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The First Ten

Pandemics do not begin with sirens or headlines. They begin with a cough that goes unreported, a fever mistaken for exhaustion, a worker who does not stay home because staying home costs money.

Jobs on Edge

The August labour market figures from the United States confirm what has been building for months: the world’s largest economy is slowing in ways that can no longer be brushed aside as statistical noise.

Pandemic Revisited~II

Considering 2021 alone, the Government reported 3.32 lakh deaths due to Covid-19, but there were 21.5 lakh excess deaths in 2021, for which there is no explanation ~ except Covid-19.

Chinese checkers

Pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions as well as global semiconductor shortages have brought home to the EU the need for like-minded, reliable partners.

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.