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Double-edged

In the midst of a global pandemic and economic uncertainty, India has witnessed an unprecedented surge in retail investors flocking to the stock market.

Looking East~I

Jaishankar’s visit came at a time when the international situation looks quite uncertain and volatile, and the world is recovering from a once-in-a-century pandemic while still being subjected to continuous shocks.

Living on the margins

The months of lockdown and the pandemic continue to form a part of a blurry scary past. Haunting images of those harrowing times are imprinted in our collective consciousness: images of food lying on the tracks on which a family died, of police and authority spraying pesticides over a group of people during a mass exodus, workers desperately trying to get home in inhumanely crowded buses, trains, bicycles, and even on foot.

The GDP Paradox~I

Since GDP is a gross value, the implications of the negative factors which erode the actual value don’t get netted, and hence there is a distortion.

Trinamool to screen Mamata’s July 21 speech in seven other states too

With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee all set to highlight her Trinamool Congress' national plans against the backdrop of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls at her Martyrs' Day speech here on July 21, the party has prepared a plan to telecast her speech on giant screens in the capitals of other seven states too.

Poor get poorer

Surging world food prices, which reached their highest levels on record this year, are contributing to the rapid rise in LIC inflation.

World hunger levels rising

Russia and Ukraine are the world's third and fourth largest grains exporters, respectively, while Russia is also a key fuel and fertiliser exporter.