Closing the loop on COVID-19, wars and climate change: Maybe we were never that great

It is a strange situation waiting to happen: The attackers are aliens, but we have unleashed these aliens. We have welcomed zoonotic pathogens …

Government funds are not ‘taxpayer money’ — media and politicians should stop confusing the two

Kowtowing to a myth of ‘taxpayer money’ may act as a handbrake on decisive action

Why is Bitcoin’s price at an all-time high? And how is its value determined?

The cryptocurrency has a fixed supply that can’t be inflated by political decisions.

Antimicrobial resistance has a huge economic impact too

An additional 24 million people, most of them in poor countries, will be forced into poverty by 2030 due to costs of hospital visits arising out …

$1.5 trillion global trade finance gap affecting SDG targets: ADB

Women entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises are the worst-hit

Spare the Mount from the crowd

The crowding on top of Mt Everest is a sign that the world is following Francis Bacon’s philosophy rather than Mahatma Gandhi’s

3.3 billion people financially included, says World Bank

The latest Global Findex report points out that South Asia has the largest gender gap when it comes to financial inclusion

Foreign investors perpetuating poverty in Africa, says report

The Annual Progress Report of Africa says the continent is losing 6% of GDP a year, mostly due tto illegal logging and unregulated fishing

Suzlon, Lavasa raised loans from the company named in bribery scam

Scam led to arrest of several top officials of public sector banks

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Book>> The Squeeze, Oil, Money and Greed in the 20th Century • by Tom Bower, Harper • Rs 450

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Introduced bee species may create problem for native species in India

Andhra HC dismisses petitions against law to regulate micro-finance companies

Suggests state government should review the law enacted in the wake of suicides by rural borrowers