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Feb 28, 2021 08:24 AM IST Paleontologist Steve Brusatte speaks with Moneycontrol on the context of dinosaurs in the pandemic-hit world.
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Feb 26, 2021 08:54 PM IST Bounce now has 70 employees remaining to run a business that was last valued at $450 million. At its peak, the company had 600 people on its rolls.
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Jan 22, 2021 04:02 PM IST The 15th Finance Commission has reportedly recommended that India’s combined public health expenditure be increased to 2.5 percent of gross domestic product by 2023-24, which is nearly double of 1.26 percent health outlay by central and state governments in 2019-20, as per an assessment by Niti Aayog.
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Jan 18, 2021 03:00 PM IST In a paper titled The Economy and Budget: Diagnosis and Suggestions, co-authored with Josh Felman, Subramanian argued that the government can build on its strengths, by extending new welfarism to additional goods and services, while continuing to expand coverage of the goods and services it has already targeted.
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Jan 08, 2021 01:30 PM IST On January 7, the central government projected the country's economy to contract by 7.7 percent in the current fiscal year 2020-21, as per the first advance estimates of gross domestic product released by the National Statistical Office
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Jan 05, 2021 01:26 PM IST According to the report, the management of the COVID-19 spread has been effective despite the festive season and onset of winter season. The downside risk, however, remains the spread of the UK variant and fatigue from social distancing guidelines.
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Jan 04, 2021 03:58 PM IST The fear of a second pandemic started after a woman hailing from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was found suffering from symptoms of a hemorrhagic fever, which could have been caused by an unidentified deadly pathogen.
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Jan 01, 2021 02:26 PM IST If the economy starts moving towards a positive growth trajectory and the employment scenario improves substantially, residential demand will have sustainable growth from mid-2021. Mid and affordable housing, which is the major proportion of the demand, is likely to revive first
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Dec 30, 2020 05:06 PM IST CoWIN (COVID-19 Vaccine Intelligence Network) is a repurposed version of eVIN (Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network), an indigenously developed platform in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Its success will be crucial to the implementation of the country's vaccination drive.
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Dec 29, 2020 02:37 PM IST While chances to travel overseas will come down there will still be opportunities for techies eyeing the US
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Dec 28, 2020 05:48 PM IST Top IT majors recorded one of their largest pipelines, most of them in digital, amid the pandemic than in the previous year.
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Dec 24, 2020 01:46 PM IST Although the headwinds emanating from challenges related to Covid-19 are unlikely to go away till mass vaccination becomes a reality, perhaps the economic agents and economic activities not only have learnt to live with it but are also adjusting swiftly to the post-Covid-19 world, Ind-Ra said in a statement
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Dec 21, 2020 03:44 PM IST To just say 2020 has been an eventful year would be an understatement. The COVID-19 Pandemic has hit the world hard, pushing it into a pause mode. The economy came under pressure and investors were perplexed. However several asset classes climbed the walls of worry making investors wealthier. In this edition of 3-Point analysis, we find out how various asset classes performed in 2020.
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Dec 18, 2020 03:09 PM IST CMIE also observed that the impact of economic shock on younger women is more than the older women. The participation rate in the workforce of younger women fell to 9.7 percent during the pandemic after reaching a high of 14.9 percent in end of 2019.
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Dec 02, 2020 05:53 PM IST Total FDI inflows into India in second quarter of financial year 2020-21 have been $ 28,102 million. Of this, FDI equity inflows were $23,441 million
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Dec 01, 2020 01:49 PM IST As per the report, over 3,000 co-working centers across the country are likely to offer approximately a million desks by 2022. Leasing activity by the co-working segment is expected to grow by 29 percent during 2015-2022.
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Nov 25, 2020 06:16 PM IST Under the terms of option 1, besides getting the facility of a special window for borrowings to meet the shortfall arising out of GST implementation, states are also entitled to get unconditional permission to borrow the final instalment of 0.50 percent of gross state domestic product out of the 2 percent additional borrowings permitted by the Centre.
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Nov 12, 2020 06:00 PM IST The government in March made 53 bulk drugs eligible for a PLI worth Rs 6,940 crore. The scheme is expected to benefit up to 136 manufacturing units, generating incremental sales of Rs 46,400 crore and significant additional employment generation over the next eight years.
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Nov 12, 2020 05:08 PM IST The budgeted fertiliser subsidy for FY 2020-21 was Rs 71,000 crore. The additional amount takes total outlay to Rs 1.36 lakh crore for this year.
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Nov 11, 2020 02:07 PM IST Centre has begun its Budget 2021-22 exercise and is holding consultations with various sectors and stakeholders. It has also been recommend that the threshold for the 5 percent slab should be increased from Rs 1,000 per piece to Rs 2,000 per piece for apparels and clothing
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Nov 09, 2020 06:56 PM IST This is perhaps the most expensive home sold this year. On a per sq ft basis, it cost almost Rs 9 lakh per sq ft.
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Nov 04, 2020 10:10 AM IST Four floors with 12 bedrooms and large-sized living rooms on a single plot for Rs 2 crore offers a better investment proposition than a similarly priced apartment in a high-rise for which a buyer may have to wait longer for the project to get completed
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Oct 28, 2020 12:24 PM IST Most Indian IT firms are hopeful that the rebound seen in the second quarter will continue in the coming months, with or without the fiscal stimulus. Top executives say this is because long-term technology transformation investments will continue as clients gear up for the future
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Oct 24, 2020 10:08 AM IST Buyers comprise people who have been in the market for several months and are waiting to drive a hard bargain during the pandemic
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Oct 16, 2020 03:11 PM IST The company has already hired 3,000 freshers, and the rest would be on-boarded in the next two quarters. There is a robust hiring plan in place for laterals as well. The salary hike will be carried out in two cycles.