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Macroeconomic headwinds weighed on investor sentiments in 2018-19: Sebi report – Livemint

New Delhi: As macroeconomic headwinds weighed on investor sentiments through the year, foreign portfolio investors pulled out 38,930 crore in 2018-19, according to market regulator Sebi's annual report. "In order to further develop the Indian securities mark…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

Aging Isn’t the Problem. Ageism Is.

Baby boomers are the fastest-growing age group in the U.S. By 2029, the national population of those aged 65 and over will be 20 percent of the country. What would an age justice platform look like so that elders could age with dignity? Today’s guests have so…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Riots

South African police arrest dozens after riots in Johannesburg

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Police arrested dozens of people in South Africa's commercial capital Johannesburg on Monday after rioters looted shops, burned tyres and blocked road junctions - the second outbreak of urban rioting in a week. Police were un…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Xi Jinping

Advisers reportedly fear that Trump’s behavior over the summer may have sabotaged his chances of reelection in 2020

Advisers to US President Donald Trump believe that his behavior over the course of the summer, in which has been accused of deliberately stirring America's racial tensions, may have harmed his prospects of election in 2020, the Washington Post reported on Sun…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Brexit

NewsWatch: U.S. stock futures weaken as tariffs go into effect

U.S. stock futures weakened on a holiday Monday as tariffs on Chinese goods went into effect. See full story. Its Labor Day weekend: Heres what Trump has done for workers The record is mixed and the good parts may not really have happened because of him, wr…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Recycling

Time to make fast fashion a problem for its makers, not charities

Returning our old clothes to big fashion chainsrather than taking them to charity storescould make fast fashion companies pay for their waste and fuel vital recycling research. Even better if we all do it at once. Public protests, such as Extinction Rebellio…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Neymar

Neymar upbeat in Miami despite failed Barca move

Neymar was all smiles as he arrived in Miami on Monday to join Brazil's squad for the upcoming friendlies against Colombia and Peru. The Brazilian forward landed in Brazil 24 hours earlier already knowing that his wish to return to Barcelona this summer woul…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Global Warming

Ireland Will Plant 440 Million Trees By 2040 To Combat Climate Change

Irish officials said this weekend that the country will plant around 22 million new trees across the country each year until 2040, hoping to one day have at least 440 million in the ground to help combat the worst effects of climate change. The ambitious tar…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Panda

Berlin zoo delights in rare birth of panda twins

Berlin zoo said Monday its resident panda Meng Meng had delivered twins, as it voiced delight at the first such births in the country. “Meng Meng became a mom – twice! We are so happy, we are speechless,” the zoo said on Twitter, also posting a video of the …

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Super Komachi

The most spectacular ways to explore Uluru – without climbing it

At age 15, I climbed Uluru or Ayers Rock as it was known at the time in Australias Northern Territory. I was there on a school camp, and my fearless or were they mad? teachers had herded a busload of 30 teens from Melbourne up one side of the 348-metre…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Macroeconomic headwinds weighed on investor sentiments in 2018-19: Sebi report – Livemint

Aging Isn’t the Problem. Ageism Is.

South African police arrest dozens after riots in Johannesburg

Advisers reportedly fear that Trump’s behavior over the summer may have sabotaged his chances of reelection in 2020

NewsWatch: U.S. stock futures weaken as tariffs go into effect

Time to make fast fashion a problem for its makers, not charities

Neymar upbeat in Miami despite failed Barca move

Ireland Will Plant 440 Million Trees By 2040 To Combat Climate Change

Berlin zoo delights in rare birth of panda twins

The most spectacular ways to explore Uluru – without climbing it

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