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‘There isn't much to do beyond eating out’: Man's take on India's Tier 1 cities

The viral video reignited the debate on India's urban spaces.

Published 18 hours ago

Terms of Trade: Is delulu really the only solulu?

If everybody were to start spending according to their means, or lack thereof, the economy would experience what Keynes termed the paradox of thrift shock, when everyone trying to save would actually drag down consumption and growth and do more harm than good.

Updated 23 days ago

The changing economics of consumer

Consumer

Published 106 days ago

China’s economy fails to pick up after worst stretch in five quarters

The Chinese national flag is seen in Beijing, China. (File Photo)

Published 718 days ago

Punjab using 76% more fertiliser per hectare than national average: Govt in Rajya Sabha

India imported 18.65 lakh tonne urea and 22.58 lakh tonne phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilisers from China during 2023-24, the government added. (HT File)

Updated 726 days ago

Banks may soon use your digital footprint to give home loans, here's how

Banks will consider consumption or spending patterns of individuals while making their credit assessment (iStock/Hindustan Times Archive)

Published 736 days ago

Government considering income tax rate cut to boost consumption: Budget 2024

Representational (Unsplash)

Updated 775 days ago

Punjab: Sangrur hooch tragedy toll rises to 14, Sunam reports 4 deaths

The death toll due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab’s Sangrur district has risen to 14, with four more people succumbing in Sunam on Friday. (Representational photo)

Published 863 days ago

India’s urea import, consumption on decline for first time in decades

The consumption of conventional urea has gone down in 344 districts of the country, official data show, which has helped paring costly imports. (HT Archive)

Updated 876 days ago

Consumption trends and monetary policy

Average monthly per capita consumption expenditure (MPCE) was <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>3,773 in rural India and <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>6,459 in urban India in 2022-23 as against <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1,431 in rural India and <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>2,629 in urban India in 2011-12.

Published 882 days ago

Sunrays: Don’t waste what you have, value it!

Time is something that is available in limited quantity. Time waste is life waste. If we wasted two hours yesterday, we cannot reclaim them today. (Shutterstock)

Updated 890 days ago

Karnataka passes bill to ban hookah bars, sale of cigarettes to buyers below 21

Officials have sent the recovered liquid flavours and hookahs to a laboratory for testing. (Representational image)

Published 893 days ago

What is it that drives us to create: Charles Assisi asks, in Life Hacks

Graffiti at the open-air East Side Gallery in Berlin. It takes courage, and a commitment to deeper truths, to step away from our consumption economy and say: there is more. (Adobe Stock)

Updated 897 days ago

FMCG industry records 6.4 pc volume growth, rural & urban consumption gap narrows, says NielsenIQ

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Published 908 days ago

No appeasement; no denial; budget a pillar of growth: Sitharaman

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a press conference in Delhi on Thursday. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

Updated 913 days ago

Taste of Life: Street vendors double as ‘messengers’ of freedom movement

In January 1932, the police in Pune were alerted that hawkers who conducted business outside certain schools were allegedly using papers with inflammatory speeches printed on them to wrap roasted peanuts and sliced fruits. ((PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))

Updated 914 days ago

Riding high on the growth momentum

The resilience of the Indian economy in the face of slowing global growth points towards its greater ability to deal with the polycrises since the pandemic. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published 935 days ago

South Korea passes bill to ban sale and consumption of dog meat

Criticism of the methods used in slaughtering dogs, such as electrocution or hanging, has contributed to the decline in consumption. (AP/File)

Published 936 days ago

18 dead in four days in Haryana liquor tragedy

Police officials inspect the site in Ambala district where the illicit liquor was being produced, on Saturday.

Updated 995 days ago

Promoting sustainable lifestyles: Metrics, instruments and proposals for G20

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Published 1060 days ago

Noida excise department launches drive to crackdown on sale of spurious liquor

Efforts are also being made to encourage people to report about erring people indulging in the activity of sale of spurious liquor. (Representative Image)

Updated 1067 days ago

Ludhiana health dept data: Over 55% water samples fail potability test in July

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Updated 1079 days ago

Unpacking gender-based violence and trauma voyeurism in the Manipur conflict

If one is truly invested in endowing ‘dignity’ to the survivors, one must move beyond the stigma and stereotypes of rape victims as weak and helpless and trust that they can regain control, heal, and rebuild their lives in their own time and on their own terms.  (AFP)

Published 1083 days ago

Essay: An unnatural hunger

Consumed by love (Shutterstock)

Updated 1109 days ago

How remittances affect a country’s development

India received $100bn in remittances from World Bank

Published 1140 days ago

Pune state excise department tightens noose around violators

According to state excise department data, a total of 2,658 cases were registered in 2022-2023, compared to 2,169 cases in 2021-22. These cases include instances of illegal sale, transport, and consumption of alcohol, as well as possession of spurious liquor and other related offences. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

Updated 1200 days ago

CAI lowers cotton crop estimate to 303 lakh bales for this season

Cotton production is expected to decline in Punjab by 2 lakh bales, Maharashtra 3 lakh bales, Telangana 5 lakh bales, and in Andhra Pradesh by 0.5 lakh bales.

Updated 1201 days ago

8 more die in Bihar’s Champaran hooch tragedy; toll rises to 22

The Bihar police said that 12 to 13 people are under treatment after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in East Champaran. (PTI)

Updated 1204 days ago

Sensitise pilots, cabin crew on handling unruly flyers, says DGCA

The regulator also pointed out that in the recent past, it has noticed a few incidents such as smoking in aircraft, consumption of alcoholic beverages resulting in unruly behaviour, altercations between passengers and sometimes inappropriate touching or sexual harassment by the passengers during the flight, wherein “post holders, pilots and cabin crew members have failed to take appropriate actions”.

Updated 1210 days ago

Death of three painters: Sangrur village panchayat passes resolution to curb sale of spurious liquor, drugs

A day after three house painters were found dead in Namol village, the village panchayat passed a resolution to curb sale and purchase of illegal liquor and other drugs.

Updated 1211 days ago

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