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Statsguru: Six charts explain labour scars from Covid-19 pandemic

The share of manufacturing in employment has risen since the previous report, but at 11.6% it is lower than the 12.1% seen in 2018-19

Explained: Why Indian consumers don't gain from Russian crude oil

Supplies from Russia come at a substantial discount to global prices, but Indian pump prices have remained unchanged for nearly ten months

HDFC Bank's Sashidhar Jagdishan is 'BS Banker of the Year 2022'

5-member jury picks him for bank's good performance under his leadership

Why streaming video players need to make some housekeeping changes

A new study by Accenture emphasises the need for aggregation in online entertainment

Will be able to raise the targeted $2 billion, says Vedanta Resources

Investors jittery as Vedanta stocks, bonds take a hit amid debt worries

Green finance: Taxonomy, a clear legal definition keenly awaited

Even as the central bank is drawing up taxonomy for this emerging business, the degree of awareness at bank board level could be the weakest link yet

Unemployment rate fell in 2021-22

The rate of unemployment has declined the most for urban women and the least for rural women

Power play in the coal economy: Tracking Chhattisgarh unofficial levy row

The scandal over an unofficial levy in Chhattisgarh reflects the shortage that is afflicting the economy and a walk-back from market-friendly reforms

It's a high-volume, low-margin game: PAs eye the online payments boom

Of the 28 new players, 19 have been granted in-principle authorisation by the central bank; the applications for the rest are under consideration

The real story behind real interest rate

While the debate will continue about the benchmark rate to calculate real interest rate, both for the lenders and the savers, shouldn't all rates be higher than the rate of inflation?

Net zero target: Why 'sustainable economic growth' will elude India

Western reluctance to spend on climate action and India's inability to accelerate renewables to power faster economic growth are major hurdles to the net zero target

'Go getter' in the thinktank: Meet BVR Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog

The 1987 batch IAS officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre took over as the commerce secretary at a time when India was still grappling with the second wave of Covid-19

IAMAI opposes demands to share revenue, pay compensation to telcos

COAI has been advocating for a model where online platforms are made to pay 'usage charges' to telecom operators

Doctors in waiting: Why foreign medical graduates are on tenterhooks

Students wait for NMC to clear the air over internship, licence and registration guidelines

Railways on fast track to achieve its 100% electrification target by 2024

India is now much ahead of other large railway networks in the world in terms of electrification - with the US at just 1 per cent, China at 72 per cent and Europe at 60 per cent

A 'doosra' in IPL ad game: Viacom 18 has set aggressive targets to chase

Based on calculation, while the cost of viewing the entire IPL season is only Rs 38 on TV, the cost of streaming 10 matches would cost anything between Rs 360 to Rs 2,640

The high road to net zero: How CCUS can speed up India's transition plan

Carbon capture utilisation technology can play a crucial role in reducing CO2 emissions, provided the government shapes a workable regulatory framework first

Statsguru: A year later, effects of Russia-Ukraine war on global economy

European and Indian stocks are both higher today than when the conflict began

Cab aggregators navigate a regulatory maze, face troublesome issues

States are yet to follow central licensing guidelines, with which companies have problems anyway, adding to the confusion in this booming business

GPT-based chat apps see a sharp increase in downloads in India: Data

But how many are fakes and how many are delivering GBT technology?