Posts tagged All News
How FTX’s Young Executives Shattered Their Parents (30-10-2024)
As their children are sentenced for fraud, the parents of FTX’s top leaders have described their disbelief at how the crypto exchange upended their lives.
Germany Avoids Recession, but Weak Growth Weighs on Europe (30-10-2024)
The continent’s economy continued to limp along, expanding just 0.4 percent in the latest quarter, dragged down by a loss of competitiveness.
UK Budget: Labour Party to Raise Taxes by 40 Billion Pounds (30-10-2024)
Rachel Reeves, the finance minister, announced substantial tax increases in her first budget as she sought to strengthen public finances and services.
‘Outsiders’ hogging the limelight in Kerala’s Wayanad (30-10-2024)
Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency has drawn substantial attention with approximately six candidates from outside Kerala filing nominations. Prominent candidates include Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Sathyan Mokeri, and Navya Haridas. Other notable contestants include Gopal Swaroop Gandhi and K Seetha Kaur, highlighting diverse political participation.
Europe Imposes Higher Tariffs on Electric Vehicles Made in China (30-10-2024)
The tariffs, some as high as 45 percent, are intended to protect Europe’s automotive sector, but they could escalate a trade war with China.
Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) (30-10-2024)
The kind of balancing that is being expected can happen successfully only when majority of power being generated is traded via the power exchanges.
Currently 90% of the generated power is traded outside the exchanges (due to long/medium term PPAs), implementing Market Coupling at the moment is like putting the cart before the horse.
Third Eye: King Charles’s Bengaluru tour, mission plantation, and Tripura CM’s traffic tips (30-10-2024)
King Charles and Queen Camilla visited Bengaluru for wellness treatment at a holistic health centre. They stayed at the integrative medical facility known for yoga and meditation. King Charles previously visited this facility in 2019 and celebrated his 71st birthday there. Dr Issac Mathai runs the centre and was invited to King Charles’s coronation.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Already a Leader in Satellites, Gets Into the Spy Game (30-10-2024)
The Pentagon needs what the company offers to compete with China even as it frets over its potential for dominance and the billionaire’s global interests.
Lewis Sorley, 90, Who Said the U.S. Won (but Then Lost) in Vietnam, Dies (30-10-2024)
His Pulitzer Prize-nominated history of the war was warmly received by the Pentagon but rejected elsewhere for ignoring what many said made the war “unwinnable.”