The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has marginally lowered India’s growth projection for the ongoing fiscal to 9.7%, a reduction of 20 basis points (bps), and to 7.9% for the next financial year, down 30 bps from its May forecast, citing pandemic risks. The inter-governmental economic organisation with 38 member nations had slashed … Read more
7.18pm BST19:18 House Democrats move forward with plan to vote on infrastructure bill next week House Democrats are moving forward with their plan to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill next week, despite pushback from progressive lawmakers. House majority leader Steny Hoyer confirmed this morning that the vote on the infrastructure bill will happen next … Read more
Fitbit Charge 5: Simply the best fitness tracker available today 7:49 / September 22, 2021 Fitbit’s latest sports a color display, GPS, and elegant form factor. Matt Miller thinks it has everything you could want in a tracker — and at a reasonable price. Read more: https://zd.net/3u2VIvl Source link
Angry homebuyers are waiting on as many as 1.6 million apartments. Suppliers that sold cement, paint, rebar and copper pipes are owed more than $100 billion in payments. Employees who were strong-armed into lending are panicking now that the company cannot repay them on time. China’s Evergrande Group, the embattled property developer whose towering debt … Read more
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An animal tranquilizer, xylazine, is increasingly linked to drug overdose deaths across the United States, health officials say. According to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, xylazine has turned up in overdose deaths in 25 of 38 … Read more
Joe Biden called for cooperation in his first speech as US president to the UN General Assembly. Source link
Mass Isolation Australia was created during lockdown in March 2020 to establish a visual record of the pandemic. It quickly became a way to see the Covid crisis unfold through Australian eyes, as well as a source of connection and community in a time of social distance. With the Ballarat lockdown to end at 11.59pm … Read more
Managing money is not easy when you share access with your children. A prepaid debit card can be a great way to allow your children access to a limited amount of funds while also tracking spending. There are other benefits, too. A prepaid debit card can also be a fantastic way to keep an emergency … Read more
MUMBAI: The country’s most valued lender HDFC Bank is raising up to Rs 5,000 crore by selling infrastructure bonds in the local market, a move that reflects a revival in loan demand. Those bonds are likely to offer 6.45-6.55 percent with seven-year maturity, three people familiar with the matter told ET. The bank is in … Read more
Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that in future, India can become self-reliant in the wood used for making agarbattis (incense sticks) by stopping its imports. While addressing the International Buyer-Seller meet on Agarwood products of Tripura, he also said that the Automobile Tyre Manufacturers Association can provide financial assistance to promote … Read more