Maintaining a healthy fiscal deficit will be paramount for the Indian economy, SEBI whole-time member G Mahalingam said exclusively to Newsd on Tuesday. Fiscal deficit is the gap between a country’s total revenue and total expenditure. While speaking to Group Editor of Newsd, Shutapa Paul, Mahalingam professed concern over rising[Read More…]
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Exclusive: DIPP collecting feedback on reforms; finalising Make in India 2.0
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) is not silent on Make in India and is in fact in the process of fine-tuning an upgraded 2.0 version. DIPP secretary Ramesh Abhishek told Group Editor of Newsd, Shutapa Paul, in an exclusive chat that contrary to criticism Prime Minister Narendra[Read More…]
Cashless in bad weather and poor network; how will India manage?
A month after demonetisation, one thing is becoming increasingly clear — the note ban has made little or no dent in the fortunes of the rich. Only the poor and hardworking have suffered. Small businesses are grappling to stay afloat while thousands look at losing their livelihood come the New[Read More…]
Demonetisation: Discomfort for the rich, misery for the poor
The demonetisation drive has definitely shaken up the nation from its stupor. It’s a bother for the rich and affluent. Does it dent their black money? Perhaps. But they have found ways to circumvent the demonetisation by finding newer ways to turn their black money to white. Armed with political[Read More…]
Here’s why people with black money slept peacefully last night
The Prime Minister’s ‘surgical strike’ on black money late on Tuesday evening took most by surprise as was its intention. Coming at the back of the voluntary disclosure of black money along with a one-time amnesty scheme, the decision to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes is seen as[Read More…]
Swedish Medicover plans to revolutionize Indian IVF market
Medicover, which has invested in India through a number of businesses such as Oriflame for over a decade, has now entered the Indian IVF market in May this year.Medicover plans to open 50 IVF clinics in India, andpromises high standards of operations and quality. After surveying the IVF markets in[Read More…]
An Open Letter to Arvind Kejriwal
Dear Mr Kejriwal, As kids we were taught the adage, “A bad workman blames his tools.” So in the blame game that you have recently launched against the BJP-led MCD over the current health emergency, as usual it’s the common man that suffers. Let’s get one thing straight Mr CM…Delhi[Read More…]
Why Baba Ramdev’s jeans should get our knickers in a twist
Some images can never be ‘unseen’. Like India Today’s revealing cover of Baba Ramdev. What also can’t be unseen is the business magnate that Ramdev is today. He may not have a single share in his brand, Patanjali Ayurved, but his friend and promoter Acharya Balakrishna, has entered the Hurun[Read More…]
Why the outrage over Jio-PM ad is stupid
Reliance Jio shook the telecom space with its entry. And quite literally. Reports suggest that Airtel and Idea lost anywhere between Rs 13,500 crore and Rs 15,000 crore in a day’s trading. But the Reliance Jio advertisement flanking the first page of every newspaper with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s smiling[Read More…]
How some Delhi RWAs are taking on the powerful Reliance Group
I have been living in south Delhi’s posh Alaknanda area for three years now. It’s a peaceful area with several apartments named after rivers and standalone homes that rub shoulders from the neighbouring Greater Kailash-II. It’s close enough to the Bengali ghetto of CR Park for me to revisit my[Read More…]
Dayashankar Singh’s Misogyny: Is an apology enough?
You become a woman in India, as in many parts of the world, not through adolescence. We reach it through multiple tests by fire. As a young girl you are taught to avoid certain roads that are unsafe, wear clothes that are “safe”, ignore catcalls and eve-teasers, and aided by[Read More…]
Govt, forget porn sites, ban the likes of Zakir Naik and Peace TV
What constitutes as a matter of national interest? Adult Indians enjoying porn within the confines of their homes or Indians, irrespective of age, having access to hate speech? So how is it that the government banned 857 porn sites a year ago with such alacrity and failed to monitor an[Read More…]