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Opinion | Heat is an invisible climate risk
The government's efforts to implement a national cooling strategy via the India Cooling Action Plan are inadequate
4 min read18 Nov 2018Learning from Lehman, we’ve reinflated the bubble
The global economy appears structured to lurch from crisis to crisis, with bubbles in between
10 min read17 Sep 2018The 2008 global meltdown and the birth of Bitcoin
When Bitcoin and the concept of decentralised cryptocurrency started gaining popularity in 2011, other cryptocurrencies also started coming up
3 min read13 Sep 2018Opinion | Mirror, mirror on Serena Williams’ wall
The mirror was telling Serena Williams that a younger, stronger champion was rising in the world of women's tennis
3 min read13 Sep 2018As temperatures rise, nearly half of South Asia’s population at risk
While coastal areas are at risk from storms and changes in sea level, melting glaciers threaten mountain areas
3 min read11 Jul 2018Vikram Akula’s inside story of SKS Microfinance will remain untold
'Micro-Meltdown', written by SKS Microfinance founder Vikram Akula, once the poster boy of Indian microfinance, is a gripping tale of what it takes to build a world-class financial institution and how to destroy it
4 min read18 Jun 2018Intel finds another chip exploit, says fix already in place
Intel says a potential way to exploit the chip-related vulnerability would be to try to access information via code run inside a web browser
1 min read22 May 2018Music to drench your life’s dreams with
Discover the music of one of alternative rock's best kept secrets
4 min read4 May 2018Intel did not tell US cyber officials about chip flaws until made public
Intel did not tell US-CERT about Meltdown and Spectre until 3 January, after reports on them in online technology site The Register had begun to circulate
2 min read23 Feb 2018Microsoft issues update to disable Intel’s buggy Spectre patch
Microsoft said it was rolling out an out-of-band update that specifically disables Intel's Spectre variant 2 patch
1 min read30 Jan 2018Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared