The revised Proposed Basin Plan is the latest step in a policy process that began 20 years ago, when a cap was imposed to stop the unsustainable growth in extractions of water from the Murray-Darling Basin. Before the cap, the capacity of the...
Bill Gates’ company’s software has, over the decades, enabled legions of Indian youth to become computer engineers, and helped the country lay claim to IT superpower status. With luck, his fortune now may help the country achieve...
South African municipal workers negotiating annual pay rises have reduced their demands to 11.5% from 15% but have made no “meaningful progress” in resolving an impasse with management, a major public sector union said on Monday. The...
Financial market guru and acclaimed author Satyajit Das paints a gloomy future for global economics in which debt-ridden governments start raiding pension funds, living standards fall by 30% and food, energy and guns become the investments of...
