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Mahindra ranked among top 1% in S&P Global's 2025 Sustainability Yearbook
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Mahindra ranked among top 1% in S&P Global's 2025 Sustainability Yearbook

Deccan Chronicle  

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., one of India’s leading automotive companies, today announced that it has become the only car manufacturer in the world to achieve a top 1 percent Corporate Sustainability Assessment ranking in S&P Global's prestigious 2025 Sustainability Yearbook. The 2025 Sustainability Yearbook ranks the top sustainability performers across various sectors based on S&P Global's annual CSA. Moreover, very …

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Analysing the impact of Innovation Index on higher education in India
1 year, 1 month ago

Analysing the impact of Innovation Index on higher education in India

The Hindu  

In the ever-evolving landscape of global innovation, the annual World Intellectual Property Indicators report by the World Intellectual Property Organization serves as a crucial barometer. Contributions from India A growing number of Indian-origin researchers and professionals are contributing to global innovation and the collaboration between the diaspora and Indian institutions has led to significant strides in research and technology. Notably, …

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No fireworks display in Delhi, Mumbai during World Cup matches due to worsening air pollution
1 year, 4 months ago

No fireworks display in Delhi, Mumbai during World Cup matches due to worsening air pollution

The Hindu  

The BCCI has banned the display of fireworks during the remaining World Cup games in Delhi and Mumbai due to worsening air quality in the two mega cities. I took up the matter formally with the ICC and there won’t be any fireworks display in Mumbai, which can add to the pollution level," said BCCI secretary Jay Shah in a …

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Pollution cuts life expectancy in India capital by 10 years: EPIC
2 years, 9 months ago

Pollution cuts life expectancy in India capital by 10 years: EPIC

Al Jazeera  

The US research body says PM2.5 pollution is reducing life expectancy in one of the world’s most polluted cities by nearly a decade. Microscopic air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels is reducing life expectancy by nearly 10 years in the Indian capital, one of the most polluted cities in the world, says a study. Across South Asia, an …

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Pakistan among top 10 countries in world where killers of journalists went free: Report
3 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan among top 10 countries in world where killers of journalists went free: Report

India TV News  

The Committee to Protect Journalists has ranked Pakistan at the ninth spot this year on its annual Global Impunity Index, which spotlights countries where members of the press are singled out for murder and the perpetrators go free. Somalia remains the world's worst country for unsolved killings of journalists, according to CPJ's annual Global Impunity Index. The index showed little …

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Sensex gains 300 points, Nifty reclaims 9,000 mark
4 years, 11 months ago

Sensex gains 300 points, Nifty reclaims 9,000 mark

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Equity indices extended gains and hit fresh intraday high in early afternoon trade. Pharma stocks are continuing their recent rally, with Biocon, Aurobindo Pharma and Sun Pharma gaining 1.8-3.2 per cent each. Energy stocks are Equity benchmark Sensex dropped over 300 points in opening trade on Thursday tracking losses in global markets as investors fretted over rising number of …

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Markets end day's trading in red: Sensex down 310 points at 30,380, Nifty drops below 9,000-mark; Kotak Bank top loser, cracks 6%
4 years, 11 months ago

Markets end day's trading in red: Sensex down 310 points at 30,380, Nifty drops below 9,000-mark; Kotak Bank top loser, cracks 6%

Firstpost  

Markets surged more than 2 percent in early deals as investors on Dalal Street shrugged off the dire forecasts of virtually no growth in 2020 and took positives from the reports that businesses could see phased opening from 20 April. The Sensex dropped over 310 points on Wednesday, tracking losses in index-heavyweights HDFC twins, Reliance Industries and Kotak Bank, as …

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Market Ahead, March 3: All you need to know before the Opening Bell
5 years ago

Market Ahead, March 3: All you need to know before the Opening Bell

Business Standard  

As the world economies grapple with the fallout of coronavirus, assurance from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund that the two are ready to help member countries address the consequent human and economic challenge, including through emergency funding, could provide some support to the markets in today's trading session. Japan's Nikkei jumped 1.6 per cent while MSCI's broadest …

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The financial world is betting on one election outcome. What if it’s wrong?
8 years, 4 months ago

The financial world is betting on one election outcome. What if it’s wrong?

LA Times  

Public opinion polls and political pundits suggest a tightening race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but the way the business community is acting, the election is over. “You don’t do that if you think Trump is going to be president and make it easier to buy a gun.” Clinton’s immigration plan could help economy more than Trump’s, most economists …

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Rival GDP measure puts emphasis on social progress
11 years, 11 months ago

Rival GDP measure puts emphasis on social progress

China Daily  

Get Flash Player OXFORD, ENGLAND — There is a new way to measure a nation's success, called the Social Progress Index. "We're not measuring economic proxies for well-being; we're measuring the things that matter to real people," said Michael Green, executive director of the Social Progress Imperative, the body behind the project. That's thanks to its history, says Costa Rican …

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The Billionaire Index Gets a Responsive Redesign
12 years, 2 months ago

The Billionaire Index Gets a Responsive Redesign

Wired  

If you’ve ever wanted to know who the wealthiest people in the world are, and how they made more cash than you could ever imagine, the new Bloomberg Billionaires Visual Data project will become your go-to reference guide to the rich and richer. Created by a team of designers and prototypers managed by former Pentagram partner Lisa Strausfeld, the interactive …

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People born in Switzerland have best quality of life: Survey
12 years, 3 months ago

People born in Switzerland have best quality of life: Survey

Firstpost  

Switzerland is the best place to be born in the world in 2013— and India is 66 and Britain is just 27th, according to a new research. London: Switzerland is the best place to be born in the world in 2013— and India is 66 and Britain is just 27th, according to a new research. People born in Switzerland will …

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Instant Index: A New Look at the Milky Way
12 years, 5 months ago

Instant Index: A New Look at the Milky Way

ABC News  

Tonight's Instant Index: From the unconventional and awe-inspiring to the hilarious and heartwarming, here's a look at some of the most interesting photos, videos and stories that have our newsroom talking today. Image credit: Rick Bowmer/AP Photo Where We Live This image of the Milky Way was stitched together from thousands of photos taken by the European Southern Observatory's VISTA …

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Why Chinese slowdown will impact world and India
12 years, 6 months ago

Why Chinese slowdown will impact world and India

Firstpost  

The Shanghai index has been the worst performing index due to the currency factor and China’s internal debt issues. In comparison to China and Hong Kong equity market performance, the Sensex and Nifty have given returns of 7.4 percent and 12.5 percent respectively on a year-on-year basis. China’s economy is facing many issues China is seeing growth slowing down with …

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World markets tumble as euro debt crisis escalates
14 years, 10 months ago

World markets tumble as euro debt crisis escalates

The Hindu  

World markets tumbled on Wednesday amid acute fears that Greece’s debt crisis would spread like wildfire through Europe after a leading credit ratings agency downgraded the country’s debt to junk status and cut Portugal’s rating as well. Athens’ composite ASE index fared modestly better after the regulator banned short-selling of banking stocks for two months _ following five days of …

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Chinese Man Has World's Strongest Finger, Nepali Man Is World's Shortest
15 years, 5 months ago

Chinese Man Has World's Strongest Finger, Nepali Man Is World's Shortest

India TV News  

Fu Bingli, a kung fu master from China, proved on Monday that he had the strongest finger in the world. "I've been training since I was seven years old and my index finger has as much strength in it as most people's entire body," said Fu of Lianyungang, eastern China. World's shortest man: Last week the world's smallest man, Khagendra …

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