A recession at hand—and a quick end
Having to do so makes it unfortunately clear that a global recession is at hand.A deep (and we hope short)...
Month: April 2020
The reassurance of having a pressure-tested portfolio
TranscriptTim Buckley: Karin, as you know, I’m a little bit of a geek when it comes to technology behind all...
What we learned from the 2008 global financial crisis
TranscriptTim Buckley: I look back at 2008‒2009, and I remember people panicking—investors I respected. Some of them were getting out...
Why global recovery may not look like China’s
Extrapolating China’s experience into outlooks for developed economies won’t likely reveal a true picture, however. The economic structures are simply...
Muslims Worry Coronavirus Will Prompt Saudi Arabia to Cancel This Year’s Hajj
Nada Abdulfatah had already been denied a visa four times to perform the Hajj pilgrimage when she submitted her fifth...
Soya seed germination norms eased
In view of a shortage in quality soyabean seeds, the Agriculture Ministry has decided to relax the germination standard for...
South Asian Climate Forum sees normal monsoon this year
The 16th session of the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (Sascof) that met through video-conferencing has said in its South-West...
Weak La Nina, negative IOD will together underwrite normal monsoon
The normal rainfall outlook for India and South Asia this year is predicated on a weak La Nina emerging in...
Ramagundam fertiliser plant gets set for commissioning
The sick Fertilizer Corporation of India plant at Ramagundam, now being revived under the new avatar of Ramagundam Fertilizers and...
Labour shortage likely to hit Bengal rabi paddy harvest
Harvesting of boro paddy in West Bengal, set to begin in about a week, is likely to be hampered by...
