The pandemic has left deep scars on India’s banking system, and it is highly possible that the imperatives of the pandemic-induced ‘new normal’ will impact and influence…
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By Jagdish Rattanani |
This holiday season there is little to cheer and a lot to worry, what with Omicron doing the rounds and lockdowns being announced. It is a time for good wishes and lots…
By Ajit Ranade |
The New Year will soon be upon us. Within a month of the New Year’s dawn, the Fi-nance Minister will present a budget, outlining her spending priorities for the next…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The death of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash is distressing. The Prime Minister spoke for the nation when he expressed his…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Vishal Garg, CEO of a US-based mortgage lender called Better is under attack for sacking as many as 900 employees in a three-minute Zoom call. He has quickly been added…
By Arun Maira |
The announcement that Parag Agrawal, a young alumnus of an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), has been appointed the CEO of a global tech firm, Twitter, swelled some…
By Ajit Ranade |
It is better to regulate the trading of crypto currencies, to keep track of the digital trail and perhaps garner some tax revenue too (like the security transaction tax…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India maintained status quo both in the policy rates as also in the stance on the conclusion of its bi-monthly…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
Some clear and telling signals stand out from the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) resolution released Wednesday, along with the attendant material in the RBI Governor’s…
By Vidyadhar Date |
Recently I went to the redeveloped, commercialised Mahim bus station with 24-storey building Kanakia Miami standing on the BEST plot and completely dominating the…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The repeal of the three farm bills is in the headlines. A little beneath the surface and reportedly all set for the winter session of Parliament are amendments to the…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
GDP growth for the second quarter of the current fiscal has come in at 8.4 per cent, up from a contraction of 7.4 per cent in Q2 of 2020. The uptick in part is because…
By Vidyadhar Date |
In a way, Kala Nagar and adjoining buildings are highly privileged because of the Thackeray presence. A sound barrier is put up between the area and the Bandra…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Prime Minister in a pre-election address made the rather unexpected announcement that the three contentious farm laws would be repealed in the next session of…