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Work from home demands during Covid-19 have exposed chinks in India’s IT infra

Policies to ease the economic fallout of Covid-19 tend to address formal activities. But the effect is much worse for informal workers, who constitute the bulk of the global workforce

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs has brought hand sanitisers and masks (2-ply, 3-ply variety and N95) under the purview ...

A large share of YES Bank’s NPAs is on account of loans extended to businesses whose credit-worthiness was suspect and who have courted infamy

His appointment to the Rajya Sabha strikes at constitutional values

The Council is obsessed with incremental change

The recent bear phase, far from being irrational, was badly needed to align frothy valuations of Indian stocks with their fundamentals

The Centre tends to people here as subjects rather than citizens, fomenting ethnic strife and creating shadow economies

Temporary employees, fall guys in a recession

You sound a trifle overwrought.It’s hard not to be when you come across such egregious instances of people — in India and elsewhere — violating ...

To compete with the security offered by PSBs, new private banks lure depositers with high rates and make risky loans and investments

As the coronavirus sends the economy into ICU, old approaches simply won’t work

Cost of living rises no matter where you live. That’s one of the primary reasons people expect regular salary hikes from their employers. In the ...

The Taliban, backed by Pakistani players, may well continue expanding its reign over Afghanistan. India must protect its interests

Facial recognition technologies are dangerous. India should stay away

The new reporting requirements under the Companies (Auditors’ Report) Order will only make the audit report lengthier and complex for shareholders

The MCA paper on the subject is well intentioned in its efforts to curb Big 4 dominance. But additional steps are needed

The move will restore confidence in India’s financial system

The monetary policy committee needs more clarity on what form of inflation to target, and whether growth is a factor

I bet it’s bad.It is, given that the novel coronavirus is still virulently spreading around the world, and there is no clarity on how long it might ...

Sustained stimulus and low interest rates have funded speculative positions across asset classes, leading to the market crash

Joe Biden has all but won the Democratic nomination for the US presidential elections. But the road so far has seen many more winners and losers