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How China's growing appetite for containers is upending global food trade

The core issue is that China, which recovered faster from Covid, revved up export economy and is paying premiums for containers, making it more profitable to send them back empty than to refill them

India's massive borrowing puts RBI under pressure to keep yields in check

India will borrow a gross Rs 12 trillion ($164 billion) via bonds in the fiscal year beginning April, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday

Military sees small increase in budget even as China standoff simmers

Both India and China have moved thousands of soldiers, tanks, artillery to the disputed border

Winners and losers: Who got what in India's pandemic budget

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had promised an unprecedented budget aimed at buoying the economy

Budget: India to set up bad bank to manage record levels of soured debt

The firm will hold problem loans for banks, which can then be sold on to investors at a reduced price, according to plans outlined by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a budget speech on Monday

India's $950 bn bond market faces pivotal week ahead of Budget, RBI meeting

The RBI refrained from draining excess cash in its December review as it didn't see ample liquidity, which crashed short term rates, fueling inflation

GDP to fiscal deficit: Key numbers investors must watch in Budget 2021

While the success of the budget depends on how effectively India is able to contain rising infections through vaccine drives in the nation of more than 1.3 bn people, here are 5 key numbers to watch

GameStop short nightmare shows few signs of becoming a contagion

Short sales have actually dwindled during the past year to the lowest level since at least 2008

Monsoon season likely to be 'normal' this year, says Skymet report

The monsoon season is considered normal when total rains are recorded between 96 per cent and 104 per cent of the national average of just over 88 centimeters (45 inches)

Not striker or defender, Man City's winter signing is a hedge fund veteran

Laurie Shaw's resume is straight from high-brow science and finance

Rough ride for Indian stocks likely to continue even after Budget

The Sensex had a blistering advance last quarter -- even as data showed that the economy had plunged into recession -- led by record inflows from foreign investors

Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen, who warned of ozone hole, dies at 87

Crutzen discovered in 1970 that nitrogen pollution was capable of destroying ozone in the atmosphere

Taiwan's GDP growth outpaces China's for the first time in 30 years

Gross domestic product expanded 2.98 per ce t last year, the official data showed Friday, compared with China's 2.3 per cent rise.

J&J says vaccine offers 100% protection against coronavirus deaths

In the more than 44,000-person study, the vaccine prevented 66 per cent of moderate to severe cases of Covid-19

Elon Musk Bitcoin tweet sparks massive rally, taking it above $35,000

The largest cryptocurrency spiked about 15 per cent within minutes as the London trading day got underway

Weak diesel demand signals a slow rebound for industrial India

Diesel is a bellwether of industrial activity in India

India's bad loan problem is worse than what official numbers show

Here's a look at the full extent of India's bad loan problem in selected financiers

Past failures on spending targets dampen India's 2021 budget hopes

While increasing public expenditure is key to revive the economy from the pandemic-induced slump, falling tax revenues mean Sitharaman will have thin resources

Weak demand for diesel signals a slow rebound for industrial India

The annual growth rate for diesel consumption won't get back to pre-virus levels until the year ended March 2022, said Mukesh Kumar Surana, chairman of Hindustan Petroleum Corp.

Any new tax in budget could hurt India's recovery, warn economists

A so-called Covid cess shouldn't be announced because the economy is still normalising after a strict and vast lockdown, Sonal Varma, an economist at Nomura Holdings, said on Thursday