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Strengthening cooperatives

Computerisation of PACS and GeM platform push are positive moves

The EV market is all charged up

Despite issues of charging logistics and battery fires, the sales of EVs are moving into higher gear

Is NITI Aayog’s climate index status quoist?

The weights attached to the six parameters have skewed the rankings of States and need to be reworked

Why India’s online gaming industry desperately needs a regulatory architecture

Online gaming is often mixed up with gambling. There is a need to distinguish games of chance and games of skill and e-sports

Mode of managing CSS funds should change

The current system of creating a single nodal agency for each scheme works to the States’ detriment

Letters to the Editor dated July 04, 2022

This refers to ‘Bringing fuel under GST will take more time: Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj’ (July 4). Bajaj's latest averment did not come as a su

Are India’s forex reserves adequate?

International Investment Position, which is a better metric than import cover, paints a less-than-rosy picture

Meeting farmers’ credit needs

NABARD has failed to deliver. A new, dedicated bank will help

EVs hold the key to India’s energy security

A long-term road map that includes boosting charging infra and finance for EV purchases is the need of the hour

Will Akasa Air’s contra bet on Boeing 737 Max instead of Airbus pay off?

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s Akasa airline has gone against the tide, placing its bets on Boeing aircrafts; it now needs to carve out a niche for itself

Breastfeeding, a responsibility, not choice

Rate of initiation of breastfeeding within an hour of birth has declined in 5 years

Blockchain: Piloting the future of aviation

Enables effective solutions that positively impact industry players and end consumers

What charts say about 6 key sectors and how to play them

Do note that all the indices are selected purely based on the price action seen on the charts using technical analysis

Looking for safe havens? Try treasury bills

Here is a complete lowdown on treasury bills, which are a good alternative to bank deposits, small savings schemes

Mastering Derivatives: Characteristics of option vega

Vega is positive for long calls and long puts

Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit

Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century

Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up