Oil and gas prices are following well established patterns and seasoned traders won’t take fright at the increase
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Compared to the previous conferences, the Delhi conference can be considered successful in moving, without a bias, towards strong solutions to global problems, particularly those of the developing world
Policymakers look set to leave borrowing costs unchanged at this week’s meeting. But that doesn’t mean the tightening cycle is over
Myriad economic variables add layers of complexity to the central bank’s efforts to vanquish accelerating prices
In this edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: India to become next global AI hub, government funds look to solve grid storage issues, food inflation chills in August, G20 nations prepare for global challenges ahead, and more
The New Delhi Declaration has thus taken a comprehensive overview of the challenges facing both the Global North and South in the light of the current geopolitical situation. The fact that there has been a harmonious agreement on an enormous number of issues indicates the group is operating productively
Rice prices did spike due to India’s export restrictions, but other cereals fell and subdued trends in other food products pulled down the FAO food price index
India has successfully advocated the importance of G20 undertaking the necessary steps for developing a global digital public infrastructure. Ensuring consensus among G20 leaders was just the start. Building a Global DPI won’t be easy and goes beyond transfer of technology. Aim for a high-quality global DPI that addresses cybersecurity and privacy concerns
The consensus now sees the country stagnating long term, but is missing more dramatic short-term scenarios
The case has highlighted the difficulty and discomfort with which Singapore talks about race — and why it needs to be far more honest about prejudice in a country that prides itself on racial harmony
It’s particularly bad news that the price of solar, and especially offshore wind projects, is now going up rather than down. Higher interest rates, as the US and other countries are now experiencing, and rising cost of raw materials are raising the upfront costs of capital projects
As the world’s production of packaging waste rises to developed-country levels of about 200 kilograms per person, governments are going to have to play a bigger role in helping people make sense of this mess
There is no doubt that the promoter-CEO deserves all of the accolades and praise. The central issue in this saga is the model of bank ownership and control. Banks, as opposed to corporations, are licensed businesses that accept public deposits at lower costs and then lend them out at a profit
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Central to the G20 Delhi Declaration are the critical understandings reached on energy. And, it delves into the intricacies of global agriculture challenges. Agriculture lies at the heart of many interconnected issues, including climate change, food security, water scarcity, land degradation, and biodiversity loss.
The results of 7 by-elections in different states indicate that the seat tally of the NDA and INDIA groups has remained the same, but there is an underlying trend towards contests becoming bi-polar
Nvidia has partnered with Reliance and the Tatas to bring AI systems and language models. The government needs to ensure engineers are reskilled to meet the gap between current IT talent and what AI needs
Grid storage has not taken off because of economics and storage chemistries but incentives may help create the capacities needed
The US wants to use the newly announced India, Middle East, and Europe Economic Corridor as a means to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The plan’s success would boost India’s global image. This is why India has a key role to play in the project in which 10 developed countries are invested
The G20 declaration is a testament to India’s diplomatic acumen, while it betrays New Delhi’s eagerness to counter Beijing’s rising clout in the world order
Indian diplomacy scored many victories at the G20 summit from getting the warring parties in Ukraine to agree on a joint statement, enabling African Union’s admission into G20, announcement of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, and launch of the Global Biofuel Alliance
Recognition that G20 wasn’t the right forum to address the Ukraine issue, India’s forceful insistence on a joint statement and related diplomacy, and finally the strategic dilemmas that G7, Russia and China found themselves in helped make the New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration possible
After the theft, loss or damage of around 2,000 items, the genteel world of museum curation in Britain has gotten much more interesting
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