Friday, 30 April 2021
Jio posts flat Q4 profit, revenue down
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The company's net profit remained flat at Rs 3,508 crore while revenues declined 6.1% to Rs 18,278 crore compared with the preceding qua...
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MGNREGA: April demand under rural jobs scheme highest in seven years
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The MGNREGS dashboard, maintained by the rural development ministry, showed 2.6 crore households and 3.7 crore persons were looking for work...
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Bolster Health Workforce: India staring at another crisis!
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Shortage of healthcare personnel could exacerbate Covid healthcare crisis; rope in final-year nursing, medical students from The Financial...
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Are we ready for energy audits today?
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These are reliant on smart-metering, whose penetration is very low at the moment. And, discoms don’t have the wherewithal to ensure greater ...
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More job-loss ahead, raise govt spending
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There is now a real danger of structural damage to the economy; the govt must quickly come up with a new relief package from The Financial...
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Thursday, 29 April 2021
WTO must prioritise food security
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The 12th Ministerial Conference must deliver a permanent solution on public stockholding for ensuring food security of millions reeling unde...
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The billion screens transition of Media and Entertainment sector in times of coronavirus
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Media & entertainment could result in 8 million jobs over the next five years, experts estimate, largely on the back of the OTT boom f...
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In a twist over a tweet
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UP’s harsh action over an online oxygen plea beats good sense from The Financial Express https://ift.tt/2Pyz9Pm
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Unicorns transforming India’s corporate landscape
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Large valuations apart, they hold immense potential for job-creation across sectors, and we have PE money to thank for this from The Finan...
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Tech to the aid of justice delivery
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The progressive approach of the Supreme Court, the rapid adjustment to online courts, the work being done across several spectrums by the go...
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On sedition and corruption…
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Single-party regimes in India have dealt with dissent by slapping sedition or corruption charges. It is easy to accuse an adversary of these...
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PLI scheme going under utilised, says Niti Aayog vice chairman
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He stressed that the share of manufacturing in GDP should increase and limiting manufacturing only to small scale would not suffice. from ...
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Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Zomato files for IPO, eyes Rs 8,250 crore
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The offer comprises a fresh issue worth Rs 7,500 crore and a Rs 750-crore offer for sale by existing shareholder Info Edge. from The Finan...
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Inflation looms large, but need accommodative RBI
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Second surge has hit recovery, and the pain could linger for some time; despite discomfort, RBI must keep monetary policy easy from The Fi...
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Did the 2020 Census Undercount the Hispanic Population?
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By BY REID J. EPSTEIN AND JENNIFER MEDINA from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3nupLZH
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Ensuring vaccine equity
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Rich nations must weigh IPR-waiver pros/cons, strengthen Covax from The Financial Express https://ift.tt/3e1jfGQ
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Internet powers young investors on Dalal Street
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Easy-to-use technology coupled with low charges are attracting small investors to the stock markets from The Financial Express https://ift...
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Patents can’t impede pandemic response
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Patents restrict access to essential technologies and constrict the ability of many countries to provide early and affordable services neede...
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PSB mergers from the clients’ PoV
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Must ensure customers are not inconvenienced during subsequent bank integrations from The Financial Express https://ift.tt/2R25ONH
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3 Indicted on Federal Hate Crime Charges in Ahmaud Arbery Shooting
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By BY KATIE BENNER AND WILL WRIGHT from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3u3WTd8
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Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Mike Pence and Kellyanne Conway are among those whose book deals raise questions within the publishing world.
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By BY ELIZABETH A. HARRIS AND ALEXANDRA ALTER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/32VeDvm
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Covid-19: How to meet vaccine costs?
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If 140 crore citizens were to get two shots (in reality, 18 years is the cut-off, so 40% are excluded) at a manufacturing cost of, say, Rs 5...
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Pandemic impact: Necessary to stop reverse migration
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Income support to vulnerable migrant workers in the informal sector, who fear loss of livelihood as also life, is the right step from The ...
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Centre must not push vaccine prices down
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Price caps will choke supply; the Centre must bridge the gap between what vax-makers are charging & what the states can pay from The F...
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The gap with green goals
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The US makes impressive climate promises, but much more needed from The Financial Express https://ift.tt/3eyw4aI
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Remembering Jagdish Khattar: Stalwart of Indian automotive industry must be celebrated for his entrepreneurial daring
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Jagdish Khattar was undoubtedly a stalwart of the Indian auto industry, but we must celebrate his entrepreneurial daring, too from The Fin...
