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India is among the world’s worst-affected countries due to climate-induced natural disasters, and yet none of our cities or urban bodies have factored measures to fight this.
China's growing steel output continues to pose a risk to steel prices
Many retailers have started charging money for plastic bags if not ban them outright and this has had a positive impact, but it is not enough when we look at the larger picture. A mere shift from plastic to paper won’t help the environment.
The two countries need to keep engaging and not let the momentum fizzle out. A successful conclusion of the trade package can be a harbinger of how deftly the two sides can tackle bigger issues in the future.
British polity is undergoing a churn unlike any in recent history and it will end up reshaping the nation’s political texture. Whether British politicians are ready for this change is a different matter altogether.
The UN Conference on Trade and Development says that for India, a $1 billion cut in direct taxes will lead to a $0.2 billion boost to GDP
The RBI will now be expected to do its bit to complement the government’s efforts to reverse the slowdown.
To allow the Lakshmi Vilas – Indiabulls housing merger or not? It’s a tough choice for RBI.
Several studies indicate that coal is losing its charm in India. The global trends indicate that global capital is fleeing coal. In such a scenario, is it a smart move for India to open commercial coal mining to 100 per cent FDI?
Bidders are asking for immunity from any past financial misdeeds, but the government should draw the line.
If the Shiv Sena were to contest the polls on its own it risks the possibility of further reducing its numbers — remaining in an alliance with the BJP would put it in the shadow of the national party.
Implementation of the goal may not be that easy as renewable energy is costly and the sector is facing headwinds.
The government could transform the way WhatsApp is used by demanding smaller group sizes. This will constrain the spread of fake news and at the same time stick to Zuckerberg’s ‘privacy-focused’ vision of the platform being the ‘digital equivalent of the living room’.
If there is no shortfall of demand, why hasn’t credit picked up yet?
The move will result in increased volatility and speculation in the week before expiry
Softbank-invested WeWork’s IPO hit a bump due to valuations that seemed too high. A share buy-back by founder helped Oyo’s valuation jump three-fold within a year.
Instead of coming to the UN with concrete plans to cut emissions to net-zero, rich countries and large emitters such as the US, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil skipped the New York summit, while others practically came empty-handed to the table.
There is abject disunity within the Haryana Congress, so much that each faction within the party is bitterly opposed to the other, and would even be happy to see the BJP win rather than a rival within the party.
Registrations data show a trend that differs from the dismal data that company sales data is showing. And, September may have a surprise up its sleeve
Did demonetisation abort an incipient recovery? True, the manufacturing sector had bounced back in the year before demonetisation, but it’s hard to say whether this was sustainable, even if demonetisation did not happen
The background of the NRC in Assam, or the Register of Indigenous Inhabitants in Nagaland have always been to identify the ‘sons of the soil’. It is not fuelled by xenophobia but by a rightful claim of the indigenous population to assert their identity.
Physical presence of officials has all but killed the ‘attempted digitisation’ and with it, hopes of the fintech sector
One oft-forgotten facet of the right to live with dignity is the ability to make one’s own choices, without the State, or any other authority or organisation, fretting over the corruption of the person — mind, body, or soul.
The big missing component in the draft social security code is ways to take care of unemployment in a proactive way
The ambition will depend on laggard districts leapfrogging into the upper-middle ranks, even as Noida and Greater Noida remain jewels in the crown
