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India Pitches For Loss & Damages Fund Ahead Of COP 28
NEW DELHI: Amid intense last-round discussions leading up to climate meet — Conference of Parties (COP) 28 — in the UAE, India is among the countries pitching for opening up loss and damages fund (LDF) for developing nations like itself and not limit it to small island and least...
Manufacturing PMI At Eight-Month Low In October Due To Decline In Demand
NEW DELHI: Heightened cost pressures and a decline in demand in the consumer goods sub-sector saw manufacturing activity fall to an eight-month low in October. During the month, the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell for the second consecutive month to 55.5 from 57.5 in September, the latest survey released...
PE/VC Investments Up 60% In September: EY
MUMBAI: Private equity and venture capital (PE/VC) investments rose 60% on a YoY basis in Q32023 and touched $13.6 billion, said consulting and audit firm EY India in its latest PE newsletter. However, they were 5% lower than 2Q2023. The number of deals in 3Q2023 was lower by 18...
India Has Significant Amount Of Dry Capital For Startup Ecosystem: VCs
MUMBAI: India has a substantial amount of dry capital, and companies can still raise funds even during a funding slowdown in the Indian startup ecosystem, said experts at the India Fintech Awards (IFTA) 2023 panel in Mumbai. “There is no funding winter. If you look historically, 2023 as opposed...
Why RSS Wants The Lok Sabha Election Moved Ahead Of Schedule
By Arun Srivastava RSS approach and discernment of the elections, particularly the Lok Sabha polls, has undergone significant paradigm shift after the Modi-led BJP government coming back to power in 2019. While the BJP win in 2014 Lok Sabha elections primarily owed to the failures of the Congress party...
Apple Alerts Opposition Leaders, Journalists Of ‘State-Sponsored’ Attacks
By Sushil Kutty There was Pegasus, now it’s Apple and if Pegasus was a winged horse, the nearly half-eaten Apple is a mobile phone by another name. The one similarity is that both come under “Snoopgate”, in other words surveillance without the target’s knowledge. And the target remains India’s...
Urban Warfare In Gaza Poses A Gruelling Challenge For Israel
By Girish Linganna The conflict in Gaza is taking a devastating toll on civilians. According to the Gazan health ministry, the death toll has exceeded 8,000 people, with over 3,000 of them being children. This number of child casualties surpasses the annual child death toll from all wars in...
Festive October Witnessed Fading Output, Demand, Employment
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Deceleration in India’s manufacturing sector growth was the worst in the last eight months since February this year, reflecting fading of output, demand, and employment generation in the country. It is particularly ominous, since it’s a festive season and the first month of the busy...
Global Hunger Index: India’s Abysmal 2023 Ranking Is A Huge Concern
By Dr Arun Mitra It is a matter of worry that at a GHI score of 28.7 in the Global Hunger Index Report 2023, India ranks at 111 position out of the 125 countries surveyed. In comparison, our neighbours’ performance is better with Sri Lanka at the rank of...
Wealth-Driven Buying By Indians Boosts Gold Performance And Outlook
By K Raveendran The World Gold Council is reporting that India’s economic strength is yielding wealth-driven buying of gold. This is such a distinct trend that it is expected to contribute to the precious metal’s long-term performance. In China, the other major gold market, economic and geopolitical uncertainty is...
