Paul Gruenwald, global chief economist at S&P Global Ratings, was in India last week. In an interaction with TOI, he spoke on a range of issues from the state of the US economy, the impact of tariffs on the global economy to India’s strong economic growth. Excerpts: How do you look at global economy, given…
Mumbai: A citizens’ agitation in Bhandup recently resulted in the BEST administration restoring bus routes that were scrapped or short-terminated and also increasing the number of buses operating in the area. Supported by the local Shiv Sena and a few activists, citizen protesters forced BEST to resume discontinued services after passengers faced higher fares when…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has sealed nine ready-mix concrete (RMC) plants in Tathawade, Punawale, Pimple Nilakh, and Moshi areas for violating environmental norms. The move followed a communication from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), which shared a list of 30 RMC units operating without adequate dust and emissions control systems within…
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New Delhi: Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday announced that the names of three metro stations will be changed to enhance passenger convenience and clearly define the local identity.Pitampura Metro Station on the Red Line, which will become an interchange station after the RK Puram–Janakpuri corridor of the Magenta Line under Phase IV expansion becomes…
Two of the world’s most widely used diabetes and weight-loss medications, Ozempic and Mounjaro, may be doing far more than helping people control blood sugar and shed weight. A new study published in Nature Medicine shows that these drugs are also linked to a significant drop in the risk of major cardiovascular events such as…
SINGAPORE: Payments giant Visa is looking to launch agentic commerce pilots across the Asia-Pacific region as regulatory and ecosystem readiness advances by early next year. Agentic commerce refers to a new era where AI-powered agents shop and pay on behalf of users. The company’s Visa Intelligent Commerce (VIC) programme incorporates features like tokenisation, authentication, payment…
Navi Mumbai: Nerul police have filed an FIR against Amit Thackeray, the son of MNS chief Raj Thackeray and 70 MNS workers including office bearers for defying police prevention and forcibly unveiling the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a canopy constructed by NMMC at a junction in sector -1, Nerul near Rajiv Gandhi flyover…
Pune: In three different online share-trading frauds, cybercrooks duped two senior citizens and a techie of Rs 84.52 lakh collectively.Separate cases were registered with the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad police on Saturday.A 64-year-old man, who retired from a private company in Katraj, was cheated by the online fraudsters of Rs 29.7 lakh. Crooks promised him…
