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China's population at 1.41bn, may begin to decline by 2022

China's population grew by 0.53 per cent to reach 1.41178 billion, up from 1.4 billion in 2019, keeping its status as the world's most populous country, but the numbers are expected to decline from......

What PM and CMs can learn from this Collector

Dr Rajendra Bharud has done what no other district collector in India could do as the pandemic ravaged the nation.He not only made Nandurbar district oxygen surplus, but ensured that the supply of......

Xi Jinping writes to Modi, offers help to fight COVID-19

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and expressed readiness to strengthen cooperation with India to fight the pandemic and provide support and help to deal......

Tamil Nadu and the forgotten clamour for prohibition last election

If purists are surprised as to why and how people are not demanding prohibition or not talking about past promises, both in the election manifestos five years back and even those made to the......

Why was Kumbh Mela held amidst raging pandemic?

What is particularly worrying is that the vast majority will not have access to testing or even to proper treatment.These cases could have been avoided if the government had shown the political......

Covid-19 surge makes corporate India nervous about Q1

Since April, India has seen multiple strains of the coronanavirus sweep the nation, upending life and businesses alike. Out-of-home retail and discretionary categories such as durables, auto,......

What pandemic, ask India's insurance companies

Though COVID-19 will wreak more damage to the finances of the Indian population, the insurance sector is unlikely to get hurt.Subhomoy Bhattacharjee reports. Illustration: Dominic......

Economic activity down in April, May but shock less severe than 2020: Fitch

Fitch Ratings on Monday said the shock to economic activity from the latest wave of COVID-19 pandemic will be less severe than the one in 2020, but recovery is likely to be delayed as economic......

Scrapping vehicles in volumes to curb pollution will be a tough task

For deciding which vehicles are to be scrapped, the setting up of fitness centres and regulating them would be a humongous task. One of the things that became mandatory in the middle of the......

India's IT firms have big plans for UK

IT firms Infosys and Mphasis on Tuesday said they will create employment for about 2,000 people, while Wipro will invest pound 16 million (about Rs 163 crore) in the UK over the next few years.......

The Big Bull review

Abhishek Bachchan's sneering expression is ill-quipped to convey the confidence of a wheeler-dealer. Those frequent bouts of muahaha make it worse. So much worse, says Sukanya Verma. 'I am and......

Was Kangana's National Award calculated?

'Of all artists who openly support the current political dispensation, she is far and away the finest,' argues Sreehari Nair.'With the exception of perhaps Tabu, no Indian actress has done more to......

'Women in our cinema are frozen in time'

'This is the kind of dream role that actresses beyond a certain age don't get in our country.' IMAGE: Pooja Bhatt in Bombay Begums. Photograph: Kind courtesy Pooja Bhatt/Instagram Pooja Bhatt......

Bombay Begums review

It's a treat to watch Pooja Bhatt explode on the small screen, applauds Sukanya Verma. Imperfect women fuel writer and director Alankrita Shrivastava's stories. All her creations (Lipstick Under......

When Madhuri, Rekha, Hema played a tawaif

Meena Kumari's Pakeezah and Rekha's Umrao Jaan epitomise the cinematic tawaif, a combination of poetess and seductress, steeped in the tragic metaphor of the candle that burns itself out while......

1980 Olympians Kaushik, Ravinder succumb to COVID-19

IMAGE: MK Kaushik was a member of the 1980 Moscow Olympics gold-medal winning Indian hockey team. Photograph: Hockey India India lost two of its most revered hockey stars, Ravinder Pal Singh and M......

Sports Shorts: Women's recurve team tops qualification

IMAGE: Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari, who have won many international medals together in the past, will take on France in the World Cup mixed team quarter-finals in Guatemala City. Photograph:......

Super League breakaway in tatters after English clubs quit

The league, which was announced on Sunday with 12 founding members, has been championed by Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, the new competition's chairman. It is now left with three Italian......

UEFA blasts 'disgraceful' Super League plan

'UEFA and the football world stand united against the disgraceful and self-serving proposal we have seen in the last 24 hours for a select few clubs in Europe motivated by greed.' IMAGE: People......

IPL 2021: Check out Sunrisers' strengths and weaknesses

IMAGE: Since winning their only IPL title in 2016 under David Warner's leadership, Sunrisers Hyderabad have always made it to the play-offs in the last four years but failed to finish on top.......

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Why does bitcoin consume 'insane' energy?

"If Bitcoin was a country, it would use around the same amount of electricity a year to mine as Switzerland does in total," Deutsche Bank analysts... ...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/why-does-bitcoin-consume-insane-energy/articleshow/82628841.cms

DBS private bank offers wealth succession planning for cryptocurrencies

This is the latest move into cryptocurrencies by Southeast Asia's largest bank, which late last year launched a cryptoexchange for institutional... ...

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/dbs-private-bank-offers-wealth-succession-planning-for-cryptocurrencies/articleshow/82625293.cms

Era of big fiscal spending has just begun

Australia is fortifying the economy with huge government spending that will last well beyond this year's projected global rebound. With Covid-19... ...

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/view-the-era-of-big-fiscal-spending-has-only-just-begun/articleshow/82596570.cms

Sensex Trades Over 300 Points Lower, Dow Futures Down by 128 Points

Posted by Equitymaster Share markets in India are presently trading on a negative note. The BSE Sensex is trading down by 328 points, down 0.7% at... ...

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SoftBank Group posts $45.8 bn net profit, Japan's highest ever

SoftBank Group posts $45.8 bn net profit, Japan's highest ever SoftBank Group posts $45.8 bn net profit, Japan's highest ever AFP / May 12,... ...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/softbank-group-posts-45-8-bn-net-profit-japans-highest-ever/articleshow/82568926.cms

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