Topic: Economy
Bangladesh is facing a major remittance loss due to Covid-19
International remittances make up 7 per cent of Bangladesh’s GDP, but Covid-19 has adversely impacted its migrants working in countries with strict lockdowns.
Covid pushed women back decades. India can’t be ‘atmanirbhar’ without bailing them out
Most women in India are shouldering the larger burden of household duties now. Those who have jobs are on ‘double double shift’.
Economy showing green shoots, says PM Modi in e-meeting with CMs, Lt Governors
In a word of caution, PM Narendra Modi said the slightest carelessness, laxity, lack of discipline will weaken all of the fight against coronavirus.
India’s young no longer charmed by Modi. Blame economy and ideology
Dissatisfaction from Modi does not imply that the Congress or any other opposition party can swoop in and reclaim their former vote share.
Indian brands can’t wake up after lockdown. Decoding hoarders, lamenters, indulgers will help
The Kübler-Ross Model of ‘stages of grief’ can easily be applied to Indian consumers during the pandemic. Brands should know who they are dealing with.
India has a guns, germs and steel crisis. But India Inc rather stay silent
India Inc praised Rajiv Bajaj in private for speaking up, but chose to incur losses for three full months than criticise the Modi government for its lockdown.
India is being forced to unlock during pandemic. But it’s no green zone yet
It is the way Indians behave that will determine the extent to which religious places, restaurants and malls will cause an uptick in Covid cases.
Don’t absolve Modi by saying he doesn’t have the right team to bring in economic reforms
Modi has always found a way to achieve his political goals— Article 370 to Ram Mandir. Shekhar Gupta can’t blame the PM's bureaucrats for his economic failures.
PM Modi’s key to economic revival, and his tussle with President Xi
The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.
Hindutva pill for post-Covid India: Why Modi-Shah will return to what they know best
When all else fails — economy to health to welfare — what is a bigger cushion for the BJP than its brazen Hindutva face?
What about Dalit priest at Ayodhya Ram Mandir? Even Communist intellectuals won’t demand it
It is being said that the Ram Mandir will be more significant than the Vatican of Rome and the Mecca of Saudi Arabia. But will it change the status of Dalits and Shudras?
These are the 18 sectors that have been identified as ‘strategic’ for India by Modi govt
According to the plan, in strategic sectors, there will be a maximum of four public sector units and a minimum of one unit operating. The govt plans to exit the rest.
Defence
This is the 3-stage system Army movies go through in India to prevent an Ekta Kapoor ‘XXX’
MoD wrote to Censor Board last month emphasising that web series based on military subjects also require a no-objection certification, just like movies & TV serials do.
Modi govt’s NEP is out of touch with reality, Indian voters want English-medium education
State leaders with their ear to the ground, like Nitish, Mamata and Yogi, have shown that the push for native language education is not what voters want.