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Big banks flee climate coalition formed to cut carbon emissions

U.S. megabanks want to leave behind some green pledges in 2024 finance Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and Bank of America this week withdrew from an ambitious pandemic-era climate coalition designed to help drive a shift to reduce carbon emissions by businesses.

Training

Is war a debate, a dilemma or a drama? Or can it be a poem? A class contemplates its many meanings

No End

An idyllic summer comes to a close with the dawn of realisation

Ocean of Spines

Trying to conjure a sliver of the past, and remember to whom a story belonged

What we want to read in 2025

The Lounge team’s list of unread books has only grown longer, while we also revisit and re-read old favourites

Data rules draft: focus on minors, national security

A draft of rules for India's data protection law has proposed that parents must identify themselves before their children can join certain online platforms.

Netbanking 2.0: NPCI pilot to ease mobile payments

You're about to pay for a purchase on a popular e-commerce website from your mobile, but your bank doesn't show up in the netbanking list.

New Angels Rush To Prop Early-Stage Funding Slack

Sports stars, actors and young professionals are taking early bets on new startups

Divided EU allows India to pitch for carbon tax relief

Differences within the European Union (EU) over a looming carbon border tax have given India an opportunity to pitch for some relief from its onerous requirements that are expected to hurt exports to one of the country's largest trading partners.

States' Q4 borrowing to rise 18% after Q2 growth slump

Capex boost likely as West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka lead ₹4.73 tn borrowing plan

Cold wave in North India to boost wheat, mustard crops

The drop in temperature does not bode well for crops like chickpea and potatoes in the plains

Rupee closes at new record low vs dollar

Reports of the central bank selling US dollars supported the rupee at lower levels, traders said

Existing EV subsidies to stay, no new incentives

Commerce minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday existing subsidies for the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem will continue for some time, citing broad consensus among the government, auto OEMs, and battery swapping companies that no new incentives or subsidies are required at this stage.

Govt cuts gas allocation for LPG, diverts to city retailers

The government has slashed allocation of natural gas used for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) production, and diverted the low-priced fuel to city gas retailers like Indraprastha Gas Ltd and Adani-Total Gas Ltd to meet part of their requirement for compressed natural gas (CNG)/piped cooking gas supplies, said an official order.

Pharma Teachers Faking Profiles to Be Blacklisted

Pharmacy Council of India Identified 45,355 Cases of Duplicate Profiles on Digi-Pharmed Portal Using Same Aadhaar and PAN

India's market cap share globally dips from record highs

India's share in global market capitalization dipped to 4.2% in December from its August peak of 4.6%, as global equity markets faced turbulence, showed an analysis by Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.

PNG, CNG Consumers to Get Uniform Insurance Cover

Although CNG Users Report More Accidents, Instances of Pipeline Leaks at PNG Households Were Reported

PM E-Drive e-bus subsidy to be rolled out from March

Govt to initiate bidding process after working out demand via state, city transport utilities

Biden to Block Sale of US Steel to Nippon

President Joe Biden has decided to block the sale of United States Steel Corp. to Japan's Nippon Steel Corp., according to three people with knowledge of the matter, ending a $14.1 billion deal that has faced months of vocal opposition and raising questions over the future of a US industrial giant.

Tesla's car business isn't really in the driver's seat

The majority of the EV maker's market cap rides on hope for robotaxis, robots and AI

Kukri

Happiness, innocence, abandon, it is all too much to sustain over a life

Heads or Tails

Who decides the size of or need for a sacrifice?

The many lives of a leaf

Do wild thoughts count as resistance? Is charting one's own path and travelling alone a rebellion that will be remembered?

The Woman and The Dog

In an upside-down world, a human and an animal ramble on, propelled by ego, but lost to history

Khalil

From being central to war and peace alike, the animal has become, for the most part, an object of figurative art

Gas

Does being confined to a hospital bed give husbands better capacity for kindness toward their wives?

A Luxury Seven-seater Gets a Stylish Makeover

New tech features and exterior refinements enhance comfort in the Audi Q7 but some much-needed updates are missing

'Little potato' tourism heats up China's northeast

Social media, novels and dramas have helped draw attention to Harbin, a frigid city near the North Korea border

Bringing Past to the Present

A Mint guide to what's happening in and around your city

The good, the bad, and the uncertainty of the year ahead

What impact will the next US administration have on economic growth and inflation?