Over 200 world leaders urge G7 to help vaccinate world's poorest

Over 200 world leaders, including former presidents, prime ministers and ministers have backed a campaign urging the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations to help vaccinate the world's poorest from......

'BJP is getting a walkover and we are providing them with a red carpet'

'Painting opponents as the enemy of the State, using fake news, making wild allegations about rival parties, curtailing civil liberties and challenging the Constitution itself are worrying......

Kim's Nuclear Games of Smoke and Mirrors

Is North Korea really dismantling its nuclear programme?Rajaram Panda explains the many challenges to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula. PART 1: Is Kim Jong Un under threat from his army? IMAGE:......

Does India need to be invaded by China to wake up?

Very few in India have heard of Taksing.It is the last village on the Tibet (China)-Arunachal Pradesh border, and the first village likely to be invaded if Beijing retaliates.Scarily, it takes......

Strikes And Lockouts Decline By 90%

Industrial disputes dropped 89.3 per cent to 34 in 2022 compared to 318 a decade ago, shows central and state data. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes.......

LIC is world's fourth-largest insurer: S&P Global

Insurance behemoth Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is the fourth largest insurer in the world, according to a ranking based on life and accident & health reserves of companies in 2022 by......

'What investors want is stability'

'Hope they don't tinker around with capital gains tax in any way.' Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters   Hemant Kanawala, Head -- Equity investments for Kotak Life Insurance, tells Prasanna......

Wipro Q2 profit up by 17% to Rs 2,930.6 cr

IT company Wipro posted a 17 per cent jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 2,930.6 crore for the quarter ended on September 30, 2021.        The company had......

What's at stake if Olympics fall victim to coronavirus

The chilling impact of the coronavirus on an already struggling Japanese economy, and on global growth if the spread did not peak, meant Japan's GDP could show zero or even negative growth in the......