The spike in volatility may not have impacted equity inflows, but it has weighed on new investors coming via the systematic investment plan (SIP) route. In May, 1.97 million new SIPs got registered – nearly 15 per cent lower than the previous five-month average of 2.3 million – reveals the data provided by the Association of Mutual Funds in India. […]

Asian stocks ended broadly higher on Monday, as investors reacted to reports of a possible U.S. tariff cut on China’s goods, loosening of Covid-19 restrictions in Beijing and improved Caixin Services PMI data for May from China. China’s Shanghai Composite Index rallied 1.3 percent to 3,236.37 after a private business survey showed China’s services activity contracted for the third month […]

Google introduces AR glasses which are able to translate live We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Google chief executive Sundar Pichai, 49, has vowed to do […]

An opportunity to enter a burgeoning sector at a low valuation and favourable policies are propelling some of India’s largest corporate groups to scoop up drone start-ups. “Indian corporations lost the race in aerospace and space tech. “No one wants to miss the bus this time. “These are seasoned businessmen and they realise that the market cap of tech companies […]

When Americans think of the deadliest battles in U.S, history, their attention usually turns to the Civil War. Over 600,000 soldiers were killed, which was an extraordinary part of the population of men in America. Measured against the country’s population that would be about six million people. There were 51,000 casualties at Gettysburg, of which about seven thousand were deaths. […]

An estimated 2.1 million people work for the U.S. federal government. About a third of them are involved in the daily administrative grind of running the world’s largest economy in the third-most populous country. Other federal job categories include clerical, technical, professional, and blue-collar work. Pay varies within these categories. To be among the highest paid federal employees requires advanced […]

Stocks moved sharply lower during trading on Friday, largely offsetting the rally seen over the course of the previous session. The major averages all showed notable moves to the downside, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq showing a particularly steep drop. The major averages finished the session near their worst levels of the day. While the Nasdaq plunged 304.16 points or 2.5 […]

Global warming has become a critical part of the conversations about the future of humanity. Temperatures in some parts of the world have risen so much these areas have become barely habitable to humans. The April temperature readings in India were the highest on record for any April in history. Major cities in the second most populated country in the […]

Hong Kong (CNN Business)From big gains in tech stocks to robust trade data, China has had plenty of good news on the economic front this week. The positive developments come after the world’s second largest economy was battered by widespread Covid lockdowns, a sweeping crackdown on tech companies and a real estate slump. Consumer spending and factory output both shrank […]