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GDP shrinkage: It wasn't just Covid-19 lockdown that brought us here

GDP shrinkage is the cost of continued virus spread

The troubleshooter

Pranab Mukherjee's career spanned three phases of Indian politics

Man for many seasons: Former envoy K Shankar Bajpai passes away at 92

In a long and distinguished career, he served as India's ambassador to the US, China, and Pakistan

Going Green: Global sustainable bond issuance tops $99.9 bn in Q2 FY20

Record quarterly issuance of both social bonds at $33 billion and sustainability bonds at $19.1 billion drove the strong combined total

Managing markets

Bond and currency markets would increase policy difficulties

Grounded in Mumbai

Issues related to airport deal raise questions

Unlock BFSI 2.0: Rajnish Kumar, Aditya Puri on their success mantra, more

Puri, who counts JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon as one of his inspirations, says the biggest challenge of his career was to scale up HDFC bank

Unlock BFSI 2.0: Early to predict the economic recovery curve: Bank CEOs

Top bank executives attempted to shed the tag of being risk-averse and averred that viable businesses would get the red carpet from lenders

Erratic realities

A Trump comeback spells more uncertainty for India

GST uncertainty continues

Confusion and delays could increase Centre-state friction

Unlock BFSI 2.0: Time for banks to look 'deeply within', says RBI Guv Das

Current pandemic-related shock has placed a greater pressure on banks, and this may lead to an erosion of their capital. Tune in to this podcast to know Governor Shaktikanta Das' take on the matter

Educating stakeholders

Awareness campaigns a must for farm marketing reforms

Another flaw in PSBs

Containing frauds will need wider reform

Moratorium, economic downturn raising risks for asset-backed securities

In the case of auto ABS rated by Moody's, 70-100 per cent of the underlying loans (as percentage of the outstanding principal) are on moratorium

Daughter act

Apex court ruling is a big step towards gender equality

Trusting taxpayers

The charter and faceless scrutiny should not remain just on paper

Needed: Policy debates

The govt should have a wider discussion on the way forward

Omission and commission

The CAG needs to be more transparent

Reducing farm wastage

New fund should help boost agricultural infrastructure

Taxes and trade

India is losing export opportunities