FRAGILE BENEFITS

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has criticized the fragile numbers of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the potential for a single disturbance to drop the government. He claimed that the Lok Sabha poll results showed a "tectonic shift" ...

While India is integrating into global value chains (GVCs), the benefits via higher overall exports are not yet visible. We also need to create millions of jobs for youth joining the working-age population. There are also global uncertainties to nav...

India's precarious balance between human ingenuity and environmental fragility is under threat as record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather events amplify the challenges faced by its vast population. The path to prosperity is hindered by clim...

Drawing from our data, these are mostly the Nordic countries, Canada and the UK. They have a strong educational system and do well in financial literacy. This does matter — studying microdata across countries, we’ve found people with greater financi...

The dollar was steady on Friday, on track for its fifth straight weekly gain, as investors take stock of economic data and firm expectations of the Federal Reserve cutting rates in June, while the yen traded at the psychologically key 150 per dollar...

The world's economy could surely benefit from a U.S.-China detente. Since 2020, it has suffered one crisis after another - the COVID-19 pandemic, soaring inflation, surging interest rates, violent conflicts in Ukraine and now Gaza. The global econom...

Nayyar, an economist, had retired as the Principal Advisor, Rural Development, in the erstwhile Planning Commission in 2005. She is known for her contributions to the academic literature, policy making, including rural employment guarantee scheme MN...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased awareness and importance of health insurance. Consumers are now prioritizing individual and family health and well-being, leading to a surge in demand for health insurance.

Big data analytics has become crucial for enterprises in the world of the digital landscape. Explore the main benefits of this strategy.

Here’s why investing in a comprehensive family health insurance plan could be the smartest choice to make this Father’s Day. A solid family healthcare plan will ensure stability during tough economic times, while also providing a cushion of care, sa...

Studies suggest that longer growing seasons contribute to weakening the wood, making trees structurally weaker.

Credit Suisse's chief executive said on Friday the bank was working hard to stem customers outflows, although this could take time. Credit Suisse shares resumed their decline.

PM Narendra Modi says India has convincingly shown the world how to convert calamities into opportunities. Citing success stories in infra building, aviation, and schemes such as DBT and Gati Shakti, he says the government’s focus has been on re-ima...

An inclusive and democratic G20 is what a rising India needs to project its global ambitions and counter an authoritarian China; G20 needs the developing world.

Against the Japanese yen, the greenback was 0.44% higher at 148.08, particularly helped by the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) decision to keep ultra-low interest rates on Friday, and BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's still-dovish comments in the face of rising ...

Faced with exorbitant natural gas prices, energy-dependent industries in Europe, such as the chemical, automotive, cement and many other industries, have been facing similar problems. In this desperate situation, European industrialists are actively...

“In a scenario where people want to move out of China, their manufacturing supply chain in the environment where the energy bills in Europe are shooting through the roof, everything points to India being the only choice as a manufacturing destinatio...

The Indian rupee, close to a historical low of ~80 per US dollar, has lost 7% from the start of 2022 — but the pace of depreciation has been far less dramatic compared with the effects of the two large global shocks in the 2010s. A weakening rupee, ...

The central bank is right to be concerned about the scope for financial instability that cryptocurrencies represent.