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Domestic auto sales in India go below 2015 levels amid Covid-19 crisis

The situation was not very different globally

A hale and hearty banking sector but...

More than banks, most of which have the balance sheet strength to stomach bad loans, it is the borrowers who will suffer once they are branded as defaulters since no lender will give them fresh money

Endgame for relationship between farmers and commission agents in Punjab?

Commission agents say directly transferring money into farmers' accounts could put their loans in jeopardy

Setting up a semi-conductor fab plant: Will India be third time lucky?

The government hopes to learn from two failed attempts in 2007 and 2013 to attract fab manufacturers to India but it's up against some stiff challenges

Robot dogs: On police forces, defence duty and their potential risks

What are these entities? These are canine-shaped robots with AI and four-legged mobility. Charact­eri­sed as "partly-autonomous" ground vehicles, they can be used to do a variety of tasks

Pre-packaged insolvency for small & medium firms

A notable feature of the ordinance is the pre-packaged process' two-step voting structure

Air India sale: A previously rejected plan resurfaces as a fall-back option

The fall-back option under discussion is to allow Air India Express to raise money through the market by listing on the bourses

Taxing taskmaster: As CEC, Chandra will oversee toughest Assembly polls

He will retire in May 2022, having overseen the Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur Assembly elections, leaving it to others to conduct the next general election due 2024

Governance: Putting the 'G' in ESG

A study found that over the 12 months, governance consistently ranked second, behind only a company's products, as a driver of corporate reputation

Great Learning focuses on job readiness of students, looks to raise $60 mn

Great Learning, an online education site, is focused on an optimal combination of process, technology and people

Decoded: SIR Model to herd immunity, making sense of pandemic jargon

The new mutant variants of Covid-19 are said to be more infectious, with higher R0

Discovered small fields: Govt may extend bank guarantee relaxation

Officials in the know say this re­laxation was given during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic

Financiers buy into India's used car business amid uptick in demand

An expansion of demand driven by economic uncertainty has accelerated the plans of organised players to tie up with banks and NBFCs

Bindi hits the spot

It is now left to be seen if the bindi gets a global sheen, thanks to Nasa's Swati Mohan

Lockdowns again: Migrant crisis to job cuts, fear has come back too soon

The lockdown will hurt urban employment in April or beyond

On the verge of bankruptcy: How Cafe Coffee Day ground to a halt

After group company Sical Logistics was sent to NCLT, the listed company is next in queue

A wealth tax is a bad way to pay off pandemic debts: Nobel economist

Angus Deaton said that levies on high-earners would be 'very difficult to implement' and give the wealthy 'huge incentives to avoid it'

Can EV manufacturer Tesla win India? Most US carmakers have failed

Most American car-makers have failed in making their gambit one to watch

Statsguru: 6 charts explain how corporate taxes help govts globally

A look at select countries - four advanced economies, three emerging markets and India - shows the extent to which corporate taxes help governments

April monetary policy a fine balancing act

Structurally, it's a well-crafted policy. But like in cricket and politics, things can change dramatically for a central bank in a very short time