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MPC: Focusing on growth

Updated on Dec 8, 2021 14:54 IST
RBI expects inflation to be 5.3% in 2021-22 and come down to 4-4.33% by the end of 2022-23 (REUTERS)

When Modi met Putin

India and Russia have maintained contact amid the pandemic, working closely on the Covid-19 response and the situation in Afghanistan (AFP)
Updated on Dec 7, 2021 14:28 IST

India’s mounting plastic challenge

A 2018-2019 CPCB report puts India’s annual plastic waste generation at 3.3 million metric tonnes (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Dec 7, 2021 14:28 IST

Respond to the Nagaland killing

Locals participate in a candle march over the death of 13 people, who were allegedly killed by the armed forces, Mon district, December 5 (PTI)
Updated on Dec 6, 2021 14:37 IST

Protecting the economy

Nirmala Sitharaman, finance minister, at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit (Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Dec 5, 2021 15:02 IST

Omicron arrives in India

BMC readies a dedicated jumbo Covid-19 hospital of 21,150-bed capacity amid fears of a third wave due to the new variant Omicron, at Malad, in Mumbai, December 01 (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Dec 3, 2021 14:06 IST

The TMC’s new gambit

While she is, at the moment, a rallying figure for parts of the committed anti-BJP constituency, the real challenge for a leader is winning over swing voters who picked the UPA in 2004 and 2009 and have stuck to the BJP in 2014 and 2019 (AFP)
Updated on Dec 2, 2021 15:52 IST

The US renews its Indo-Pacific message

Mr Campbell’s comments show that Mr Biden’s summit with China’s Xi Jinping, which led to apprehensions that the US was seeking to mend ties with Beijing, will not lead to any reset (AP)
Updated on Dec 1, 2021 14:48 IST

The economy is recovering

This newspaper has consistently argued that a fiscal policy boost is essential to boost incomes of the poor, and therefore, mass demand (REUTERS)
Published on Dec 1, 2021 14:05 IST

Omicron: Work with African countries

An Air India flight carrying doses of the Covishield vaccine manufactured in India is seen after its arrival at the Velana International Airport (AFP)
Updated on Nov 30, 2021 13:20 IST

A new Twitter, unshackled

It is this mixed legacy that now falls on the shoulders of Mr Agrawal (AP)
Updated on Nov 30, 2021 13:17 IST

A new deal for agriculture

Agriculture needed a new deal before the farm laws were passed (PTI)
Updated on Nov 29, 2021 14:54 IST

The onset of the winter session

The session will also be affected by the dynamics within the Opposition (Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Nov 29, 2021 08:53 IST

Nepal, Bangladesh graduate from LDCs

Both countries have a long way to go. But this is where India can step in. New Delhi is seen as an active political player in Dhaka and Kathmandu (REUTERS)
Updated on Nov 29, 2021 08:52 IST

Has Sars-CoV-2 got worse?

It is still early days, but there is a growing consensus among the scientific community that the variant is bad news (Satish Bate/HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 26, 2021 14:07 IST

What NFHS-5 results reveal

The southern states have much better socio-economic and health indicators than their counterparts in north and central India. The former will also see an increasingly falling share in the population. If and when the delimitation happens, this can reduce their political representation in the legislature. It will hardly be a smooth transition. (Bloomberg)
Updated on Nov 25, 2021 15:17 IST

The TMC’s expansion routes

There is no doubt that the Trinamool Congress has been displaying raw political hunger, ambition, and lots of energy — crucial qualities in the electoral theatre. (PTI)
Updated on Nov 25, 2021 15:18 IST

When India and the US talk trade

While the defence and security relationship has deepened, even signing a mini-trade deal has been difficult (AFP)
Updated on Nov 24, 2021 16:08 IST

India can avoid Europe’s fate

A health worker collects a swab sample for Covid-19 test, Noida, November 22, 2021 (Sunil Ghosh/HTPhoto)
Updated on Nov 25, 2021 24:22 IST

When riparian nations join hands

India and China have a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on data-sharing on the Brahmaputra river system, which provides warning for flooding during the monsoon. (REUTERS)
Updated on Nov 23, 2021 15:45 IST

Fixing the Capital’s garbage problem

The survey results prove the MCDs have not been able to put in place an effective plan to segregate waste at source (Ravi Choudhary/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Nov 22, 2021 14:27 IST

In defence of in-person classes

It’s almost as if shutting things down is fast becoming a panacea for all the ills that plague us; the frequency and felicity with which the term lockdown is being thrown around would seem to suggest that (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Nov 22, 2021 14:25 IST

A new deal for agriculture

Farmers shout slogans to celebrate after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to repeal three agricultural reform laws that sparked almost a year of huge protests across the country, Amritsar, November 19, 2021 (AFP)
Updated on Nov 21, 2021 14:06 IST