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Riding the unicorns
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Unicorns are a sign that India need not be following a path that retreats to the old economy of a few powerful, politically-connected busine...
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‘There Is a Tension There’: Publishers Draw Fire Signing Trump Officials
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By BY ELIZABETH A. HARRIS AND ALEXANDRA ALTER from NYT Books https://ift.tt/3aMLY01
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C.D.C. Eases Outdoor Mask Guidance for Vaccinated Americans
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By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG AND RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/330AAcl
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Times Event: How to Save Ourselves From Disinformation
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Monday, 26 April 2021
Fix the livelihoods gap to save lives
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Existing govt schemes can't provide gainful employment to migrants at their native places. Easing pandemic pain for them will need out-o...
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SAIL unable to despatch oxygen for want of tankers
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Meanwhile, the country's coal producing PSU, Coal India Ltd (CIL), has plans afoot to set up two oxygen producing units likely in Mahana...
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UpGrad gets $120-m funding from Temasek
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UpGrad operates in the higher education segment and offers courses in specialised branches of study, including MBA, BBA, data science, machi...
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Galvanising to fight Covid-19 in India
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The management of Covid-19 cannot be left to prayers or chance. It needs war-like mindset from The Financial Express https://ift.tt/3nmR8o...
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How to increase oxygen supply
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Make it mandatory for hospitals to set up oxygen plants on premises; lay down oxygen stock levels at a local level from The Financial Expr...
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Is China still the factory of the world?
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China is losing factories at an astonishing pace—in another five years, the manufacturing map of the world will look very different from wha...
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Sunday, 25 April 2021
Can capital expenditure boost the economy?
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With the current impetus rightly given to capital expenditure, emphasis must also be provided on timely implementation of projects within th...
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No currency manipulator: India’s central bank intervened only to smoothen out volatilities
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The intention is never to peg the value of the local currency at any specific level. from The Financial Express https://ift.tt/2QXTCNM
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Covid-19 vaccine: States must not protest Covishield pricing
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Price-capping will affect vaccine production, innovation; central procurement at lower price helps them in any case from The Financial Exp...
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Carbon Trading: New emission-markets for a new decade
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As India contemplates the creation of a domestic emissions trading scheme, a number of things should be kept in mind from The Financial Ex...
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Believing Bolsonaro: Brazilian president commits to action on climate even as his record on the Amazon rainforests belies his talk
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Since it came to power, the Bolsonaro regime has put environmental interests on the backburner from The Financial Express https://ift.tt/3...
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Make smart cities sustainable, too
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As cities become smart, there is a demand to focus on the ‘green’ aspects from The Financial Express https://ift.tt/3tVnngX
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U.S. to Send Virus-Ravaged India Materials for Vaccines
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By BY KATIE ROGERS AND SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3tXwsGg
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Saturday, 24 April 2021
Deputy Shoots Unarmed Man Repeatedly During 911 Call, Officials Say
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By BY ALLYSON WALLER AND MICHAEL LEVENSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3gCMvFE
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After Fatal Shooting, North Carolina Sheriff Calls for Release of Video
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By BY GIULIA MCDONNELL NIETO DEL RIO from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3nnbaPB
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Across The Aisle: After 7 years, deprivation, disease and death
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The quality of governance has sunk to an abysmal low. The result is what we see around us — deprivation, debt, disease and death. Did the pe...
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Fifth Column by Tavleen Singh: India cannot breathe
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Putting our best scientists on the job should be a priority. For the moment India feels like a ship that is totally adrift. from The Finan...
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Between sips: Thanks to Covid’s second wave, we are back to square one – looking up new places to order food from
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This time last year, we had just entered the pandemic and F&B outlets were in a state of shock. They didn't know what was happening ...
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Friday, 23 April 2021
Vaccines Made at Troubled Baltimore Plant Were Shipped to Canada and Mexico
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By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG AND CHRIS HAMBY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2PhaBu6
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India’s healthcare vision expansionary, must be inclusive too
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Amid pressures for growth, India should re-examine and re-articulate its health strategy such that an ambitious campaign for expansion doesn...
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M Narasimham (1927-2021): The father of banking reforms
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On the whole, M Narasimham would have been satisfied with the progress made in reforming banking in India, given the socio-economic conditio...
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Vaccine Logjam: US’s de facto curbs on key vaccine raw materials put global vaccination efforts at risk of serious delays
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It is true that it is not just the US that supplies critical raw materials for vaccine production, but its actions do set the template for o...
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Why the Past Haunts Talks With Iran
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By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2QUsG1G
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