Italy’s longest-serving postwar premier turned media power into enduring influence
Some airlines are operating far fewer flights than what DGCA approved and this is impacting air fares. There is monetary incentive for airlines to operate fewer flights for attaining higher load factors (and at extraordinarily high fares). DGCA must monitor actual flight operations vis-a-vis flight approvals that it has granted.
India's financial markets have grown significantly. There are now many eminent persons of sterling market and legal reputation, experience and expertise available to serve in regulatory and adjudicatory bodies such as the Securities Appellate Tribunal.
In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: India’s working capital cycle days improves, US backs Japan’s chip war against China, RBI optimistic about GDP growth, creative destruction by AI needs monitoring, and more
A decisive victory for either side is unlikely. The Ukrainian counteroffensive is likely to be followed by a renewed diplomatic engagement to end the stalemate. A few peace initiatives are taking shape. A resolution before the G20 summit in Delhi will be immensely helpful for India
HUL’s outgoing MD & CEO Sanjiv Mehta believes managing rising competition and inflation will be crucial for FMCG companies in the near future
What has kept the economy afloat and out of the grips of a recession so far is the labour market, which roared back from the depths of the pandemic and has shown surprising strength
Interim results’ data shows that India’s net working capital cycle days has improved significantly, but there is some devil in the details
Apple has historically blazed a path in hardware and materials that allowed others to ride on its coattails. Apple clearly spent a lot of time and money perfecting the underlying technology in the Vision Pro headset. As happened for metal laptop cases and touch screens that Apple perfected, the benefits will be shared across the entire supply chain
IEX not only risks losing its monopoly status but may also need to make compromises on the transaction fees it charges in order to retain customers
Whether for reasons of risk aversion or a paucity of projects, the pattern of bank credit growth does not suggest any marked pick-up in investment activity in industry
Governments came together in 1987 to sign the Montreal Protocol to address the problem of CFCs eating away at the Ozone layer. That agreement has been a resounding success, and a template for subsequent climate accords. It has prevented an additional 443 million cases of skin cancer by 2100 in US alone and the Arctic Ocean’s first ice-free summer will come about 15 years later
The industry has 36 different regulators, allowing for unscrupulous fly-by-night operators to shop around for the most pliable jurisdiction. All these regulators have to be consolidated into one, inspection records and reviews of drug applications made public, and all generics manufacturers put through the same tests as companies making new drugs
Nasscom, the association of software and services companies, has come up with guidelines that will help develop a framework for using GenAI responsibly
Market coupling has been in discussion for some time now and analysts have been warning about the risk it poses to IEX
Japan has now joined US efforts to decouple China from the global technology supply chain. The idea is to slow down China’s arms manufacturing. But China is responding by pouring more money into semiconductors and arms manufacture. It has also banned US-based Micron, which counted China as its third biggest market. India is closely watching the evolving situation.
IMF Deputy MD Gita Gopinath has pointed out how AI will upend the seminal work of Adam Smith and completely change labour markets and the economy
While an El Nino certainly has an adverse impact on the farm economy, there isn’t a tight correlation between the strength of the phenomenon and the damage caused. And government policy can curb the inflationary effect on food prices
Factors like companies investing in GCCs to develop in-house cutting edge technologies, availability of high-quality talent from Indian higher education institutions, and migration of leadership and middle-management talent from traditional IT companies have ensured that GCCs are here to stay, and grow rapidly
French Open Final: Novak Djokovic becomes the first man in Tennis history to win 23 Grand Slam titles, including 10 Australian Open, 3 US Open, 3 French Open, 7 Wimbledon. The 36-year-old Serbian, who was earlier tied with Rafael Nadal at 22 slams each, beat Casper Ruud 7-6, 6-3, 7-5, in today's final at Roland Garros
WTC Final: Australia declared their second innings at 270 for 8 on day four, setting India a mammoth 444-run target to the win the World Test Championship final here on Saturday. Australia had taken a massive first-innings lead of 173. Australia had taken a massive first-innings lead of 173.
One of the conundrums in the start-up world is why despite being a manifestation of some amazingly creative ideas, so many startups fail
Whatever hopes that the people of Manipur had of a turnaround in the dismal unemployment numbers through the coming of Railways and government claims of private investment have been belied by the outbreak of violence, which is now continuing for over a month
TAG Heuer should bring back a ‘90s retro model to boost its hype-watch status
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