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India is now facing unaffordable oil and gas prices which could slow down economic activity, burden consumer savings and push the country back into a slowdown before it has recovered from the economic effects of the pandemic.

Global fuel-price shocks: Renewables can help avoid oil scalds

Guarding against fuel price shocks like the one created by the Russia-Ukraine war calls for diverting planned investments in fossil…

March 4, 2022 04:45 IST

This has gradually enabled small businesses to integrate themselves with large aggregators to offer services on platforms like Amazon, Flipkart, and so on. It has also enabled small and medium enterprises to seek and gain new markets through the internet.

Fintech can drive inclusion: Apart from expanding financial inclusion, it can bolster social inclusion as well

Fintech has changed the manner in which the common man is able to transact—24X7, any amount of money, and in…

March 4, 2022 04:30 IST

There could be many reasons as to why fiscal stimulation through capital spending is failing to revive demand.

Forced multiplier: Will public capex crowd in private investment?

Recent evidence appears rather weak, need to study why capex impulse hasn’t delivered since FY18

March 4, 2022 04:15 IST

Even if one considers the average FMGE pass percentage —a rough proxy for MBBS eligiblity in India, assuming all such MBBS-holders obtain a license to practice—that's almost 5,725 seats that weren't available to eligibles in 2020.

Medical education needs a booster: Ease regulatory framework to facilitate addition of capacity

The need, as experts such as Dr Devi Shetty and Dr K Srinath Reddy have repeatedly called for, is to…

March 4, 2022 04:00 IST

Insight into judiciary: How the legal system can be energised to be in sync with current times

We still follow limited court timings, and various holidays, including court vacations (such vacations are not found in any government…

March 3, 2022 08:25 IST

The budget for Kendriya Vidyalaya and Navodaya Vidyalaya, the model schools of the Union government, have also received higher allocations.

Budget 2022: Budgeting for ‘education for all’

With higher allocations to futuristic programmes like DESH, ASPIRE, and NAPS, the education budget is forward-looking even as it addresses…

March 3, 2022 03:30 IST

This will align the norms for NBFCs with those for banks. The deadline has now been extended to September 30, 2022.

Extension of RBI deadline: Welcome relief for NBFCs, and borrowers

Extended deadline for norms on NPA recognition, loan upgrading will protect NBFCs’ bottom lines

March 3, 2022 03:15 IST

De-SWIFTING Russia: India may be less impacted as it isn’t a major trading partner

India may experience cancellations of supply orders by the Russians, while domestic exporters, too, may choose to cancel some shipments.…

March 3, 2022 03:00 IST

What started as a smart game of diplomatic manoeuvring by Putin has turned into an urban siege where whatever the Russian leader may or may not achieve on the battlefield will result in him losing significantly over the long term. (Reuters Image)

Ukraine-Russia war: Vladimir Putin’s big gamble

Putin’s war against Ukraine is more about his domestic political standing, but it has already laid the foundation of a…

March 3, 2022 02:45 IST

War and peace: Trump, Putin and a cautionary tale for democracies

The speed with which a country can be taken over by someone like Putin, and the example of Donald Trump…

March 2, 2022 04:45 IST

Stepping on the gas on green hydrogen

India ought to consider the use of blue hydrogen as a transitional step to green hydrogen.

March 2, 2022 04:30 IST

SEBI’s new IPO norms: A window into start-ups’ performance and prospects

Given how recent market corrections wiped out much of the gains made in tech IPOs, a review of the current…

March 2, 2022 04:16 IST

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