A tsunami of COVID-19 has impacted us all socially, economically and psychologically. The focus in the initial phase was on saving lives (Jaan) and is now shifting to economic wellbeing (Jahaan) of individuals, business and...
The world clamoured in shock and in pain as the viscous face of the virus barged in. A deadly infection surged across towns, cities, villages big and small. A virus which emerged from Wuhan had...
Few countries and few governments are having a good crisis but some seem to be faring better than others as shown in the below figure, with the important caveat that the data is one week...
Reports suggesting that some of the hot spots for the virus contagion appear to be leveling off, and this is helping underpin risk appetites today. The curve seems to be flattening in Italy, Spain, and...
The 21st century children, perhaps have an incredible power to learn. They attend school music classes, painting classes, chess classes and so on. They participate in quizzes, debates, sports and much more. As early as...
Amid the historic slowdown in the major sectors of the economy, honourable Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman presented the union budget for financial year 2021 (FY21) on 1st February 2020. From agriculture to private investment,...
Nirmala Sitharaman, FM presented all-encompassing budget covering almost all sectors – infra, agriculture, education, health care, skill development etc. The full-time budget of Modi V2 Government was riding high on people’s and industry’s expectations. Sops...
The constructive voices for viewing the development of human being beyond the prism of income is as old as the birth of GDP. It was the year 1990 when an index, popularly called Human Development...
Meaning of schooling is gradually changing. From Gurukul to the modern- day school there has been a lot of transition. The world is yet to see more changes, where teachers could possibly be replaced by...
Teachers (in Higher Education) of the day have several roles to play – as an instructor (classroom presentation); as an evaluator (objective assessment of student performance); as an academic; as a social leader and finally...
A major source of banks’ optimism is their various expectations of an economic recovery in 2020. It has to be said that this is not widely shared by other forecasters (including both the Fed and...
Peugeot and Fiat Chrysler have said the plan will result in €3.7 billion in savings, allowing them to work on creating more sustainable vehicles. The new company will be a 50-50 merger of the two....
