How city erupted over rumours of hardware store raid

Christal Hayes BBC News Reporting fromParamount, California The National Guard clashed with people protesting against immigration raids in Los Angeles. Juan and several friends huddled in the car park of a hardware store near Los Angeles, where protests have erupted against US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Typically, their gatherings include dozens of day labourers,…

Tax cost of rebalancing portfolio

The decision on whether to invest in an active fund or a passive fund is never easy, if you were to analyse from a technical standpoint. Most investors base their decision on their view of how efficient the market is. If you believe that the market consistently mis-prices securities, then investing in active funds is…

The forgotten story of India’s brush with presidential rule

Sondeep Shankar/Getty Images Indira Gandhi addressing a press conference in Delhi in 1983 During the mid-1970s, under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s imposition of the Emergency, India entered a period where civil liberties were suspended and much of the political opposition was jailed. Behind this authoritarian curtain, her Congress party government quietly began reimagining the country…

Business powered by the circular economy

Re-Tile and Re-Polymix manufactured by Swachha Eco Solutions using multi-layered plastic waste A new category of products have arrived in the market, but few have noticed them. These are solutions thrown up by the circular economy. Leading the charge in developing them are several startups, which are innovating ways to strengthen our nascent recycling system. Some…