Topic: Economy
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?
The Rasna girl who stole hearts one ’80s ad at a time
In the 1980s, juice concentrate brand Rasna's ads starred Ankita Jhaveri and a simple, effective tag line — 'I love you, Rasna'.
The Covid pandemic isn’t the only curve India needs to flatten
The thriving consumer credit culture that was driving India in the absence of corporate investment before Covid-19 is on its last legs.
Yogendra Yadav gets my Communism grudge right. But prescribes snake oil for India: Shekhar Gupta
My argument is not with Communism. It is with the political economy that the eminent signatories of Mission Jai Hind believe in.
Shekhar Gupta ko gussa kyun aata hai? He is a victim of Communism and Cold War anxieties
On our Seven-Point Action Plan for India in this hour of lockdown crisis, Shekhar Gupta needs to cut the ideological clutter and focus on the real questions.
Coronavirus lockdown put ‘animal spirits’ of Indian economy to sleep in April
A cross-section of high-frequency indicators compiled signalled contraction in economic activity as the lockdown to contain the coronavirus took its toll.
Nirmala Sitharaman’s anger isn’t helping Modi govt’s image in lockdown
If Nirmala Sitharaman’s anger is the only thing India is taking away from her press briefings, she should take a few lessons from Arun Jaitley and Sonia Gandhi.
Biggest-ever deal — It’s now up to discount-hunter Indians to bring V-shaped economic recovery
From Amazon to Nykaa, most e-commerce sites are offering heavy discounts this lockdown. And Indians are patiently scrolling and wishlisting.
If Pakistan wants cure to Covid economy, it can’t define itself as national security state
Pakistan’s response to Covid-19 shows it prioritises its strategic relationship with China over its own people or economy.
Narendra Modi govt has failed India in its hour of need — both economy and people
As India goes for a free fall due to Covid and lockdown, insensitive would be too mild a word to characterise Modi government’s shameful handling of the crisis.
You know who’s really going local? Not RWA uncles, but Indian millennials
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Atmanirbhar Bharat plan three months ago, but India’s millennials have been vocal for local for some time now.
Mukesh Ambani is now world’s fourth richest man, overtakes Europe’s wealthiest
Reliance's shares have more than doubled from a low in March as its digital unit got billions in investments from companies including Facebook Inc. and Google.
Defence
India, China generals meet today as ‘PLA keeps up Pangong incursions, blocks army at Depsang’
The fresh round of dialogue comes as India and China have hit a stalemate in military talks with regard to disengagement at multiple flashpoints in Ladakh.
Modi redefined secularism with Ram Mandir as Hindu voters were fed up of Sonia-Left version
Assumptions that Indian secularism died with Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan are bunk. It is enshrined in the Constitution, and is worth preserving.