Month: March 2020

The relief package is a good start, but more might need to be done sooner than later The ₹1,70,000-crore relief package announced by Finance Minister

The Rs 1.7 lakh crore economic package announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the vulnerable sections — farmers, women, construction workers, senior citizens, widows

On Thursday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sithamaran announced a slew of measures to address and alleviate the economic hardship caused by the coronavirus. The measures follow

Two days into the national lockdown announced to contain the spread of Covid-19, the government unveiled the first set of measures to address the looming

Economists are slashing forecasts for the Japanese economy as exports are hit from overseas lockdowns and rising domestic virus cases force the Tokyo governor to

It is perhaps a less-known fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political career was dramatically transformed by a natural disaster. The alleged mishandling of relief

India is now in a lockdown. Whether this lockdown saves us from the dangers of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) or not is a question that

It’s a beautiful, clear, clean night. But the streets are empty. The traffic is sparse –its absence is soothing as compared to the usual nerve-wracking

A migrant worker eats food offered by local residents on a highway as he and others are returning to their villages, after India ordered a

The Rs 1.7 lakh crore package announced by the government to mitigate the distress and hardship caused by the ongoing 21-day lockdown is aimed at

सकारात्मक पाऊल संपूर्ण देश ‘करोना’शी छेडलेल्या युद्धामुळे एकान्तवासात गेला असताना, अर्थव्यवस्थेचे आणि त्याहीपेक्षा ती चालवणाऱ्या कोट्यवधी कष्टकरी-कर्मचाऱ्यांचे; तसेच शेतकऱ्यांचे काय होणार, हा गहन प्रश्न उभा

MUMBAI: India’s pharma companies are in a panic mode and fear drug shortage, as the national lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led