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High level of taxation widens divergence in diesel inflation in WPI, CPI

Diesel retail prices are back to more than Rs 80 a litre in the national capital throughout this month and remain on an upward trajectory

IT Rules: Legal experts weigh in on reasonable curbs to Right to Privacy

Say the new rules do not pass the test of proportionality to justify breaching a user's privacy

Bharti Airtel, Jio call on the digital game, but it's a long haul yet

The big two telecom players have reorganised their digital businesses in readiness to monetise them.

Keeping politics out of CBI will be Subodh Kumar Jaiswal's major challenge

CBI has many challenges ahead of it. The most recent is the Narada scam, which re­lates to a sting operation by the Narada News website in 2016 that had allegedly shown TMC leaders accepting bribes

Explained: Why Tokyo Olympics will be like no other amid Covid-19

Covid-19 is still spreading but the games appear to be going ahead, in what would be the biggest world event of the pandemic era

Farzad-B gas field: India one of the losers in energy politics of West Asia

Last week, after chasing India to develop the field for 13 years, Iran announced that it will develop the offshore gas field, which runs along the country's maritime border with Saudi Arabia

Explained: Why impact of 'long Covid' could outlast the pandemic

Weeks and months after seemingly recovering from even a mild case, many patients still confront a wide range of health problems

Fiscal vs monetary policy, under uncertainty

Heightened uncertainty from a second wave is likely to increase the relative efficacy of fiscal vis-a-vis monetary policy

Double-digit unemployment rate makes a return

The unemployment rate touched 14.5 per cent in the week ended May 16, 2021

Statsguru: Six charts explain why monsoon is so important for economy

An even more virulent second wave means that economic growth, income and employment will again depend on agriculture to a large extent

RBI's disclosure dilemma

While the RBI must respect the spirit of freedom of expression, we need to draw a Laxman rekha, and the RTI Act should not become a tool to bypass all confidentiality requirements under other laws

A recovery interrupted

This first of a two-part essay assesses the emerging economic fallout of the second wave

2-DG drug for Covid-19 treatment: Here're the benefits and concerns

The idea behind using 2-DG in Covid-19 is that along with other anti-virals, it can help prevent replication of the Sars-CoV-2 virus in inflamed lung cells of Covid-19 patients

EV takeoff should come by around 2025: Volkswagen India's Ashish Gupta

Volkswagen India's Gupta tells Pavan Lall the firm's plans for the subcontinent remain on track despite the Covid speed-breaker,

Explained: How RBI's tough new rules impact the audit companies

The central bank's tough new rules spell major changes in the competitive landscape for financial services audits

Tata Steel bulks up for growth without compromising its deleveraging target

The upturn in the steel cycle has allowed it to reconsider overseas asset sales and plan domestic expansion and acquisitions

Shailaja's exclusion raises question of who is bigger: individual or party?

The former health minister's exclusion from Vijayan's second Cabinet raises the age-old question of who is bigger

Bitcoin carnage: It is too soon to say cryptocurrency bubble has burst

There were signs that a top was near, from the Coinbase IPO to Elon Musk on Saturday Night Live. But the cryptocurrency has risen from the dead before

Mphasis on alpha returns: Why Blackstone finds Indian IT so attractive

The expansion of its stake in the mid-size IT services company is part of a trend of PE players betting big on the Indian IT sector

Explained: Why cryptocurrency jumps and falls on Elon Musk's tweets

The value of a crypto depends solely on the equation between supply and demand, and demand is driven solely by sentiment