Covid19 Impact

To assess how far the economy has recovered from the piling rubble of COVID-19’s devastation, it will be more prudent to compare the current year’s metrics with that of 2019-20, the immediate pre-COVID-19 year.

PM Modi flaunts symbols from poll-bound states during vaccine jab

Assam, Kerala and Puducherry are going to assembly polls beginning later this month. The schedule of elections to five assemblies including the three was announced by the election commission last week.

Has the Kerala government learnt from past mistakes?

It’s raining miseries on Kerala and the tourism department will be in no hurry to run its ‘God’s Own Country’ tagline anytime soon

India needs to review its treatment of migrant labour

The root of the migrant labour crisis lay in the lack of employment opportunities in rural India, which must be restructured with vastly diversified productive activities to absorb local labour

How does India’s vaccine manufacturing prowess place it in the fight against COVID-19?

Though India has a vast array of manufacturing facilities, the type of facility which will be required will become clear only once there is a full-fledged approval of a vaccine

COVID-19 | Is India prepared to tackle the plastic waste the pandemic produces?

Along with fighting the outbreak and resuscitating the economy, the focus on protecting the environment — mainly the indiscriminate use and disposal of single-use plastic — must be kept

Hindustan Unilever’s results show light at the end of the COVID tunnel

HUL’s results show that COVID is affecting its business, but it’s not as bad as it could have been. What that means for the FMCG sector

IATA chief: Four reasons to be optimistic about aviation

Optimism about the future does not take away the current pain that we are experiencing. Jobs are disappearing, as are some airlines. However, we must rely on our resilience and ingenuity in a crisis

COVID-19 exposes the unsustainability of modern cities 

Though the transmission of the virus from one human to another is non-discriminatory, the impact of the infection and the measures taken in order to prevent, cure and treat COVID-19 has had a discriminatory impact based on one’s position in the social ladder

A relief and recovery blueprint for India’s economy

The pace, nature and extent of economic transformation has to now step up many notches, and this requires an execution team well beyond a well-functioning bureaucracy

Dip in tea output poses a dilemma for marketers

North India's tea plantations have seen output decline, sending prices up

Lockdown hit to payment cycle could cause irreversible damage in a few sectors

Receivables cycles will increase and write-offs will mount

3 Point Analysis | Challenges faced amid nationwide lockdown

The scale of this lockdown, shutting down an entire nation of 36 states and territories spanning over 3.2 million square km for three weeks, is raising questions ow whether this shutdown can be sustained

Watch | Here's how OTTs are gearing up to meet viewer demands

Some shows, which were scheduled to be showcased a month later, may now see an earlier release.