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India makes shortlist of astronauts for first manned space flight

The government has previously said at least one of the astronauts in the $1.4 billion mission, 'Gaganyaan' (Hindi for spacecraft), will be a woman

Trump can just cut off China's easy access to US dollars to win trade war

From 2009 to 2014, China may have taken in as much as $2 trillion in hot money spewing from the Federal Reserve's low interest-rate policy

Jack Dorsey's 'hacked' account posts offensive tweets, firm says probe on

More than 15 tweets, many containing swear words and racist comments, were posted shortly before 4 p.m. New York time

Europe talks up public spending to stave off economic slowdown, but not yet

The call from business leaders is also growing louder

Trade war impact? Asia's beaches go quiet as Chinese tourists stay home

The Chinese travel boom in the region is now in reverse gear

WeWork goes from hot to not as dream value plunges $45 billion

IPO valuation for office-sharing company drops to $20 billion

Boris Johnson wins second legal challenge over Parliament suspension

The appeal of the ruling will go straight to the UK Supreme Court

Huawei eyes ProtonMail to replace Google ecosystem in future mobile devices

Huawei may lose access to Google's programs after the US added it to a trade blacklist in May

In the age of EVs, Volkswagen's road to riches or ruin starts in this plant

It's here that VW, the world's biggest carmaker with annual production of more than 10 mn vehicles, wants to prove it can morph into an electric-car champion and survive the end of combustion engines

Samsung Galaxy Fold's success hinges on competitors and not sales

Joining the crowds scrutinizing every millimeter of the screen and its hinge will be executives at Huawei Technologies Co., Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi Corp. and even Apple Inc

With AI and automation growing, 120 million workers will need retraining

Some skills take longer to develop because they are either more behavioral in nature like teamwork and communication or highly technical, such as data science capabilities

US puts new sanctions, increases pressure on Iran's faltering oil exports

The US Treasury Department imposed new restrictions on a shipping network controlled by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday

Oil steadies near $56 a barrel as US and China plan further talks

On Iran, the US hinted that more measures are coming after imposing new sanctions, while deflecting questions about French diplomatic efforts meant to help the Persian Gulf producer restart oil sales

India dumping its extra sugar may drag down already low global prices

Even though world inventories are forecast to drop, the excess hoard is still big enough to satisfy annual consumption in India and the European Union, the top consumers

No silver bullet: Benefits of bank mergers to be visible only in long term

Whether folding one weak bank into another will make the combined entity any stronger remains to be seen

Amid shock GDP slump, economists cut growth forecasts, see deeper rate cuts

The govt -- which is sticking to its 7% growth projection for the fiscal -- has recently announced a number of steps to improve India's longer-term growth, without providing any immediate support

Govt's mega bank overhaul may hurt NPA clean-up, fight against growth slump

Any more debt repayment delays or defaults risk reversing an expected recovery in India's gross bad loan ratio and worsen a widening shadow bank crisis

Elon Musk meets China's top market watchdog, visits new Tesla site

Tesla won exemption from a 10 per cent purchase tax on the vehicles it sells in China, scoring a significant break despite trade tensions between the country and the US

From Shanghai to Dhaka, Asia should fix its megacities, not move them

In Indonesia, land-use controls were aggressively deregulated in the 1980s while entire sectors of the economy were opened up to direct investment

How periodic table has become menu for a world hungry for material benefits

Almost every entry on the periodic table is being put to some kind of use today