Search results

The current off-peak rate for my local PG&E utility is 43 cents per kWh. Peak rate is 49 cents per kWh. These rates are likely to go higher in future. Based on my investment in solar, my cost of solar in California works out to less than about 9.3 cents per kWh. -------------- Californians...

https://www.southasiainvestor.com/2022/07/my-familys-contribution-to-climate.html In response to growing reports of extreme heat and floods around the world, my wife and I are doing our part to reduce our carbon footprint: We now have rooftop solar panels as well as two electric vehicles. In...

In 2021, over 160,000 #Indians renounced citizenship, highest in past 5 years. 78,000 took #US citizenship. #Australia 23,533, #Canada 21,597, #UK 14,637, #Italy 5,986, #Netherlands 2187, #NewZealand 2643, #Singapore 2516, #Pakistan 41 and #Nepal 10. #Modi...

#Indian #rupee touches another record low to 80.06 against #US dollar as foreign #investors pull out US $30 billion from the nation’s #StockMarket so far this year amid deteriorating current-account deficit & high #energy prices. #forex #Modi #BJP...

#UN Report: #India's #population will cross #China's in 2023. There will be 1.54 billion #Indians, 775 million #Chinese and 487 million #Pakistanis by the end of the current century. #Asia #SouthAsia https://www.southasiainvestor.com/2022/07/un-report-last-decade-saw-165-million.html

#India's #Rupee Hits Weakest Level Ever Against the #US Dollar. The #Indian #currency has lost about 7 percent of its value against the #dollar this year, a victim of higher #energy prices and #economic uncertainty. #Russia #Ukraine #Modi #Hindutva #BJP...

US tops UAE in remittances to India: RBI paper https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/us-tops-uae-in-remittances-to-india-rbi-paper/articleshow/92964862.cms Remittances from the Indian diaspora in the US surged through the Covid months that saw a contraction in inflows from...

A common myth about emigration is that it is driven by poverty. But the fact is that the poorest and least developed people tend to stay put where they are; they do not migrate. It's only people who have a certain level of income and skills who are more likely to migrate to other countries for...

India's headline GDP growth figures are not translating into jobs. https://www.riazhaq.com/2022/04/hindu-nationalist-rss-leadership.html Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), the top decision-making body of India's RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh), says that “the young generation is...

You can't study if you are hungry. India ranks 94th among 107 nations ranked by World Hunger Index in 2020. Other South Asians have fared better: Pakistan (88), Nepal (73), Bangladesh (75), Sri Lanka (64) and Myanmar (78) – and only Afghanistan has fared worse at 99th place. The COVID19...

That's the reason India has a serious unemployment and hunger issue. India's labor force participation rate is the lowest in South Asia. https://www.riazhaq.com/2021/12/india-in-crisis-unemployment-and-hunger.html "India’s LPR is much lower than global levels. According to the World Bank, the...

https://www.southasiainvestor.com/2022/07/un-report-last-decade-saw-165-million.html Among 10 countries with the estimated net outflow of migrants exceeding 1 million over the period from 2010 through 2021, Pakistan saw 16.5 million migrants move overseas, the highest in the world, according to...

Ex #British PM Tony Blair: #Ukraine war shows West's dominance is ending as #China rises. China's Xi has continued supporting #Russia's #Putin & criticized sanctions "abuse" by the West. Putin has forged what he calls a "strategic partnership" with China...

#SaudiArabia doubles #Russian oil imports at discounted prices for #power generation for #summer cooling demand and free up the kingdoms own crude for #export. Rising #oil sales to Saudi Arabia show #Biden's challenge in isolating Russia for #UkraineWar...

#India’s current account #deficit expected to deteriorate in FY23. The country’s #trade deficit widened to USD 45.18 billion in April-June 2022 period as compared to USD 5.61 billion recorded in the corresponding period of last year. #Modi #BJP #economy...

India relies a lot more on foreign investors than Pakistan. So when the US Fed makes big moves, it affects India much more than Pakistan. The top contributor to India's forex reserves is debt (a lot of bonds sold to western investors) which accounts for 48%. Portfolio equity investments are...

#Indian Bonds Will Suffer Most In #Asia In A #US #Recession Scenario. “Downside risks to EM Asia currencies mean that foreign investor confidence could be sharply declining.”...

#India under spotlight for 'laundering' Russian #oil. #US officials believe #Russian crude is being refined in #India and then exported to US & #Europe, circumventing #sanctions that have been imposed on Russia for its invasion of #Ukraine.- Nikkei Asia...

#India’s #economy can’t compete with #China’s — & that should worry #US policymakers. #Biden administration must be alarmed by the recent decisions by several foreign corporations to either pull out of the Indian market or put their long-term plans on hold...

$4.5b bailout for #Bangladesh: #IMF team to arrive tomorrow amid global #commodity price #inflation. If everything proceeds smoothly, the loan deal could be finalized by October this year...