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China car sales slump drags on as consumers wait for government incentives

Dairy Board develops world’s first complete parent-wise genome assembly of buffalo

China’s electric car market resembles dot-com bubble

Google Doodle honours English haematologist Lucy Wills

Her research helped identify folic acid supplementation to prevent anaemia in pregnant women in India

50 coal power plants in US shut under Trump

In total, 289 plants have been closed since 2010 comprising 40 per cent of the US’s coal power capacity

Ayodhya case: SC extends time till August 15 for mediation process

China is armed with powerful market weapons in duel with Trump

Currencies, Treasuries and soybeans are seen as weapons

Japan to test bullet train capable of hitting 400 kmph speed

New train scheduled to operate faster than China’s Fuxing Hao

PS Reddy takes charge as MCX chief

Reddy worked with the BSE for over 18 years

How ‘shopoholic’ UPL adds muscle with takeovers

Homegrown agrochem MNC UPL believes in collaborations to drive growth and revenue

Birla-Adani in cement slugfest to be top player

With housing and roads expected see a boom, cement makers will be jockeying for the top slot

Uday Shankar: In the reckoning again

Former Star chief is back in the game with IPL digital bid

How ethanol push puts sugar stocks in a sweet spot

Ethanol blending brightens prospects and brings in possibility of re-rating, given the higher profitability of the distillery segment

Index Outlook: Not much room to rise in Sensex, Nifty 50

Key resistances ahead can cap the upside and keep the broader downtrend intact

What’s new in our Star Track MF Ratings

Presenting refreshed mutual fund ratings from this week with key value additions

Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit

Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century

Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up