Sell inventories now instead of waiting for market conditions to improve, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has told real estate developers in a video conference organised by NAREDCO. Goyal suggested that while the government is considering ready reckoner rates as concession, it would be better if developers move ahead in case it does not go through, as per Read More

Amid all of the excitement around new mobility technologies, a single, inescapable reality often gets lost: modern transportation does not run on lidar, telematics, or any other technologies. That is why 2019’s biggest story in mobility is not about Waymo, Hyperloop, or Lime – nor is it about innovations coming out of Detroit, Silicon Valley, or Germany. It’s in the Middle Read More

A recent observation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made top executives in corporate India sit up, take notice, and wonder whether our investment rules are too restrictive for our own good. In a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on overseas direct investment published recently, the central bank has said that Indian companies are barred from acquiring Read More

BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — China’s new interest rate reform aiming to steer business funding costs lower will not stoke the real estate market, analysts said. The country’s central bank announced Sunday that starting from Oct. 8, new mortgages will be priced based on latest month’s loan prime rate (LPR) of the corresponding term, while certain basis points will be Read More

As the computing industry grapples with its role in society, many people, both in the fieldand outside it, are talking about a crisis of ethics. There is a massive rush to hire chief ethics officers, retool codes of professional ethics and teach ethics to students. But as a scholar of computing – and a teacher of a course on computing, ethics and society at Rice University – I am skeptical of the assumptions Read More

The report incorporates new data from 41, wealthy, member countries of the European Union and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Countries were assessed on their children’s access to quality education, and differences in performance among children from preschool to primary school levels. According to the report, some of the poorest countries surveyed, such as Latvia and Lithuania, Read More

The low-carb paleo diet has been one of the most searched diets online in recent years. Many of the leading paleo programs actively market to teens, and a few years back, a celebrity chef in Australia even co-wrote a paleo cookbook for babies and kids. Public health officials there warned that the paleo diet, which eschews carbohydrates, processed foods and Read More

If the push for affordability deters outstanding teachers from seeking opportunities in the UAE it is the pupils who might suffer.  Victor Besa / The National On Tuesday, staff at the UAE largest private education group were given the news that teachers’ salaries would not be hiked in 2019 and at least 75 non-education personnel would be let go. As The National reports, Read More

Photo: iStock Last month, when model-turned-actor and one of India’s most well-known faces for endurance sports, Milind Soman, went on his honeymoon, his Instagram timeline was continuously being updated with pictures of the couple in Hawaii. However, instead of the romantic honeymoon pictures, such as candlelit dinners and sunsets, they showed off their active lifestyle, with Soman posting pictures of Read More

A new research suggests that moderate to high-intensity exercise does not slow cognitive decline in people with dementia. Although the exercise programme improved physical fitness, it cannot be recommended as a treatment option for cognitive impairment in dementia, say the researchers. Nearly 47.5 million people worldwide have dementia and the view that exercise might slow cognitive decline has gained widespread Read More