Demand for work under the scheme is still much higher than pre-pandemic levels, indicating a lack of job opportunities elsewhere
However well-intended it may be, the attempt to salvage every vaccine dose was ill thought-through
The debasement of Elizabeth Holmes may seem distant and irrelevant to us in India. Instead it should prod us into examining the cultural moorings of our booming startup ecosystem
Far from worrying over the new variant, the markets believe the end of the pandemic is in sight
In contrast, Akasa has taken forward its plans and has been seeking various regulatory clearances
The 3 Vs -- Voice, Video and Vernacular -- are going to be significant drivers of value accretion. Businesses that recognise and tap into this opportunity are likely to be outsized gainers.
Smaller urban centres stand to gain from the shift in business delivery centres to them
The major reason why we didn’t do better on the COVID front was the power of politically motivated lies
In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: Ten defining trends for 2022, Deep Value Series, the Recovery Tracker, Adityanath faces a litmus test and more
Despite the pandemic, 2022 promises to be a watershed year for India’s goal of building a domestic military industrial complex — and becoming a global defence manufacturing hub
Early signs point to optimism
Yogi Adityanath is making law and order as one of the top election issues in Uttar Pradesh. The crime statistics has improved, but cases of atrocities against SC/ST mar his report card
From a slowing China to ‘greenflation’ in commodity prices to the retail party ending, here are some key economic forecasts for 2022
Cash creation also remains prodigious, but threat of regulation could be the one thing that halts the charge
Jefferies believes that India is poised for an upturn in the economic cycle, driven by a decisive housing cycle turnaround
Electricity demand and generation moderated in November and December 2021, putting a question mark on coal demand
Various state governments in India are conducting trials for blockchain technology within their departments, to test its efficiency and effectiveness
In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: Mapping the PMI curve, truck rentals in fast lane, NTPC in a power drive, how yields will behave, and more
Indian cities vary enormously in size, fiscal capacity, and regional context. Finding a single template solution is difficult, beyond emphasising the common lacuna, that incomplete democratisation has sapped cities of the vitality they possess
The ETF industry has gone well beyond cloning triceratops, and has for some time now manufactured tyrannosaurs
Supply chain problems persisted, with vendor performance worsening to the greatest extent since August 2020
The emerging world will witness threats of competing hegemonic forces resorting to acts of violence and counter-violence in coming days. Ongoing movements for equality, justice and sustainability will continue to give us signs of hope
India can differentiate itself from its competition by offering a sovereign guarantee to moving supply chains through military commitments as far as India-centric backward and forward linkages are concerned
Xi Jinping’s new “revolution” to curb disorderly growth of capital and redistribute incomes will cause a slowdown in the economy in 2022. But Chinese Communists have set their eyes on political and not economic goals
There is likely to be a large supply of bonds for the market to absorb, which in the backdrop of improving bank credit demand, can add to upward pressure on yields
