Global Economy
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Why ejecting Russia from the SWIFT payment system is largely symbolic
To understand the limited practical effect of the measure, it is worth looking at Iran.
Alistair Milne, The Conversation
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Turkey’s currency crisis shows why it’s a bad idea to cut interest rates amid inflation
The Turkish lira has now lost nearly 40% of its value since the beginning of the year.
Gulcin Ozkan, The Conversation
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What the post-Covid-19 world will look like for the aviation industry
Has the pandemic temporarily stalled air travel or reshaped it forever?
Darren Ellis, The Conversation, Jorge Guira, The Conversation & Roger Tyers, The Conversation
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Why ex-servicemen in India don’t get many job offers after retiring from the armed forces
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As Shiv Sena split bewilders workers ahead of key civic polls, party begins meetings across Mumbai
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Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray urges Shiv Sena workers not to disrupt government formation
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The travelogue of an Indian maharaja who disliked China and loved Japan
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Watch: True crime series ‘Indian Predator’ kicks off with case of Delhi serial killer
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Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan says capitalism is ‘under serious threat’
Rajan said governments cannot afford to factor in social inequality when planning economic policies.
Scroll Staff
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Bangladesh has emerged as one of the largest denim exporters to Europe, United States
H&M, Walmart, Levi’s, Diesel, Wrangler, Boss and Gap are among its clients.
Ibrahim Hossain Ovi
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Watch: Global investor Ruchir Sharma is convinced China's economy is running on 'borrowed time
Sharma had accurately predicted the slowdown of the BRIC economies in 2012.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: Dog teaches itself how to ride a bodyboard to retrieve balls that fall into the swimming pool
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‘Law is being weaponised’: Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa on the arrests of Zubair, Teesta Setalvad
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Watch: Abortion clinic in Alabama forced to turn away patients after Roe v Wade was overturned
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Watch: Chris Martin sings ‘A Sky Full of Stars’ at local pub after Glastonbury Festival in the UK
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Watch: Half a billion dollars worth of drugs set on fire in Myanmar on World Drug Day
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Brexit vote: The angst over globalisation is misplaced
More truth-telling is needed in a complex world where the disgruntled try to cherry-pick among regulations, globalisation.
Farok J Contractor
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California has just 3% of India’s population, but 125% of its GDP
Data analysis shows that the Indian economy is projected to become the world's third largest by 2030.
Devanik Saha, IndiaSpend.com
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Trump and Clinton want to bring back millions of outsourced jobs – here’s why they can’t
Instead of trying to bring back the old economy jobs that have been lost, the US should focus on training Americans in the new skills that will be needed.
Stephan Manning and Marcus M. Larsen, The Conversation
The Reel
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Watch: Ron Howard’s ‘Thirteen Lives’ revisits the 2018 Thailand cave rescue
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‘Saas Bahu Achaar Pvt Ltd’ trailer: Amruta Subhash in show about pickles and empowerment
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Watch: True crime series ‘Indian Predator’ kicks off with case of Delhi serial killer
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‘Subtle nuances of human relationships’: Why Satyajit Ray adapted ‘Postmaster’ and ‘Samapti’
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Watch: The trailer of series ‘Modern Love Hyderabad’ is out
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India to remain world's fastest-growing large economy: World Bank
The financial institution projected the country would grow at 7.8% this year, while China would record a modest 6.7%.
Scroll Staff
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Does the global stock market sell-off signal the BRIC age is already over?
Back in 2001, a Goldman Sachs economist said Brazil, Russia, India and China would become the powerhouses of the global economy in the coming decades. Is that still in the cards?
Tomas Hult, The Conversation