Mumbai: Reading a semblance of relief in the June retail inflation numbers, which softened marginally to 7.01% from 7.04%...
Jul 14, 2022
Proposed Megaproject in Great Nicobar Island Could Spell Trouble for Its People, Wildlife
Kochi: A proposal for a mega port in the Great Nicobar island in the Andaman and Nicobar could mean...
Jul 12, 2022
Privatisation of PSBs Will Deal a Blow to Reservation, Government’s Coffers
The contentious issue of bank privatisation has once again come to the fore after business newspapers reported that the Union...
Jul 07, 2022
Experts Divided as Government Moves to Decriminalise Environmental Offences
Kochi: Legal and policy experts are divided over the Union government’s move to “decriminalise” existing provisions in three legislations...
Jul 06, 2022
If Vaccines Averted 4.2 Million COVID Deaths, Govt Must Also Accept Excess Death Estimates
New Delhi: On June 23, the Lancet Infectious Diseases published a study which said that about 20 million COVID-19 deaths were averted worldwide...
Jul 05, 2022
Soaring Crude Oil Prices Are Pummelling the Rupee. When Will the Pain Stop?
Mumbai: The noose of rising crude oil prices seems to be tightening around the Indian rupee. On Friday, July...
Jul 03, 2022
Mumbaikars Enraged as New Maharashtra Govt Decides to Shift Metro Car Shed Back to Aarey Forest
Kochi: Reversing the previous Uddhav Thackeray government’s decision, Maharashtra’s new deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that the Mumbai Metro’s...
Jul 02, 2022
As Govt Ban on Single Use Plastics Comes Into Effect, A Look at the Many Challenges in Its Way
Kochi: Plastic forks and spoons that come along with your food through your online food delivery platforms; earbuds with...
Jul 01, 2022
Interview: ‘Biodegradable Plastics Won’t Solve India’s Plastic Crisis’
India has banned single-use plastics (SUPs) from July 1, 2022. SUPs are used only once before they’re thrown...
Jul 01, 2022
In Raising Red Flag on Key States, RBI Puts Spotlight on Unsustainable Subsidies
New Delhi: A clutch of Indian states, as per a recent Reserve Bank of India (RBI) report, are displaying...
Jun 27, 2022