In the dim corridors of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, where New Kingdom pharaohs were buried more than three millennia ago, visitors have long left their marks. Predominant among the graffiti are Greek ...

The findings, which confirm that ancient Tamil traders travelled deep into the Egyptian interior for exploration and tourism, were presented by Swiss scholar Professor Ingo Strauch on the inaugural ...

Of 30 inscriptions uncovered at the Valley of Kings by Strauch and Schmid, 20 are in Tamil. CHENNAI: Around 2,000 years ago, a Tamil trader who visited the rock-cut tombs of Egyptian pharaohs ...

A path-breaking finding has shed new light on trade links between ancient Tamilagam, other parts of India and the Roman Empire. Two researchers have identified close to 30 inscriptions in Tamil Brahmi ...

“Structured products” are proliferating in exchange-traded funds, and defined-outcome ETFs, or “buffer ETFs,” are among the most popular. These ETFs use options to provide an explicit amount of loss ...

Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman has been conferred the Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Music Director for his work in Mani Ratnam’s historical epic Ponniyin Selvan – I. The recognition adds yet ...

The build-up of national, regional and global public buffer stocks for food can help stabilise prices on global agricultural markets and limit inflation, analyses the renowned economist Isabella Weber ...

The upcoming Tamil Nadu elections will give a decisive mandate, veteran journalist N Ram has asserted, ruling out any possibility of a hung assembly or power-sharing. The director at The Hindu ...

City Council Speaker Julie Menin introduced legislation Thursday to create an up to 100-foot buffer zone for protests outside synagogues and other houses of worship. The new proposed bill from the ...

Buffer ETFs—exchange-traded funds that protect investor returns from market downturns while capping the upside—have drawn in tens of billions of dollars in recent years from baby boomers and ...

Growing experience since the global financial crisis suggests that there is benefit to both advanced and emerging economies from having releasable capital buffers. Building such buffers in normal ...