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COVID-19 | India needs to trust its states to fight the virus
Decisions needs to be taken at a state-level or even district-level. The aim should be to contain future COVID-19 outbreaks to local clusters, which do not bring the whole nation to a grinding halt
Kerala model — hard to replicate but possible to emulate
Other states should learn from their southern peer to better prepare themselves for handling pandemics in the future
Policy | RBI’s functioning requires more clarity
Central bankers across the world, including the RBI, suffer from a lack of clarity when it comes to appointments. This must change, and the governments can help in bringing in much-needed transparency
Negative oil price exposes the fault lines in the Indian commodity market
Indian traders were run over by the virus, the oil market, the regulator and the commodity exchange MCX
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Jio's Facebook deal enhances its share of a digital consumer's life
Ambani’s belief, and the ambition to transform the lives of 1.3 billion Indians got a big validation today
Trying to keep out Chinese investors can turn out to be counterproductive
A downside of the latest step-back from allowing freer cross border trade and investment as the economy grows bigger and more complex is funding of Indian startups
Highs and lows for the bureaucracy in the fight against COVID-19 in Maharashtra
A crisis of this magnitude is a challenge for the best of administrators. That is why the success in this fight squarely lies on the administrative acumen of each state
Policy | The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is needed now more than ever
The current crisis demands not the suspension of the IBC, but a shift from the presumption against the promoters and management as the wrong-doers, and consequently the suspension of Section 29A of the code
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Investing in the times of coronavirus
In the previous crises, if one had invested at every dip of the fall, it would have been equivalent to investing at the middle of the fall
Should India worry about its fiscal deficit increasing when its economy is staring into the abyss?
Moody’s says policy space is constrained for countries with existing fiscal challenges
Are sovereign gold bonds the right prescription for ailing financial investors?
It is worthwhile having gold as part of your portfolio but remember this is a long-term investment
COVID-19 impact: Dialysis turns too expensive for kidney patients as costs shoot up for hospitals
Going to a hospital for dialysis not only increases the risk of contracting the novel coronavirus but also becomes expensive.
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Oil price crash can be a blessing in disguise for India
The current slump in global crude price is an opportunity for India’s ambitious Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves programme. India may leverage the depressed prices to fill in its strategic crude oil reserves
Why this black gold has no buyers left
The COVID-19 pandemic has left crude oil stranded and may have caught speculators on the wrong foot

FDI Policy | India finally bites the Chinese bullet
India’s response is part of a worldwide trend where Chinese predatory trade practices and weaponisation of trade has generated an intense backlash. COVID-19 has just accelerated this process
Chart of the Day: The downside risk for valuations
A cut in earnings estimates for FY21 may take the sheen off low valuations
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Microfinance: The RBI's sops are not enough
A special dispensation for the small and medium-sized MFIs is needed
MSMEs are bearing the brunt of the lockdown
Out of the 420 companies listed on the SME segment of BSE and NSE, nearly 70 percent are trading below their offer price
COVID-19 | Is CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s Left government a victim of its own success?
When there is much talk about the ‘Kerala model’ on how to contain novel coronavirus, the state government has tied itself into knots over privacy of COVID-19 patients and data sharing with a US company
Chart of the Day | Hardly any sign of a crisis on the Nasdaq long-term chart
Is it an argument for long-term investing or recognition of the resilience of frontline tech stocks?
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The one chart that shows why stocks rebounded
The correlation between central bank assets and stock prices is back on track
Should the court restrain lenders from invoking share pledge?
The injunction granted by the Bombay HC has the effect of turning a secured lending transaction into an unsecured one
Economic lockdown lifted: Why investors should not get their hopes up
The economic lockdown lifts from today. How will this play out, what the government is seeking to achieve and will industry begin humming as before?
COVID-19 | Disruptive tech and SME innovation can boost the fight against the virus
However, there are limitations to AI algorithms, which makes seamless collaboration between technology and human expertise an essential requirement
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Ease Equity Financing by empowering minority shareholders
SEBI should ease rules for equity financing which limit the ability of listed companies to raise ‘turnaround’ equity capital

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