Former Chief Economic Adviser and ex-IMF member, Arvind Virmani feels that the current crisis is much graver than what India faced in 1991. In an
Month: May 2020
Salt shortage ahead? Farmers predict a shortfall as lockdown halts production
Mumbai: There’s a good chance, the salt-shaker on your dining table may go empty in the months to come. “Salt farmers” along the Indian coastline
Mall operators hurting, but divided over rental waivers
Bengaluru: Builders and global private equity players with a large portfolio of malls in India say it is not financially feasible to waive rentals for
Residential property prices down 2-9%: Magicbricks
Mumbai: Residential property prices across key markets have declined by 2-9% since the lockdown came into effect in late March, a survey by property portal
SBI to extend moratorium to NBFCs
Mumbai | Kolkata: The executive committee of the State Bank of India (SBI) board has finally approved extending the central bank moratorium to shadow lenders,
Sonia Gandhi, Congress CMs to PM: After May 17th, what… how?
New Delhi: The Congress high command and the party’s chief ministers have asked the prime minister to spell out the criteria being applied to decide
Covid-19 pandemic: Telangana in Bengal league on testing, centre concerned
New Delhi: The Centre is concerned over the low testing in Telangana and has nudged the state to test more to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic,
As migrant labourers return home, state governments prepare job opportunities
New Delhi: States such as Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh are preparing to create more work opportunities for returning migrant labourers, who are headed
We run trains if sending, receiving states agree: Suresh Angadi
Bengaluru: The railways is prepared to run trains between two cities to transport migrant labourers if the state governments in the originating as well as
Alcohol policy needed for lockdowns: No need to detest booze, say mental health experts
NEW DELHI: India needs to handle its relationship with alcohol better, said top mental health experts at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)