Should India’s policy-makers celebrate the unprecedented rise in foreign exchange reserves in recent months or should they worry about finding gainful avenues to utilise the fund? The country's foreign exchange reserves swelled to an all-time high of $516.36 billion in the week to July 10 from $51...
I have observed an overreaction and an unbalanced approach in tackling Covid in India. In the last three months, there have been approximately 20,000 Covid deaths, i.e., the death rate is around 200 per day. But there are other major causes of death, which will increase further. Giv...
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has recently published data which states that the life insurance sector has witnessed a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) deceleration of 4.24% in the first quarter of FY 2021. Additionally, CARE Ratings recently revealed that owing to the...
The nationwide lockdown has left a direct impact on the textile industry. The sector offers employment to more than 45 million people in India and has a large number of segments like fabric supply, dyeing, labelling, light metallic clothing accessories manufacturing and ancillary textile...
Many environmentalists say that the extended lockdown situation from March, 2020 has rejuvenated the earth’s environment. Never mind if thousands of people are dying or falling to the dreaded virus. This cleansing of the earth is evidently visible all around. Rivers, ponds and lakes ar...
It is widely claimed that one good thing the lockdown has done is initiating the healing process of nature. Urban wildlife has revived in many places as mornings are now welcomed with the sweet symphony of bird calls. Skylines have become clearer as the haze from vehicular and industrial pollu...