India Inc earnings likely to get worse before getting better from H2 of 2023

India Inc earnings likely to get worse before getting better from H2 of 2023

Most world equity markets in 2022 have given negative returns. MSCI World index is down ~20%, NASDAQ down over ~30%, China ~25% and India in dollar terms ~10%. Key reasons being (a) Prolonged on-going war; (b) Sharply rising Interest rates; (c) Sticky Inflation rates (which have finally started falling); (d) Reducing liquidity. However, a lot … Read more

Himachal Pradesh Cabinet formed with seven Ministers, 6 CPS also appointed 

Himachal Pradesh Cabinet formed with seven Ministers, 6 CPS also appointed 

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on January 8 expanded his Cabinet by inducting seven MLAs as ministers, besides six legislators were appointed as Chief Parliamentary Secretaries (CPS). The Ministers took the oath of office and secrecy at a swearing-in ceremony held … Read more

Why SME IPOs are emerging as top fund-raising platform for promoters

Why SME IPOs are emerging as top fund-raising platform for promoters

As the world is witnessing a slow turnaround towards the stabilisation of the global economy in the post covid era, the Indian economy has hit a sweet spot with the BSE SME IPO index delivering the highest-ever return in 2022. Several fund-raising options are emerging in India, and the local companies gearing up to raise … Read more

5G Technology: 5g To Enable Docs Miles Away From Patients To Do Surgeries On Them, Health News, ET HealthWorld

5G Technology: 5g To Enable Docs Miles Away From Patients To Do Surgeries On Them, Health News, ET HealthWorld

Chennai: Using blazingly fast 5G technology, a skilled surgeon will be able to have a robot operate on a patient admitted to a hospital, thousands of miles away, without compromising on precision. The technology is likely to help surgeons perform remote, across-the-globe procedures that are impossible today, said Bangalore-based senior robotic surgeon Dr S P … Read more

FPIs begin New Year in sell-off mode; withdraw Rs 5,900 cr from equities in a week

FPIs begin New Year in sell-off mode; withdraw Rs 5,900 cr from equities in a week

Foreign investors offloaded nearly Rs 5,900 crore from the Indian equity markets in the first week of January on growing concerns over the re-emergence of Covid in some parts of the world and recession worries in the US. Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have been adopting a cautious stance toward Indian equity markets for the past … Read more

NHS pay dispute: Health Secretary Steve Barclay hints at revised offer to unions

NHS pay dispute: Health Secretary Steve Barclay hints at revised offer to unions

In his Telegraph opinion piece, Mr Barclay – who was reappointed as health secretary by Mr Sunak in October after a short spell earlier in the year – admitted the recent strikes had disrupted the health service, causing more than 30,000 appointments to be rescheduled. Source link

The Most Important Tech Trends at CES 2023

The Most Important Tech Trends at CES 2023

CES is where you need to be if you want to know where the future of technology lies. The show floor in Las Vegas was filled with buzzy, headline-grabbing products of the week, like a toilet sensor that can read your pee or a color-changing car with AI sass. But these are products you likely aren’t buying … Read more

China reopens borders in final farewell to zero-COVID

China reopens borders in final farewell to zero-COVID

Travellers arrive at Hong Kong’s Lok Ma Chau border checkpoint on the first day China reopens the border amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Hong Kong, China, on January 8, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Travellers began streaming across land and sea crossings from Hong Kong to China on January 8, many eager for … Read more

Gold price up 90% in 5 years. What long term bullion investors should do in 2023

Gold price up 90% in 5 years. What long term bullion investors should do in 2023

Gold prices changed little in the international markets last year. Despite the geopolitical crisis and recession fears reigniting its safe-haven demand in the first quarter, a strong US dollar had cast shadows on the prospects of the yellow metal for the rest of the year. The aggressive rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve made … Read more