The new coronavirus strain, first discovered in the central city of Wuhan, has caused alarm because of its connection to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which killed nearly 650 people across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-2003. More
Jul 03, 2020 12:39 PM IST It’s worthwhile to unpack the strategies that succeeded in Dharavi as they not only reveal much about the settlement, but also hold lessons for rest of Mumbai, and indeed the rest of India
Jun 23, 2020 10:56 AM IST Xi Jinping would not want Li Keqiang, who has experience in tackling the 2009 H1N1 virus outbreak, to garner an image as the hero of the current COVID-19 crisis. This is why Xi’s allies are picking holes in Li’s call to revive the stall economy
Jun 17, 2020 11:57 AM IST Decentralised cold storage has the potential to create more jobs and livelihoods opportunities. It is still at a nascent stage in India and has tremendous growth potential
Jun 14, 2020 09:47 AM IST India was in line for emerging as a strong market for gaming, the COVID-19-induced lockdown just catalysed it
Jun 01, 2020 09:30 AM IST The fiscal deficit in April is already 35.1 percent of the entire year’s budgeted deficit.
Jun 01, 2020 09:05 AM IST Cyclone Amphan could not have been more ill-timed for a state scarred by the outbreak of coronavirus.
Jun 01, 2020 08:37 AM IST The coronavirus crisis will worsen India’s Four Balance Sheet problem.
May 27, 2020 09:52 AM IST COVID-19 was a good opportunity for the Centre to repair relations with the states and rebuild trust. Instead, it seemed keener to use the crisis to emphasise its dominance, and show who the boss was
May 24, 2020 09:47 AM IST Attributing the accomplishments of women leaders to just their sex detracts from the value of their contribution. It’s furthers the same sexist stereotypes that have historically held women back
May 22, 2020 02:35 PM IST Football is not just sport, or a means to keep people entertained during COVID-19. It’s also business, and the focus of the international market will be to better the home viewing experience
May 22, 2020 10:14 AM IST Nepalese Prime Minister KP Oli has upped the ante by being undiplomatic at a time when diplomacy should have been the channel between Nepal and India. New Delhi, too, has not managed the episode well
May 13, 2020 08:30 AM IST There is great disorder under Heaven, the situation is excellent
May 12, 2020 10:04 PM IST It is the right thing to do especially since the PM hinted at the continuation of the lockdown.
May 11, 2020 09:40 AM IST Long before the virus struck, loan growth was decelerating, while growth in investment in safe and secure government bonds was rising
May 11, 2020 09:32 AM IST The government relies excessively on oil receipts – the petroleum sector contributed as much as Rs 5.8tn to the Central and State exchequers, together, in FY19 – equivalent to 3 percent of GDP
May 10, 2020 10:24 AM IST The ban cost states dearly in terms of revenue, depriving them of monetary resources at a time when they needed to increase spending on the social sector
May 08, 2020 12:53 PM IST High spreads also point to failure of RBI’s targeted long term repos
May 08, 2020 10:42 AM IST Vista deal a ringing endorsement of the opportunity presented by digital India and the execution/tech capability of Reliance Industries to take advantage of said opportunity
May 07, 2020 08:56 AM IST Part of the fiscal deficit should be monetized as a one-off measure
May 07, 2020 08:47 AM IST Markets are certainly better, but not well. There is no need to get carried away.
May 06, 2020 12:48 PM IST PMIs show economic activity in India slumped to its lowest level since the surveys began over 14 years ago
May 06, 2020 09:05 AM IST The problems that the real estate sector is facing are its own creation
May 06, 2020 08:52 AM IST India has been using three outdated laws to decide its response in the Covid-19 pandemic. This needs to change
May 05, 2020 12:42 PM IST Liquidity infusion needed in the short term, reforms for the long term
May 04, 2020 05:32 PM IST Such workers send back Rs 1.5 lakh crore annually to their families in villages; these money transfers serve 10 percent of households in rural India and finance over 30 percent of household consumption in remittance-receiving households, buttressing the importance of urban growth for rural families
