The revival in the rupee’s fortunes reflects the country's efforts to tackle the pandemic, with local lockdowns helping to rein in daily cases which were the world’s highest in April.
Former RBI governor Rajan says India’s relative success with first wave likely led to a sense that vaccines could be rolled out slowly, adds that the govt is now in 'emergency mode'.
China, on the other hand which was the only major economy to have a positive growth rate of 2.3 per cent in 2020, is expected to grow by 8.6 per cent in 2021 and 5.6 per cent in 2022.
Tarun Bajaj, Secretary, Economic Affairs said advance tax collection numbers indicate contraction forecast for this year might not be as bad as anticipated.
A sharp contraction in exports & decline in services sector activity weighed on the economy, with half of 8 high-frequency indicators showing weakness.
Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian, India's chief economic advisor was the guest at ThePrint's first digital ‘Off The Cuff’ in New Delhi. Subramanian, who is part...
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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