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By Ajit Ranade |
When the national lockdown was imposed on March 24, with four hours notice, the country had less than 200 positive…
By Thomas Isaac |
The synchronisation of the responses of the Centre, the States and local governments is necessary and inevitable if the…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his party the Shiv Sena are today confronted with the BJP in all its…
By Arun Maira |
JRD Tata was chairman of Tatas, India’s largest industrial conglomerate for 51 years, from 1938 to 1989. He steered the…
In the last fortnight, Union Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar had two meetings in quick succession…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
There has been an unprecedented outflow of funds from the open-ended, closed-ended debt/fixed income schemes and hybrid…
By Thomas Isaac |
The global economy and the national economy are facing a crisis which by scale and nature is unprecedented in modern…
By Indira Hirway |
We are witnessing a great humanitarian tragedy unfolding right in front of our eyes: large groups of hungry and jobless…
By Jagdish Rattanani, T Jacob John |
There are unanswered questions around the origin, spread and transparency of communications about SARS-CoV-2, the virus…
By Jagdish Rattanani, Pavitra Mohan |
There is belated realisation among health experts, policymakers and elected representatives that the SARS Coronavirus…
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The heart-wrenching ghastly incident of 16 migrants being mowed down under a running goods train in Maharashtra on May…
By Ajit Ranade |
What if you lose your job, but not health insurance? What if you lose your monthly income but get paid unemployment…
By Lekha Rattanani |
A highly strained relationship between Maharashtra and New Delhi is being tested by the recent decision of the Modi…
By Jagdish Rattanani, T Jacob John |
There have been concerns about how the Centre itself records these numbers, given that the official narrative is that…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
In a surprise move, the Government of India (GoI) in consultation with the RBI has enhanced the magnitude of its gross…