First Draft book review – Colin Henderson March 7th, 25 My first draft notes on this important new book. “The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West” by “Alexander C. Karp, Nicholas W. Zamiska”). 1 First Draft book review – Colin Henderson March 7th, 25 1 Conclusion 6 Preface The … Read more
Adani Ports raised ₹5,000 crore through the sale of bonds maturing in 15 years at 7.75% annual coupon | Photo Credit: ANI Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, India’s largest private port operator, has placed its longest-tenor debt with state-run Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. … Read more
#geopolitics #risk President Donald Trump issued a direct threat to Iran, saying he’d hold the regime responsible for future attacks on shipping in the Suez Canal and southern Red Sea by Houthi rebels. His threat of retaliation against Tehran ratchets up the stakes even more after he authorized military strikes over the weekend on the group. The Houthi health … Read more
Frauds have occurred predominantly in the category of digital payments, including card and interne The overall number of frauds, including those related to loan accounts and digital payments, jumped by three times in FY25, primarily due to reclassification of 122 cases as per a Supreme Court order, the Reserve Bank said on Thursday. The fraud … Read more
Raised in Saskatchewan, Joshua Haldeman was a tech-utopian, politician and apartheid fan In considering programming and definition of AI the complications and social drivers that brought a chiropractor from Saskatchewan to be the grandson being the richest and arguably most powerful man in the world has many frames of thought and dynamics in producing such … Read more
File photo: Canara Bank | Photo Credit: Kesavan A N 1612@Chennai Canara Bank has announced the complete waiver of the Average Monthly Balance (AMB) requirement across all savings bank (SB) account types, which includes savings accounts, salary accounts and NRI SB Accounts. The waiver is effective from Sunday, June 1. With this, customers will have … Read more
It is worth capturing this moment. It has the potential to be elevated to a moment in world economic history in the same vein as Bretton Woods, World Trade Organization, United Nations, and many other bedrock areas that preceded and followed WWII. The broad perspective was to encourage World stability in economic terms and those … Read more
The transmission of policy repo rate changes to banks’ deposit and lending rates continued during FY25, albeit at a slower pace, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) FY25 annual report. The weighted average lending rates (WALRs) on fresh and outstanding bank loans declined by 2 basis points (bps) and 8 bps, respectively. In … Read more
US administration issued a rambling document with a multitude of ‘trade barriers’. “Where sufficient data exist, an approximate impact of tariffs on U.S. exports can be derived by obtaining estimates of supply and demand price elasticities in the importing country and in the United States. Typically, the U.S. share of imports is assumed constant. When … Read more
Under the Odisha government’s Subhadra Yojana, CBDC has been used as a payment channel for around 88,000 beneficiaries so far | Photo Credit: tommy The value of central bank digital currency or E-rupee in circulation increased by 334 per cent on-year to 1,016 crore in FY25, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) annual … Read more