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How Malaysia’s economy shows even doing the right things after Covid didn’t help

Despite moving early to launch several measures, Malaysia has seen the steepest collapse of major East Asian economies, with a GDP fall of 17.1% from last year.

Dubai businesses start growing again for the first time after coronavirus struck

Businesses in Dubai are benefiting from lifting of lockdown restrictions, with foreign visitors allowed to enter. However, a weaker outlook hasn't stopped job losses.

Oil to Kashmir — Why China, not Saudi Arabia, is Pakistan’s only Big Brother now

China has again been Pakistan’s friend — bailing it out of Saudi loans and raising the Kashmir at UNSC. But Islamabad is fast losing other friends in Islamic world.

Students in Kashmir attended regular classes for only two weeks in the last one year

The price Kashmir’s economy paid for 5 August: ₹40,000 cr and unemployment levels twice the national average.

Off The Cuff with Deepak Parekh

Deepak Parekh, Chairman of HDFC Ltd, India's largest housing finance company, was the guest at ThePrint's Off the Cuff. In a conversation with Editor-in-Chief...

Why Amazon, Apple, FB and Google are in the dock. It’s not just about economy

Even if the US Congress enacts new legislation, short of breaking up Big Tech, antitrust actions will not directly take on its bigger power.

India’s animal spirits remain motionless despite economy reopening after lockdown

The needle on a dial measuring animal spirits remained static as 4 of 8 high-frequency indicators gained in June, 2 were unchanged & rest deteriorated.

Need to revive demand, slash GST rates by 50% for all sectors, says Assocham chief

In an interview with ThePrint, Assocham president Niranjan Hiranandani says RBI should also look at a one-time loan restructuring to prevent a banking system collapse.

Dubai business conditions improve as city emerges from lockdown

Non-oil private sector activity in the Middle East’s business hub improved for the first time since February.

Why India’s growing economic reliance on China will be tough to break

India buys everything from electronics to key drug ingredients to industrial machinery from China and reducing that reliance won’t be easy, experts say.

On Camera

Ram temple Surya Tilak was spectacular but the puffery around ‘science behind it’ wasn’t

We need to give credit to our attention-starved scientists for their true achievements. Perhaps a good way to start would be to not mix science with religion.

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.