsFirms including Pentwater Capital, Millennium Management, Adage Capital Partners, and Greenlight Capital - which invest for wealthy clients...
28 Oct, 2022, 04.57 PM IST
Dynamic bond mutual funds are not a good choice amid rising interest rates: Here's whyDynamic bond funds offer an alternate route to continue playing the interest rate cycle through its ups and downs. These retain the flexibi...
24 Jan, 2022, 12.53 PM IST
Petcare startup Wiggles raises $5.5 million from Anthill Ventures, othersWiggles will use the funding from Anthill Ventures and others for R&D of new category-creating products and expansion. Its peers Heads Up F...
28 Oct, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
Pandemic drives growth in pet care industryPet care startups and retailers are wooing investors eager to cash in on rising need for pet ownership in the country during the pandemic.
26 Sep, 2021, 09.16 PM IST
View: Guns N’ Roses for ModiModi has the skill to keep the nationalist frenzy kicked off by this act of getting even with Pakistan going for some time.
26 Feb, 2019, 06.53 PM IST
Tax Optimizer: How NPS, study loan can help Chennai's Veeraswamy save taxSudhir Kaushik of Taxspanner.com advises readers on how to restructure their income, investments and expenses to optimise their tax.
20 Mar, 2017, 06.30 AM IST
Have dynamic bond funds been caught on the wrong foot?Dynamic bond funds are considered ideal for investors who don’t have the understanding to take a call on interest movements.
14 Mar, 2017, 09.20 AM IST
Top 10 mutual funds that created wealth for domestic investors in 2016A spate of outflow of portfolio money from foreign institutional investors and scars of demonetisation hurt domestic stocks through the yea...
30 Dec, 2016, 12.01 PM IST
Marilyn Monroe’s iconic ‘Happy birthday Mr President’ dress on auctionWhen it first went up for auction in 1999, it sold for $1.3 million but this time it is expected to fetch $2-$3.
16 Sep, 2016, 10.02 AM IST
- What agricultural 'ecosystems on steroids' are doing to the air
In a study that identifies a new, "direct fingerprint" of human activity on Earth, scientists have found that agricultural crops play a big...
09 Mar, 2015, 05.11 PM IST
Jharkhand looks forward to Finance Commission largesseJharkhand has urged the 14th Finance Commission to assist the state in wiggling out from its underdevelopment with adequate allocations, co...
10 Jan, 2014, 05.37 PM IST
Now, build your own smartphone-controlled robots!Engineers have developed magnetic robot construction kits which enable you to build your own smartphone-controlled toy robots.
11 Nov, 2013, 01.18 PM IST
- RBI credit policy: Rate hike to squeeze home sales; gloomy outlook ahead
A 25 basis points increase by RBI is likely to further squeeze home sales across the country, some developers and bankers said, amid appreh...
16 Jun, 2011, 07.58 PM IST