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Bayer faces billions in payouts for decades-old toxic mess
On Tuesday Bayer was hit with a $100 million verdict in the most...
China’s population falls for third straight year, posing challenges for its government, economy
The figures announced by the government in Beijing follow trends...
EU targets Russia’s global oil trade with shipping sanctions
The bloc is proposing to ban European vessels and companies from providing services — including insurance — linked to the transportation of Russian oil and products globally as part of its new sanctions package, according to officials and a draft document seen by...
Snarled-up ports point to worsening global supply chain woes – report
"Global port congestion is worsening and becoming increasingly widespread," RBC's Head of Digital Intelligence Strategy, Michael Tran, and colleague, Jack Evans, said in the report, acknowledging it was hard to say when things would improve RBC said the plethora of...
Need to arrest prolific sale of counterfeit products on e-commerce platforms: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has expressed its concern over the “prolific” sale of counterfeit and knockoff products on e-commerce platforms and said the practice has to be arrested to protect trademark owners as well as the customers. The observation was made by...
Fed hikes rates half point, biggest rise in 22 yrs to curb US inflation
Fed Chair Jerome Powell “The committee is highly attentive to inflation risks,” the Fed said in the statement, adding a reference to Covid-related lockdowns in China that “are likely to exacerbate supply chain disruptions.” That comes on top of Russia’s invasion of...
EMIs and FDs to rise as RBI raises kay rate by 40 bps to 4.40%, CRR by 50 bps to check raging inflation
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said that Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will retain its accommodative monetary policy stance at a time when globally inflation is rising alarmingly even as investment activity is showing some traction in the country...
Heat waves-testing the limits of human survival in India
Daily power outages driven by a surge in demand for electricity have resulted in blackouts as long as eight hours in some parts of India, while coal stocks — the fuel that accounts for 70% of the country’s electricity generation — are running low, prompting warnings...
India’s Covid positivity rate past 1% again after 2 months
The number of active cases rose by 408 in a 24-hour span to reach 19,500, the data updated at 8 am showed New Delhi: India's Covid case positivity rate went past one per cent again after over two months as the country witnessed a single-day rise of 3,157 infections...
Centre to host 3-day ‘Health Summit’ at Gujarat’s Kevadia from May 5
In order to boost "Ayush", the Centre has also announced that they will be issuing a separate category of visas for those who want to travel to India for medical reasons and would want to avail of AAYUSH facilities New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya...
China contagion threatens to derail the world’s emerging markets
“Given China’s importance in global supply chains and importance to global growth prospects, further disappointments in the nation’s growth may lead to more contagion risk. We see countries with high trade linkages to China as being the most vulnerable” Johnny Chen...
Nobody can be forced to undergo COVID-19 vaccinations, says Supreme Court
Regarding segregation of vaccine trial data, subject to privacy of individuals, all trials conducted and to be subsequently conducted, all data must be made available to the public without further delay, it said The apex court also directed the Union of India to...