Chart of the Day | Indian private sector’s contraction worsened in June
Both the manufacturing and services sectors shrank last month
Global tax deals: Now comes the hard part of fine print
The OECD/G20 initiative on taxes that India joined and the G7 agreement earlier in the year hold out hope for making big multinational corporations pay more taxes. But the details need to be hammered out first
What lies behind RBI’s unease over Big Tech in financial services?
The central bank’s concerns range from financial stability to the emergence of “too-big-to-fail” entities and monopolies
The Green Pivot | EV batteries in turbo-charge mode
Companies plug into different strategies to power electric mobility as government gears up to frame a battery management policy
The Reading List: July 2, 2021
A selection of articles and social media gems from the world of economy, business and finance, curated by our research and opinion teams.
100 Years of CPC | Explaining a changing China through its foreign office
Chinese diplomatic practices and interactions hardly changed in the first half of the 100 years of Chinese communist diplomacy. It was not until Beijing became a member of the United Nations in 1971 that its communist rulers had full exposure to global diplomatic practices
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | World leaders get cracking on oil and tax
In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: Changing landscapes for oil, taxation, Herd Immunity Tracker, questions on RBI stress test, UPL’s growth pitch, Robinhood IPO by numbers, Weekly Tactical, and much more
RBI Financial Stability Report | Stress test under stress
Error rate for RBI projections in its stress test high
The five most revealing numbers in the Robinhood IPO prospectus
Here's a close look at this brokerage firm that has pulled new retail investors into the market in hordes, but had closely guarded its own finances
Interview | We see potential for steady growth: UPL’s Jaidev Shroff
Farmers should focus on maximising yields to benefit from higher commodity prices, which in turn is creating higher demand for UPL’s solutions, says Shroff
Racism in sports is just not cricket
Racism has plagued the sporting arena for more than a century now. It is an issue that has had golf, baseball, football, basketball, cricket and several other sports make headlines for the wrong reasons
Capex revival | With businesses changing stripes, investments will follow suit too
Businesses are looking at capturing emerging opportunities, which means a new capex cycle may not resemble the old
Many sectors will benefit from the emerging data centre boom
These assets can also provide good opportunity and yields for large investors in real estate, perhaps even better than commercial property
A shift from foodgrain cultivation to other crops is long overdue
We need to implement long-term solutions to increase edible oil and pulses production
‘China Has Risen’. And It Is Hungry for Competition.
The Chinese Communist Party celebrates its 100th birthday, under President Xi Jinping, a man who learned a very different lesson from the Soviet Union’s demise
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | How to unleash animal spirits again?
In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: A long haul for new projects, manufacturing loses the way, 4 years of GST, MSTC’s metamorphosis, binary of religion and politics, central bankers and inequality, moment of reckoning for China’s Jinping and much more
Chart of the Day | Indian manufacturing shrinks in June
With the resurgence of COVID-19 in several countries, the manufacturing recovery in much of Asia lost momentum
Monetary policy is not the solution to inequality
The debate rages on the legitimacy and consequences of what central banks are doing, especially in this era of crises
Story in charts | Did the second wave hit investment demand?
Capex is still stagnant, but some believe an upswing is around the corner
Chinese Communist Party At 100 | From a revolutionary party to a ruling party to a governing party
The Chinese Communist Party’s dexterity to adapt and be adept during crisis and challenges has been laudable to the chagrin to its detractors
The real-time electricity market has come of age
RTM helps distribution companies meet short-term requirements of power which could be because of a demand spike or supply-side issues.
Four Years Of GST | A look-back and the road ahead
GST’s journey has given its stakeholders some significant victories and causes of celebration, but also moments of worry — as is to expect of any transformation of this magnitude and intricacy
How Indians view politics through the lens of religion
For most Indians, religion plays a pre-eminent role in their lives. How does it affect their political beliefs? A Pew Research survey digs deeper
Focus on profitability as IT firms set to clock best growth after COVID-19
Ramp-up of deals won in earlier quarters and increased spending intensity on new technologies are set to accelerate revenue growth rates
Is today the hundredth anniversary of the Communist Party of China or the Capitalist Party of China?
What kind of communism allows the means of production to be privately owned? What communist government will tolerate such a huge rise in inequality? And the Third Plenum of the CPC in 2013 had said that market forces would play ‘a decisive role’. Communism, really?
