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The treacherous labour statistics

Employment did not exp­and to absorb the unemplo­yed in January. On the contr­ary, it shrank by 3.3 million

Large deals investments propel PE/VC investments to $4.5 bn in Jan: Report

Thirteen large deals of over USD 100 million each and heightened focus on startups helped the Indian venture investing ecosystem post a 180 per cent increase in the overall activity in January

Women execs earn Rs 85 for every Rs 100 earned by men: IIMA study

Senior women executives earn an average of Rs 85 for every Rs 100 earned by their male counterparts, a study on gender balance in top organisations found

India's banking story still evolving

Banks have started seeing signs of growth in credit. Retail loans still remain the growth driver but money has also started flowing to the corporate sector

Statsguru: Six charts explain India's uneven economic recovery

A key reason for lower than expected inflation projections could be weak demand

Satellite broadband: RIL's entry could mark start of another telecom battle

Reliance could also build a constellation from scratch as Google is doing but that would be time-consuming. Plus, the competition has already put up large numbers of satellites in space

From hiring to managing attrition, how tech is tackling knotty HR problems

As the churn deepens in India's IT sector, firms big and small are worried about rising hiring costs and fast attrition across most engineering based roles

How Tata Steel's bid for ailing NINL fits in with the major's strategy

On January 31 - the eve of the Union Budget - Tata Steel Long Products, a subsidiary of Tata Steel, was declared the winning bidder for a 93.71 per cent stake in Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited

Railways on divergent tracks: Gap between forecasts and reality is widening

The gap between forecasts and reality is widening for India's largest public-sector operator

Can battery swapping power EVs for the long term in a cost-effective way?

Batteries can be charged away from swapping points, allowing more freedom in setting up swap facilities

Charaiveti: An academic's journey-14

Both Kalpana and I saw quite a bit of two young faculty members: Geoff Harcourt (the friendly Australian) and Ajit Singh, an astute Marxist academic

Bill Gates writes book on how to make Covid-19 the last pandemic

The Gates Foundation has spent more than $2 billion helping fund the global response to the Covid-19 outbreak

New JNU V-C Santishree D Pandit has travelled a long way ideologically

On the JNU campus, Congress sympathisers were seen as social deviants

Voter lists and marketing research

Voter Lists were available for a small fee those days and all good market research agencies sourced these lists to create a sampling frame

Cost of annuity projects: A new risk has emerged in govt's financials

This favoured route for financing roads is gaining traction for other infrastructure projects but could result in unsustainable liabilities for the government

It's time to formalise the normalisation process: Part 1

Inflation may not be as transitory as has been estimated since rising demand will add to the supply bottlenecks

Despite high downloads, mobile apps struggle to make money in India

InMobi surveyed 1,000 smartphone gamers and was surprised to find that 74 per cent preferred to watch an ad for progressing within the game rather than make app payments

Spooky but secure: A big leap for ISRO in quantum communications

Using quantum computers for calculations involves using the superpower of superposition

Confusion in the crypto universe: Budget leaves many unanswered questions

Budget announcements on taxing digital assets and creating a digital rupee involve complex issues that need to be addressed first

Union Budget 2022: How the India's social sector gets short shrift

Government allocations on health and education do not meet its targets and consistently fall short in terms of actual spending