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COVID-19 Pandemic

GDP Growth

India’s economic trajectory, as outlined by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, paints a picture of resilience and potential amidst global uncertainties.

Can your job be a reason for your obesity?

Another factor that has been fast-tracked with the onset of the work-from-home norm would be a rapid spike in online food delivery, which led to an overall change in dietary behaviour.

Ukraine Doomed?

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches its six hundredth day, battle fatigue seems to have set in not only in the warring nations but the world over.

Stimuli Revisited

In economic terms, the stimulus could be said to be based on a traditional approach i.e., managing the pace of economic growth by reining in inflation and adjusting the cost of private borrowing rather than by spending public money. The Government’s liquidity enhancing measures stabilised the financial system but household incomes fell.

One 10th of global population were undernourished last year: UN

New data that represents the first comprehensive global assessment of food insecurity carried out since the pandemic began, indicates that the number of people affected by chronic hunger in 2020, rose by more than in the previous five years combined, Xinhua news agency reported.

Xi’s script

Besides hailing its first centenary goal of building a ‘moderately prosperous society’ for all, the focus shifted towards drumming nativist passions by insisting that it would not get ‘bullied, oppressed or subjugated‘ and that it would not accept ‘sanctimonious preaching‘ from anyone. The wary instinct of protectionism was palpable, and all-pervasive.