Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin wakes up to political realities by going soft on BJP-ruled Centre
Instead of starting a confrontation with the BJP-ruled Centre on major fronts, Stalin has chosen to follow a cordial route. This approach faces the risk of evoking resentment from a huge section of voters who backed the DMK which fought the assembly polls on a strong anti-BJP platform
Urban Realty: From Crowd to Cloud
Agriculture sector remained the dominant economic activity for several millenniums, industries dominated a couple of centuries and within a few decades of dominance of the service economy, the cloud economy got born.
BEL's stellar recovery reflects its unique position among defence PSUs
BEL’s revenue grew 9.6 in FY21 and the company is confident of delivering stronger growth in current fiscal
Stock Market | What should investors do when it’s raining IPOs?
If one is looking at an IPO as an investment opportunity, the drill stays the same as evaluating any listed entity. If one is looking to make a quick buck out of the listing ‘pop’, the rules of the game change
Has China shifted from exporting deflation to exporting inflation instead?
The US import price index for shipments from China has risen sharply in the past few months
To be or not to be a promoter
Declassification of a person from promoter to non-promoter is a lengthy, difficult and complicated affair. It is almost as if being a promoter is a one-way street, i.e., till death do you part
E-commerce and the policy confusion
The proposed regulations have too many issues that seem to be designed to make things difficult for both global and domestic online players
Going beyond policy announcements to raise MSMEs' contribution to India’s exports
The ‘Implementation-to-intent’ ratio must be raised through India’s new Foreign Trade Policy 2021-26 slated for release in the next couple of months
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Regional may be the new global as protectionism grows
In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: Changing contours of protectionism, India Pesticides IPO, the unknown side of Keynes, the vaccine juggernaut, Bandhan’s Assam challenge, succession worry at India Inc and more
More than 5 million people become millionaires despite pandemic
Aggregate global wealth accumulated by households rose by about $28.7 trillion in 2020, according to a Credit Suisse report
Will Ebrahim Raisi’s presidency change Iran’s fortunes and India-Iran ties?
Ebrahim Raisi might well be able to negotiate with Washington without being accused of selling out to the United States, because he is a hardliner and has Ayatollah’s blessings. The question is if US President Joe Biden will come under pressure
Why Yediyurappa poses a Hobson's choice for BJP in Karnataka
The BJP knows the cost of antagonising Yediyurappa who may be even willing to split the party, as he did when he resigned from the party in 2012, if he is not allowed to have his way
Nazara Tech may be expensive but it opens up new possibilities for investors
While the opportunity in gaming is big, the competition too must be reckoned with. Reliance’s Jio Games, Paytm First Games, Mobile Premier League, Tencent backed Dream 11 are some of the prominent players, apart from a host of others.
GuruSpeak: John Maynard Keynes -- path-breaking economist, smart investor, swashbuckling speculator
Over the course of his life, Keynes changed course from speculating in the currency and commodity markets to investing in equities. He altered his strategy from a top-down macro approach to bottom-up stock picking, with stellar results. His art collection too gave good returns
UNCTAD report — A reality check on dollar deluge
While acknowledging India as a leading FDI destination, the UN body flags the areas of concern
The perennial succession woes of Indian companies are baffling
Holding shareholders, employees and investors in a state of animated suspense for months, sometimes years, till a successor to the CEO is found, is guaranteed to erode confidence in the company, as also in the newcomer
Record single day vaccination raises hopes of beating COVID-19
The record vaccination achieved on Monday must be made into a daily routine to tackle the threats arising out of new mutations
The week inflation panic died
Both recent data and statements from the Federal Reserve have punctured the case for a sustained outbreak of inflation
Food Security | Doorstep ration delivery can be promising once all crucial gaps are plugged
If the scheme is implemented poorly, it could result in sporadic delivery of food entitlements, further marginalising vulnerable groups in society
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Can India take its vaccination gains to new heights?
In today’s edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: Recovery faces a long haul, the ghost of Great Inflation, oil’s next pit stop, changing fortunes for Zensar, heat is on commodities, India’s housing price pain and more
Are commodity prices heading for a meltdown?
Clouds are gathering over the metals universe—a hawkish Fed and China’s growing ire at rising prices. How far they will walk down this path will determine the future course of prices
Restoration of status quo ante in Kashmir will be a retrograde step
Any undue rush in Kashmir is bound to dilute the gains achieved in the past two years. Besides, it would see the rehabilitation of the old players, who will go back to their time-worn script to keep Kashmir in a state of perpetual limbo
Bridgewater’s Prince rejects return of 1970s ‘Great Inflation’
World's biggest hedge fund’s joint investment chief forecasts only ‘moderate’ rise in US prices
Chart of the Day | Housing price growth decelerates in first year of pandemic
For FY 2020-21, the average rise in housing prices was 2.2 percent, compared to 3.4 percent and 3.6 percent in the previous two years
Yarn mills set to spin a robust tale, but surging cotton prices could play spoilsport
Although the second wave of the pandemic snapped the uptrend, mill owners are now confident of a resurgence in export demand
