I bought the gadget the experts hate (and I love it)

I bought the gadget the experts hate (and I love it)

Wasteful? Or really rather cute? Chris Matyszczyk/ZDNET Contempt fascinates me, as does distaste. But when the two are put together, I can’t resist wondering about the source and speculating about the ramifications. Especially when the negative feelings are being directed toward a seemingly innocent gadget. Please imagine that many experts regard this particular gadget with … Read more

Oyo IPO likely to get delayed by a quarter as SEBI seeks refiling with updated information

Oyo IPO likely to get delayed by a quarter as SEBI seeks refiling with updated information

New Delhi: The IPO of tech hospitality startup Oyo, which was earlier expected to be launched in the first half of 2023, will now likely be delayed another quarter, as Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has written back to the company asking it to update additional sections in its Draft Red Herring Prospectus … Read more

Thousands maybe shedding COVID in Bengaluru’s sewage, says TIGS director Rakesh Mishra

Thousands maybe shedding COVID in Bengaluru’s sewage, says TIGS director Rakesh Mishra

According to the surveillance report, the city-wide wastewater positivity rate for SARS-CoV-2 increased to 46% last week (ending December 24), albeit with a low viral load. Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu photo library The weekly sewage surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in 28 STPs of Bengaluru, being jointly conducted by Tata Institute … Read more

Outlook 2023: Financials, cement, infra, renewable energy stocks to hog limelight next year

Outlook 2023: Financials, cement, infra, renewable energy stocks to hog limelight next year

The year 2022 had seen the indices scaling the highest record as well as volatility as the central banks of many economies raised their key policy rates in order to control the rising inflation in their respective countries. The Reserve Bank of India is also slowly hiking key policy rates to rein in inflation in … Read more

Promote significant reforms going forward in order to elevate growth: Raghuram Rajan

Promote significant reforms going forward in order to elevate growth:  Raghuram Rajan

“Well the Chinese economy will probably recover towards the second half of next year simply because the shocks it has been subject to have been pretty significant this year,” says Raghuram Rajan, Former RBI Governor & Prof, University of Chicago Booth School. Mythili Bhusnurmath: Do you see the IMF’s forecast of one-third of the global … Read more

Sensex world’s second best performing index in 2022. Will the magic sustain in 2023?

Sensex world’s second best performing index in 2022. Will the magic sustain in 2023?

Unlike most of its peers, Indian equities bid goodbye to 2022 on a good note as optimism over domestic growth prospects overshadowed the macroeconomic headwinds that developed and other major developing economies are currently experiencing. Indian equities were the second best performers in 2022, with the first one being Brazil. Domestic benchmarks Nifty 50 and … Read more

As the debate NJAC is revived by the government in 2022, political fault lines have deepened

As the debate NJAC is revived by the government in 2022, political fault lines have deepened

While the top court pointed that the Collegium system is the ‘law of the land,’ Law Minister Kiren Rijiju informed the Parliament there was a need for a new system of appointments regarding NJAC. | Photo Credit: Reuters A record appointment of 165 judges to High Courts in a single calendar year is one the … Read more

2 factors that may set the trend in commodity market in 2023

2 factors that may set the trend in commodity market in 2023

The Russia-Ukraine war, US Fed’s aggressive rate hikes, and persistent worries about China’s economy cast extreme volatility in commodity prices throughout 2022. There was an abrupt rise in commodity prices when Russia invaded Ukraine in the last week of February. Supply constraints and worries about inflation have helped prices to surge to their record or … Read more