'What is predominant in India is disguised unemployment'

'When you do some job for a few hours, you are hardly earning enough to survive.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com There was euphoria in social media about India becoming a $4 trillion......

Bandh Karo Yeh Electoral Bonds!

Despite the objections raised by Reserve Bank of India and Election Commission, India's politics has been funded anonymously and it is time to end this, asserts Aakar Patel. Illustration: Uttam......

Digital Act Unlikely In Winter Session

'Unless the government comes up with the rulebook, the technical requirements will not be clear to us.''Going by the Act, non-technical provisions can be complied with within six months.''But we......

Can India, China Embrace Each Other On Economic Front?

An improvement in political relations, anchored in a restoration of peace and tranquillity at the border, could open up opportunities for expanded economic and commercial relations between them,......

CBIC Goes Soft On GST Investigations

The principal commissioner has been made responsible for developing and approving any intelligence, conducting search, and completing investigations and relevant subsequent actions, including at......

MFs own larger slice of small and midcap stocks

Retail investors now own a larger share of smallcap companies than they did a year ago, thanks to their conviction in mutual fund (MF) schemes focused on this segment. Illustration: Uttam......

In FDI, China's loss is not India's gain

Despite all the noise around India’s chance to leverage the China-plus one strategy, India’s share of global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows fell from 3.5 per cent in the first......

MNCs look towards India for a booster dose

In recent months, several pharma multinational corporations (MNCs) are increasingly turning to Indian companies to expand market reach in the country’s pharmaceuticals sector. Illustration:......

If Ambani Buys Disney Star...

Assume Voot, JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar are merged into one entertainment app, and you have a streaming service with more than 233 million unique visitors.That is a reach just under half of......