Friday, October 8, 2021

Wall Street surges as worries over debt ceiling subside; Dow up 510 points

The S&P 500 was up 61.61 points, or 1.41%, at 4,425.16, and the Nasdaq Composite was up 243.65 points, or 1.68%, at 14,745.56

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IIFL Finance bonds issue to close early on October 8 due to strong demand

IIFL Finance will use the capital for business growth and capital augmentation

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India-US must strengthen economic and trade partnership: Piyush Goyal

The minister's statement comes in the backdrop of the US indicating that they are not looking at a new trade agreement with India

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Fitch cuts GDP growth projections to 8.7% for FY22 from 10% earlier

A day ahead of policy review, it expects RBI to hold policy rates during FY22

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How the world's first malaria vaccine will protect against the parasite

This vaccine has been in development for 30 long years

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Thursday, October 7, 2021

Total Recall: Bombay, Gangsters and Satya

Bullets Over Bombay is divided into seven chapters, each of which is a well-considered essay on various aspects of the film

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Short-lived glory for SMS

At its peak, the SMS service could make up for as much as 10 per cent of a telco's total revenues, now it's negligible in the overall share

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Does India have a case for the upgrade it seeks from rating agencies?

The economy is yet to reach pre-pandemic level on many fronts, fiscal deficit and debt-to-GDP ratio remain pain points; however, key reforms could work in the country's favour

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India's low score on GVC a starting point for recovery from pandemic: AIIB

India rated 7.4 percentage points below the average global value chain participation rate for emerging economies from Today's Paper ht...