WASHINGTON: The World Bank has halted the release of the ‘Doing Business’ report after discrepancies were reported in the changes to the data published in October 2017 and 2019. China along with three other countries — Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia– appeared to have been inappropriately altered their data, a WSJ report … Read more
By Chetan Bhagat In a mood of the nation survey reported last week, the government and the top leadership secured record high ratings. Over 77% of the respondents are happy with the government. Ratings on the government’s handling of key issues — coronavirus, China, Ram temple, Article 370 — are excellent. Many experts were left … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the launch of the National Digital Health Mission on the occasion of the 74th Independence Day. PM Modi, during his address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort, said that the mission will bring a “revolution” in the health sector in the country. … Read more
By Andy Mukherjee Even if it proves to be a blip, this week’s volatility in gold may have its uses. For one thing, Tuesday’s steepest single-day price decline in seven years should make bankers in India wary of storing up future trouble by writing risky subprime loans against the country’s most-loved commodity. Gold has a … Read more
Amazing and completely unbelievable visuals from Ayodhya today. For the first time in living memory and probably for the first time ever, the prime minister of this nation is participating in Vedic chanting and rituals telecast live all around the world to lay the foundation stone for the grand Ram temple. We have seen leaders … Read more
By Vrishti Beniwal Infrastructure projects in India are infamous for cost overruns and delays, and they are set for even more pain as the coronavirus sweeps through Asia’s third-largest economy. Construction of everything from roads to ports were behind schedule by an average three-and-a-half years, according to an analysis by the Statistics Ministry. Costs of … Read more
NEW DELHI: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to two icons of India’s independence movement, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Chandrashekhar Azad, on their birth anniversary, saying people should resolve to strive hard to realise their dreams for the country. While Tilak was born in 1856, Azad was … Read more
By Andy Mukherjee It took a pandemic and a lockdown to highlight the precarious existence of the country’s blue-collar workers. Left without jobs and shelter, an estimated 30 million — roughly a fifth of the urban labor force — have gone back to their villages, with many completing long, hazardous journeys on foot when trains … Read more