On Monday, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank said, the bank is setting up a climate change centre to coordinate its thinking on how to best incorporate climate issues into monetary policy and banking supervision. “We are now… Read More ›
Economy & Finance
Low acreage acquisition by energy giants likely to lead supply side gap during the second half of the decade
With coronavirus inducing economic lockdowns around the globe, there has been a sharp decline in energy prices last year according to data, as a result top oil companies have significantly reduced their search for new fossil fuel resources, triggered massive… Read More ›
China’s Growth And Xi’s Leadership Will Be Challenged By Potential For New Pandemic Outbreak
China, the second largest economy of the world, was expanding at a quarterly rate of 6.5 per cent in November last year when the United Kingdom was going into a second lockdown and its economy was contracting. Recent data has… Read More ›
US Set To Import Record Canadian Oil Even If The Keystone XL Project Is Shelved
The new president of the United States has shelved the Keystone XL pipeline project on his first day at office but despite that the US has been able to position itself to pull in record imports of Canadian oil in… Read More ›
Non-performing assets rise by more than 50%, Chinese banks write-off $466.6 billion in 2020
On Friday, in a statement, China’s top banking and insurance regulator said, the sector has written off $466.6 billion (3.02 trillion yuan) in non-performing assets in 2020, up by more than 50% from a year ago. At the end of… Read More ›
Senate should approve Biden Administration’s push for U.S. rejoining Paris Agreement: Republicans
With U.S. President Joe Biden signing an executive order which sees the United States rejoining the Paris climate agreement, a group of Republican senators called on him to submit his plan to re-engage the United States in the landmark accord…. Read More ›
India’s IndiGo Airlines Quickly Recovers From Pandemic Hit, Eyeing Foreign Growth
Boosted by a fast recovery of the domestic aviation market of India to almost 80 per cent of the pre pandemic levels, as well as by its financial strength used for enhancing its market share even as rivals are struggling,… Read More ›
Daniel Smith appointed as acting U.S. Secretary of State
In a statement the White House said, Daniel Smith, director of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), has been appointed as acting secretary of state following Joe Biden’s swearing in as President. Smith will fill the role temporarily until Biden’s nominee,… Read More ›
UAE signs deal with US to buy 50 F-35 fighter planes, 18 armed drones
According to sources familiar with the situation, the United Arab Emirates has signed a deal with the United States to buy 50 F-35 fighter jets and up to 18 armed drones. Both countries were working to ink the deal before… Read More ›
EU member states empowered to non-EU passengers from entering country, part of German proposal to contain COVID-19
On Thursday, according to a report from the Times newspaper, a German proposal could see European governments allowing a ban on all UK residents from entering their respective countries along with cutting off all passenger transport links with Britain. The… Read More ›