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India Gas Exchange can help revolutionise gas infrastructure in the country

IGX would help establish a market-driven pricing mechanism for gas in the country

Chart of the day: A ‘fragile, neurotic and nowhere near dangerously bullish’ rally

Allocation to Emerging Market equities surged from a net 1 percent underweight in May to 12 percent overweight.

The thorny issue of bank ownership

Bearing down on boards and separating ownership and management is fine, but RBI has to strengthen its own supervision capabilities.

Politics | It’s BS Yediyurappa vs BJP’s central leadership in Karnataka

Instead of trying to shove him aside rudely, the best option for the BJP central leadership will be to co-opt Yediyurappa in the search for his successor, and give him a chance to exit honourably

Medical Diplomacy | India underlines its credentials as a responsible global leader

India’s response to other countries’ needs during the COVID-19 pandemic becomes noteworthy when compared to ‘wolf warrior diplomacy’ exhibited by China

Gold loans are shining in the current crisis

People are pledging their household gold to raise cash

What lies beneath the wholesale price deflation in May 2020

Worries about deflation for the manufacturing sector may be misplaced

India must join hands with Central Asia for peace in Afghanistan

India will find more common ground with the CARs regarding Afghanistan than with any other country/group. This will also reduce Pakistan’s influence

Politics | The decadence of Kerala Chief Minister’s eulogy of a murder convict

By glorifying a murder convict, Pinarayi Vijayan's pretensions of being a social democrat stand exposed and reminds everyone of the ‘Kannur Model’ of politics

Monsoon watch: Early signs look positive

Rainfall and crop area under cultivation show positive early trends

Boycotts and joining global supply chains don’t go together

India’s business leaders, enthused by the government’s decision to open up sectors stretching from coal mining to space to atomic energy, should simply go forward and invest.

Chart of the day: India's industrial activity flattening, shows satellite data

However, global industrial activity is showing an uptick due to China improving and a sharp recovery in the USA.

How COVID-19 gave online gaming a shot in the arm

India was in line for emerging as a strong market for gaming, the COVID-19-induced lockdown just catalysed it

Manufacturing | Companies need a new set of priorities for success in the long term

Companies need to develop a list of time-bound and well-defined activities that need to be carried out while re-starting factory operations.

Are online classes widening the digital divide in education?

Online classes are an option very few can afford. Educational ecosystems need to be inclusive in their approach and respond from a space of empathy

Legal Matters | Why knee-jerk legislation continues to inflict misery

Politicians and bureaucrats never suffer the consequences of ill-thought and shoddily-drafted laws. So they continue unabated

How some companies are making the most of a crisis

Shrewd promoters are using the crisis as an opportunity to strengthen company balance sheets

Investment demand will be hit hard by delay in capex revival 

With capacity utilization low even before the pandemic hit and with no resources for capex by central and state governments, it will take a long time for the capital goods sector to rebound

MSME dues — The riddle needs to be solved

If buyers pay what they owe to small & medium units, there would hardly be any necessity for credit guarantee schemes for this sector

The vogue world of online classes short-changes India’s underprivileged

In the mad rush to ‘go digital’, the needs of millions of India’s poor and rural students are overlooked. They are being deprived of their fundamental right to education

Needed: A credit backstop for investment-grade NBFCs

Liquidity measures have had their day. They haven’t helped lower-rated companies