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Development Through Six Pillars: Budget 2021

Honorable FM Nirmala Sitharaman presented the 3rd union budget of Modi government 2.0 at a time when India along with the world is witnessing one of the biggest health crises of centuries. Covid-19 lead staggering...

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Bitcoin hits new record after $1.5 billion Tesla buy-in

Bitcoin has broken another price record, jumping nearly 15% on the news that Tesla has invested $1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency. The carmaker is also planning to accept Bitcoin as a means of payment.  The digital...

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Fixed Deposit (FD), Know your rules

I was a teenager, way back in the early nineties, when my elder sister, a science student, was appearing for her medical entrance exams. Coming from a humble background, with both parents in government service,...

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Siemens’ first-quarter results shine amid executive handover

German engineering giant Siemens has posted promising first-quarter results despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The firm looks for more innovative power as the era of reformist CEO Joe Kaeser draws to an end. At a...

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Virtual Davos aims to heal pandemic wounds

Virtual Davos, summit is taking place against the backdrop of a crisis that has shredded livelihoods and widened inequalities. The annual event with its roster of influential speakers hopes to help drive a robust, green...

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To Put it Succinctly about Services: Everything Drops, incl. Jobs, but Prices & Wages Rise

This is another moment in the Weirdest Economy Ever, driven by stimulus, forbearance, bailouts, record money printing, record government-deficit spending, exuberant financial markets, and record low costs of funding: For companies in the service sector,...

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Economics & unemployment: few answers yet

Despite the current scary surge in the pandemic, the worst of the economic damage is done even if the pace and scale of the recovery around the globe are far from clear.The UK is one...

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WhatsApp controversy highlights growing fears about data privacy

Many users abandoned WhatsApp after the messenger service changed its privacy policy. Worries that their data could end up with Facebook are driving them to competitors pushing superior data protection. Millions of digital messenger app...

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German economy shrank by 5% in 2020

The coronavirus pandemic caused German economy to shrink dramatically according to Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, although the drop was smaller than expected. Europe’s biggest economy shrunk by 5% last year, with large parts of economic and...

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Uganda & COVID: Window of Opportunity, Trash into masks

When entrepreneur Juliet Namujju realized COVID masks were preventing her hearing-impaired staff from lip-reading, she resolved to find another enterprising use for Uganda’s mountains of plastic waste.  When Juliet Namujju was 5 years old, her...

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Getting your first Credit Card? Here’s What You Should Know

If used correctly, a credit card can function as a powerful tool to keep your finances in order. It can help you borrow money when you need it, avail cashless transactions, enjoy EMI facility, and...

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Is it time to rent, not buy, electronics?

Laptops, phones and tablets come out in new, flashier upgrades each year, and consumers lap them up, eager to own the latest desirable models with the most cutting-edge features. But with every upgrade, older models...