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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar faces a 15-year anti-incumbency, and the JD(U)-BJP government has earned flak for its handling of the migrant crisis and the spread of COVID-19. However, the results of the assembly polls seem a foregone conclusion with a limp Opposition
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The Standard Bidding Document can be a sound starting point for states to reform electricity distribution
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Going by the rate at which obligations are being met, by 2024 when Rs 55,000 crore of obligation should be discharged, the actual achievement will likely be only 10 per cent
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The notion of a flat world in which goods and services move seamlessly faces daily assaults from potentially destructive conflicts. In the face of such gloom, it is heartening to see that sports and entertainment remains steadfastly global, and may even have extended their reach during this pandemic
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Over the years, improved cook stoves have been hailed as a miracle technological innovation to handle a host of issues — climate, deforestation, health, women’s empowerment. Yet, it’s also true that more than three decades of effort of pushing these stoves among unwilling recipients has yielded sporadic success
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A selection of articles and social media gems from the world of economy, business and finance
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A premature pullback in government support back then led to a grinding recovery that left legions of would-be employees out of work for years
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Both Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam want to become the AIADMK’s CM candidate in the assembly elections next year. V K Sasikala’s entry further complicates the brewing tension within the party
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The passage of the Bills in Parliament ushers in a new regime in the job market, but the Centre should be mindful of the gaps that still exist
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ILO says the devastating impact of the pandemic on jobs and labour income will persist in the December 2020 quarter
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The impressive gains India has made at the UNGA since the 1975 episode are at serious risk of being set back this year in the just-opened General Assembly because the plenary of the world has fallen into the hands of those who are opposed to India
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The big change that the northwest farmer in particular will face is far greater openness to market forces as the monopoly of the APMCs will go. The farmer will have to seek out buyers offering better deals and counterparties who can offer contract farming options
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UNCTAD says covid-19 has raised fundamental questions about the way we organise society and the values that structure our lives
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Analysts have warned about worrisome trends in China’s commitment to fight global warming in the face of economic slowdowns
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The NSCN(IM) knows that it has been marginalised in Nagaland and it no longer enjoys the clout it did a decade ago. This explains why it wants to be part of an agreement that does not appear to be dishonourable
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An interesting phenomenon is the spurt in demand for ICVs through the months of the pandemic and lockdown
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While growth is strong in the US and the UK, the recovery has stalled in the Eurozone and activity continues to shrink in Japan
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One good reason for Tata Sons to buy out the Mistry group stake could be to complete the process of institutional professionalization at the top of the group, a process that unfortunately suffered a setback in 2011 when Ratan Tata took the decision, through the committee appointed to do so, to bring in Mistry as his successor
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There is already a product in GIFT City that is attracting keen interest from traders
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The virus that international travellers brought into Mumbai, through the aviation sector that the poor or migrants have little to do with, has come to settle in gated apartment complexes and high rises
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Climate change is worsening for the next generation and perhaps longer, depending on humanity’s willingness to take action
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The DOJ also investigated Google’s reach in ad technology and how the company prices and places ads across the internet
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HUL's chairman is worried by signs of urban distress and wants the government to do more to put money in the hands of consumers. That’s a message for investors in FMCG stocks, too
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Small firms have been struggling for the past five years, RBI analysis shows
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Two recent reports paint a deadly picture of corporate irresponsibility on the one hand and illegal waste trade on the other that has allowed illegal recycling facilities to thrive, facilities that are profiting by circumventing costs linked to licence and environmentally sound treatment process
