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The world’s biggest source of renewable energy has been going through a dry patch. Generation from solar farms roughly tripled between 2018 and 2023, while the output of wind turbines almost doubled. That provided enough extra clean energy to power Japan and Russia put together.

This is part of a special series of articles by the country's foremost voices, ahead of Union Budget 2024, aiming to draw attention to the critical reforms that can help India in its journey to become a developed nation by 2047. The term ‘welfare’ in economics has a long history, with different schools of thought defining the term in different ways. The modern usage of the term typically associates it with a system wherein the government bears a major responsibility for providing socioeconomic security to citizens. Over the years, the term has also attracted criticism, as critics have associated it with excessive or unnecessary government intervention.

NEW DELHI : Vegetable prices are once again burning a hole in people’s pockets and pushing retail inflation up. If not for double-digit vegetable inflation, the headline inflation in June would have remained below the Reserve Bank of India’s medium-term mark of 4% since January, Mint calculations show.

The Indian consumer is showing signs of fatigue. The indications are evident in what consumer goods companies are reporting as well as from hard data in the national income accounts. Household consumer spending grew at half the pace of the overall economy in the financial year that ended in March.

part 2 of this analysis) is helping them shake off debt, leaving them with healthier balance sheets and more room to take risks. We explain this key finding from our analysis in the third part of the series. Before unveiling India Inc’s loss of appetite for loans, a trip back to 2022-23 is in order.

Madras High Court on Monday said that the firing against anti-sterile protesters in Tuticorin in 2018 was predetermined, reported TOI. “One particular industrialist wanted to teach the protesters a lesson and the authorities facilitated it,” said the court. The HC ordered Tamil Nadu’s Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption to scrutinise the assets of all officers, including IPS and IAS officers, who were serving in Tuticorin from 2016 to 2020.

Walmart has spent three years overhauling its mix of adult apparel to make it stylish as well as sensible for middle America

President Joe Biden is ready to propose a 5% cap on annual rent increases for tenants of major landlords

Hong Kong’s innovation minister says the government is testing its own ChatGPT-style tool for its employees, with plans to eventually make it available to the public, after OpenAI decided to take extra steps to block access from unsupported regions lik...

MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough says he was “surprised and disappointed” the news and talk show was pulled off the air the day before and that the explanation he was given didn't hold water

Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to be confirming a report that the company’s much-ballyhooed event to unveil a robotaxi will be delayed beyond its scheduled Aug. 8 date

Former TV personality Carlos Watson has been convicted in a federal financial conspiracy case about collapsed startup Ozy Media

Britain’s new Labour Party government campaigned on a promise to bring bold change at modest cost

IT services company Infosys Ltd is expected to post strong sequential revenue growth in the first quarter ended June 2024, driven mainly by ramp up of large deals. The company will announce its results on July 18. Revenues for the first quarter are seen rising 2.5% quarter-on-quarter, according to an average estimate of four brokerages. Meanwhile, the same is likely to jump 2% year-on-year. The constant currency revenue growth is estimated to be up to 3% quarter-on-quarter.

Logistics disruptions such as lack of container availability, irregular shipping schedule and ships skipping Indian ports impacted the country's exports growth during June, apex exporters' body FIEO said on Monday. After recording 12.8 per cent growth in May, India's merchandise exports rose by just 2.56 per cent to USD 35.2 billion in June. Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) President Ashwani Kumar said the third consecutive increase in merchandise exports shows the resilience of the sector. «Had it not been for the logistics disruptions such as lack of container availability, shipping space, irregular shipping schedule and ships skipping Indian ports, the exports would have recorded close to double-digit growth in June 2024,» he said in a statement.

Oil prices were steady on Wednesday, with global benchmark Brent hovering near the one-month low it hit in the prior session, as signs of weakening demand growth in China clashed with the prospect of declining U.S. oil stockpiles. Brent crude oil futures was down by 4 cents to $83.69 a barrel by 0315 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures also eased 4 cents to $80.72.

Jack Black announced he’s cancelling the rest of the Tenacious D world tour after his bandmate Kyle Gass made a joke about the failed assassination of Donald Trump that left him “blindsided.”

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) latest revision of its Master Circular on Fraud Risk Management in banks and other regulated entities has not come a day too soon. Given the rising incidence of financial frauds, it is imperative that lenders adopt a fool-proof process that does not leave any scope for dishonest borrowers to escape on flimsy technical grounds.

retail sales proved to be firmer than expected, but was still soft enough to keep expectations intact for a rate cut from the Federal Reserve this year. U.S. retail sales were unchanged in June, topping expectations of economists polled by Reuters for a decline of 0.3%, as a drop in receipts at auto dealerships was offset by strength elsewhere, a show of consumer resilience that boosts economic growth prospects for the second quarter.

dollar, prompting more warnings from Japanese officials after last week's suspected intervention. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said at an event on Monday that recent inflation data bolstered policymakers' confidence that price pressures are on a sustainable path lower.

lenders have intensified efforts to garner retail deposits through special plans that offer savers at least 25-30 basis points more than current commitments of comparable tenures, signalling policy interest rates will remain elevated for some time now. SBI, Bank of Baroda, Indian Overseas Bank, Union Bank of India and Bank of Maharashtra have started deposit plans offering 7.25% to 7.30% on investments stretching from 399 to 444 days. These banks are offering an additional 50 basis points for senior citizens. The move to raise deposit rates comes within a fortnight of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) interaction with banks. Narrowing the Gap