The pandemic has changed the way people see the government. It has eroded trust in the administration's ability to tackle a crisis, any crisis, observes Devangshu Datta.
The laggards include FMCG (16 per cent), Energy (37 per cent) and Media (34 per cent).
Given the costs, you would need to be a high-value target for a government agency to spend this sort of money, points out Devangshu Datta.
Twitter can probably afford to wait it out. But would it have the moral courage to do so? asks Devangshu Datta.
Only the government has the capacity to collate all death data across all facilities and count corpses dumped in rivers. And the government is patently not interested in finding out, observes Devangshu Datta.
'It is no accident that politicians strive to control sports bodies, and get their names associated with popular sports, sometimes by renaming stadiums after themselves,' observes Devangshu Datta.
Projections suggest online food delivery market should grow to $22 billion by 2025.
Developers grappling with labour shortage and getting construction material to sites could be among a list of problems.
Here are seven jargons you may often come across when discussing the Covid-19 pandemic that Devangshu Datta makes sense of.
'In India, there's currently evidence the Centre has not managed a smooth vaccine rollout.' 'It is now falling back on blaming states, which are facing vaccine shortages,' points out Devangshu Datta.
The costs of providing free vaccines are way lower than the costs of a freewheeling epidemic.
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Given the dimensions, it is bound to have at least ripple effects across markets. Could ripple turn into cascade? asks Devangshu Datta.
Indians supposedly have the right to freedom, and the right to equality, which cuts across gender, religion, sexual orientation, etc, observes Devangshu Datta.
Use a "virtual credit card" for every online transaction when you can't pay cash on delivery.
Investors, including large corporations, view them as a potential hedge against uncertainty, and mainstream investment banks too are jumping into the game.
For one, triangles are involved.
What engineering problems make it hard to use 17th century physics to move lots of people quickly across serious distances? Devangshu Datta has the answers.
The US is a wonderful example of how a political party with minority support can cling to power for decade, notes Devangshu Datta.
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