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Covid-19: 3rd wave limited to big cities, but has started to spread beyond

Updated on Jan 6, 2022 23:38 IST

Another way in which the impact of this wave can be possibly reduced is by fully vaccinating the entire eligible population.

Third Covid-19 wave means we cannot have a business as usual budget

With a rise in cases, states have started imposing restrictions on mobility and activities.

Updated on Jan 4, 2022 23:28 IST

State of economy amid a surge in Covid infections

What is the state of the Indian economy at the cusp of yet another wave of the pandemic.

Updated on Jan 3, 2022 23:05 IST

How Covid cases are spreading in India’s cities again

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Published on Dec 30, 2021 18:26 IST

How did the Indian markets perform in 2021?

In nominal terms, 2021 was the best year for BSE as the Sensex moved by around 10,000 points in a single year.

Updated on Dec 29, 2021 19:36 IST

Key numbers about India’s new vaccination plan

As much as 47% of the 18-45 age group, 30% of the 45-60 age cohort, and 33% of the 60 plus years are yet to be fully inoculated against the coronavirus disease.

Updated on Dec 28, 2021 18:18 IST

India’s post-pandemic trade numbers

For most of the top 10 items in India’s import and export basket, which account for 80% and 61% of total imports and exports, unit values have increased significantly between April and October 2021 compared to the same period last year.

Updated on Dec 28, 2021 24:32 IST

Understanding the unequal nature of India’s economic recovery

While consumption for all kinds of transportation fuel – petrol, diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) – fell sharply during the first lockdown, petrol and diesel led the recovery as restrictions were eased in 2020, a trend which continued in 2021.

Updated on Dec 26, 2021 19:27 IST

Can a law to raise marriage age for women work?

Uttar Pradesh government officials have been asked to submit affidavits declaring that no dowry was taken during their marriage. (Representational image)

Updated on Dec 23, 2021 21:03 IST

Delhi’s air crisis: Who pollutes, who suffers?

Delhi’s air crisis: Three major contributors to pollution from the consumption side are — transport (private and public), fuel and electricity, and construction. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 23, 2021 04:29 IST

Behind the policy and politics around inflation

Retail inflation in India rose 4.91% in November compared with a year ago. (Representational image)

Updated on Dec 21, 2021 23:15 IST

When maximum is minimum: Explaining Delhi’s winter chill

While a wind chill factor is also taken into account when declaring a cold wave, the minimum temperatures were low in parts of Delhi on Sunday night – 3.3 degrees Celsius at Jafarpur and 3.6 degree at Lodhi Road – even without accounting for it. (Representational image)

Updated on Dec 21, 2021 01:59 IST

No surge in Covid-19 cases, but vulnerable lag in full vaccination

Apart from transmissibility, Omicron is proving to be more resistant to vaccines than its predecessors. (Representational image)

Updated on Dec 19, 2021 23:16 IST

Understanding the global Omicron threat

A man wears a face mask as he walks past an image of Santa Claus at a Christmas market, in London

Updated on Dec 17, 2021 01:16 IST

Covid-19 and India’s youth workforce

Data from CMIE-CPHS shows that young workers were the most affected in terms of a fall in employment rate during the 2020 lockdown.

Updated on Dec 15, 2021 23:08 IST

How household incomes were affected by Covid

While the impact of the first wave was felt more acutely in urban areas, that of the second wave was more adverse in rural areas.

Updated on Dec 15, 2021 10:18 IST

Explaining the decline in women’s role in workforce

Women working at a construction site under MGNREGS.

Updated on Dec 13, 2021 02:11 IST

India has a right to energy but does it need to fire more coal plants?

It may be difficult to deliver on India's COP26 commitment of a net-zero target by 2070  unless necessary steps are taken to shift from coal towards cleaner forms of energy.

Updated on Dec 9, 2021 19:14 IST

Meat-climate debate is a red herring in India

India faces a different challenge when it comes to protein consumption. Increasing theconsumption of pulses by making them more affordable is one of the low-hanging fruits in the pursuit of nutrition and climate goals in India.

Updated on Dec 8, 2021 16:51 IST

India’s top 10% reach highest wealth level

World Inequality Report: In 2021, the concentration of private wealth in the hands of therich became more pronounced. The share of the bottom 50% decreased to its lowest levels since 1995 to 5.9%.

Updated on Dec 8, 2021 24:02 IST

Are we overestimating the fiscal boost to the economy?

The most important number in the budget is the nominal growth projection for the financial year.

Updated on Dec 5, 2021 23:11 IST

Farm fires gone, weather now polluting Delhi’s air?

Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) has been in the “severe” category in four out of the last seven days ending December 2,

Updated on Dec 4, 2021 01:44 IST

What do corporate results tell us about the nature of the economic recovery?

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Published on Dec 2, 2021 18:44 IST

India’s active cases drop below 100,000 for the first time in 18 months

The rate of Covid 19 vaccine administration across the country appears to be rising again with 8.1 million daily shots administered on average in the past week

Updated on Dec 1, 2021 19:09 IST

State of the economy, beyond the latest GDP numbers

India's GDP grew by 8.4 per cent in the July-September quarter 2021-22

Updated on Dec 1, 2021 24:53 IST

How to read today’s GDP numbers?

India’s GDP fell by a record 7.3% in 2020-21. This was largely on account of the massive contraction in the first half (April-September) in 2020-21

Updated on Nov 30, 2021 01:04 IST

Siwan, Sitapur have a bigger air pollution problem than Delhi

Every year, as pollution levels spike in October and November, both governments and the courts scramble to control the menace in Delhi and its adjoining districts in the national capital region (NCR).

Updated on Nov 28, 2021 23:14 IST

Can the Trinamool Congress replace the Congress as the main opposition party?

Six months after Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress scored a big win in West Bengal elections, the TMC seems to be taking this verdict to a next level.

Updated on Nov 25, 2021 23:23 IST

Why govt failed to convince farmers about the new laws

Farmers dance as they celebrate after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repealing of the three central farm laws at the Singhu border in New Delhi.

Updated on Nov 22, 2021 23:26 IST

Five charts that explain the inflation situation in India

The Bloomberg Commodity Index – it is a weighted average of prices of energy, grains, industrial and precious metals, cotton and livestock – has increased significantly in the post-pandemic period.

Updated on Nov 21, 2021 20:20 IST

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