What causes a famine? It isn’t a lack of food. Nor does lack of food cause the kind of food insecurity, just short of a famine, that Britain is facing. In analyses of specific famines, the economist and philosopher Amartya Sen showed that social organisation and a lack of access to food for socially deprived … Read more
NEW DELHI: Nifty on Wednesday rallied 213 points to comfortably surpass the hurdle at 21,600 and formed a long bull candle on the daily chart. Positive chart patterns like higher tops and bottoms are intact as per the daily chart and currently, Nifty is moving towards the new higher top formation. Still, there is no … Read more
It’s not just you: American cars have gotten bigger. Over the past two decades, growing numbers of US buyers have turned in their sedans for SUVs and pickup trucks. And those SUVs and pickups have grown ever more hulking. The electrification of driving isn’t slowing the growth spurt. Batteries are heavy, and many carmakers are … Read more
Conservative ministers are considering tax cuts and help for first-time buyers in the coming months in the hope of giving Rishi Sunak a pre-election boost as it was announced that the spring budget would be delivered on 6 March. Downing Street officials are thinking about completely scrapping inheritance tax in three months’ time, according to … Read more
Metal stocks rallied for the fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, which saw the Nifty Metal index hitting a lifetime high. Rollover of positions to the January derivative series and a reversal in the dollar index are aiding the up move in the stocks in the sector. In four sessions, the Nifty Metal index has gained … Read more
Wolfgang Schäuble, who helped negotiate German reunification in 1990 and as finance minister was a central figure in the austerity-heavy effort to drag Europe out of its debt crisis more than two decades later, has died. He was 81. Schäuble died at home on Tuesday evening, his family told the German news agency dpa on … Read more
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien on Wednesday said Parliament has turned into a “deep, dark chamber,” as he accused the central government of maintaining silence on the security breach. In a post on X, O’Brien said that unlike now, after the 2001 Parliament attack, the then prime minister and home minister had given statements in … Read more
A luxury ski chalet in the Italian Alps – featuring a helipad, indoor pool and outdoor whirlpool bath with a view of the Matterhorn – has gone on sale for €24m (£21m), making it the region’s most expensive listing. The 13,000 sq ft property has been listed on Savills for the first time after five … Read more
Wolfgang Schaeuble, who served as a member of the German parliament for over half a century, has died aged 81, ending one of Germany’s longest political careers in which he helped secure his country’s place at the heart of Europe. Schaeuble, who spent much of his career devoted to re-unifying his country and later served … Read more
It was the 2000s, and fossil fuel prices were rising worldwide. After a period of volatility in the 1980s, the crude oil price per barrel had reached one its lowest points – $20 – at the end of 2001 but then, over the course of six years, it tripled before a new oil shock saw … Read more
