Economy
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Brazil after Jair Bolsonaro: As Lula takes the reins, can he steer the country back on track?
Fighting public corruption and securing the trust of the wider voter base will hold the key to success.
Deepanshu Mohan
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Employees’ provident fund rate cut reflects ‘today’s realities’, says finance minister
Nirmala Sitharaman defended the proposal, stating that the returns on other small savings schemes were even lower.
Scroll Staff
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Employees’ provident fund interest rate proposed to be cut to four-decade low of 8.1%
The decision by the Central Board of Trustees has to be ratified by the finance ministry before it is added to the balance of subscribers account.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
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Varanasi poll: As 33 nominations are rejected, eight applicants allege that the process was rigged
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Bow and arrow or torch? In Maharashtra, confusion over new election symbols may help BJP, allies
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Ramachandra Guha: How would Vallabhbhai Patel have viewed the BJP’s pernicious misuse of his legacy?
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What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj
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India’s wholesale inflation rose to 14.23% in November – highest in 12 years
This was due to an increase in the prices of oil and food products.
Scroll Staff
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November retail inflation rises to three-month high of 4.91% from 4.48% in October
Inflation in prices of vegetables rose sharply in both rural and urban areas.
Scroll Staff
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India’s retail inflation eases to 4.35% in September from 5.30% in August
Food inflation reduced to 0.68% in September, compared to 3.11% in August.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: Two musicians simultaneously play the violin with one hand and the piano with another
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Caught on camera: Streaking meteorite turns night sky blue across Portugal and Spain
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Watch: Ed Sheeran sings Punjabi remix of ‘Shape of You’, accompanied by Bhangra dancers
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Eco India: Even as technology lends a hand, India's farmers grapple with an uncertain future
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Eco India, Episode 260: Can technology's societal benefits extend to environmental sustainability?
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Wholesale price inflation slows down to 2.47% in March
Government data attributed the results to a fall in the prices of food items.
Scroll Staff
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Fiscal deficit narrows to 91.3% of government’s target for current financial year
The situation has improved marginally since August, when the deficit had reached 96.2% of the target, data by Controller General of Accounts showed.
Scroll Staff
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Wholesale inflation rises by 1.62% in June, prompted by vegetable price rise
This, along with rising retail inflation, has made a rate cut by RBI unlikely at its next policy meet on August 9.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Is Anirban Bhattacharya Bengali cinema’s white knight?
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Start the week with a film: Why Farah Khan’s ‘Main Hoon Na’ endures
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‘Chandu Champion’ trailer: Kartik Aaryan in biopic of Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar
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‘It Ends With Us’ trailer: Blake Lively stars in drama about an abusive relationship
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‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’ review: Overcooked and unsavoury