Economic View
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Governments suppress data when the economy is on shaky ground: Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz
There are ‘very strong concerns about the Indian economy’.
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
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How delayed payments are pushing India’s small businesses (that employ 111 million) into debt
A single-window solution would address the problem of delayed from both government and market players.
Akhilesh Kumar Sharma, IndiaSpend.com
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Modi's five years prove that sustained economic growth is incompatible with toxic Hindutva politics
Jobs are scarce, agriculture is in crisis, unorganised sector crippled, tax regime sputtering, corporate sector struggling and exports sinking.
Maitreesh Ghatak & Udayan Mukherjee
Trending
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Why the small turnout at Modi’s Kolkata rally should not worry the BJP
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With new OCI notification, India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship
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Air France flight makes emergency landing after Indian passenger’s disruptive behaviour
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How I restored Bapu’s bicycle with the help of local repairmen and ingenuity
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Real-life ‘Terminal’: How people manage to live at airports for months and years
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Stop-gap moves to protect the rupee reflect India’s bumbling economic approach
Nothing like a crisis to evaluate a government’s policy and temperament.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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The dangers of economists with ‘physics envy’
Unlike in physics, there are no universal and immutable laws of economics. You cannot will gravity out of existence.
John Rapley, Aeon
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Pronab Sen interview: ‘India’s outlook on the future is now much more uncertain’
India’s first chief statistician discusses the impact of demonetisation and GST on the economy, especially the informal sector.
Ajaz Ashraf
Video
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‘International Men’s Day should also be celebrated’: BJP MP Sonal Mansingh in Rajya Sabha
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Watch: Farmers’ protests are celebrating women’s day with massive rallies and women speakers
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Watch: Pope Francis visits Qaraqosh, a Christian-majority city in Iraq
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Watch: Comedian recreates every member of film cast and crew with a surprise ‘Tom Cruise’ cameo
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‘My child’s skin colour was discussed’: Watch snippets of Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah
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India lobbying for a ratings upgrade from Moody’s is neither undesirable nor a new practice
A report said that the country 'aggressively pushed' for a ratings upgrade, but was turned down.
Madhura Karnik, qz.com
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The stark economic divergence between India's states makes a strong case for greater federalism
The needs and priorities of much poorer Bihar or Madhya Pradesh will be vastly different from that of, say, Kerala or Tamil Nadu.
Praveen Chakravarty
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Sensex dip: In the short term, markets are always nervous during terror attacks or conflict
As long as the current standoff between India and Pakistan has no major impact on the economy, markets should recover eventually.
Anupam Gupta
The Reel
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‘Saina’ trailer: Watch Parineeti Chopra as badminton champion Saina Nehwal
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‘Bombay Begums’ review: Spirited performances in show about the different shades of womanhood
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‘Thunder Force’ trailer: Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer play unlikely superheroes
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Jean-Luc Godard: ‘Today’s cinema only thinks action and not silence’
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Sahir Ludhianvi at 100: Why the poet and film lyricist was the original ‘Angry Young Man’
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Fading hope: Five years on, the youth of the Arab Spring are still unemployed
The people in the Middle East and North Africa led an uprising with aspirations for a better life. But little has changed.
Heath J. Prince, The Conversation
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Is there life after debt for Puerto Rico?
Congress just passed a bailout for Puerto Rico – in the nick of time – yet it's not enough to solve the island's biggest challenge: returning to growth.
Brian Gendreau, The Conversation
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With hardly any new jobs created, for whom is India’s economy growing?
If job creation is not given priority, the economy faces the risk of stagnation.
Madan Sabnavis, qz.com
The Field
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Golf: Anirban Lahiri to play at The Players Championship after Brooks Koepka pulls out due to injury
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India vs England: Test series defeat is going to hurt for a while, says coach Chris Silverwood
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NBA: Giannis wins MVP as Team LeBron dominates 2021 All-Star Game against Team Durant
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Cricket: ICC tournaments for women to have more teams from 2026
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Watch: Stephen Curry nails his last shot to win NBA All-Star 3-point contest