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Covid vaccine: How to ensure equitable distribution

We need equity, not equality, in vaccine distribution, and that is maintained in India's plan with some sort of emphasis on the risk factor and also due recognition of the importance of health workers

IDBI Bank takes prompt corrective action; all eyes now on Q3 results

The lender has stabilised under LIC ownership, but its exit from the central bank's restrictions may be some time away

A captain working in stealth: Ajinkya Rahane shows grace under pressure

As Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar were in the midst of pummelling the Australian bowlers and steering their team to an unlikely win, India's stand-in captain cut a figure of implausible poise

Decoded: What are the reasons behind the bull run as Sensex hits 50,000?

Sensex moved up 20 per cent in the last 12 months since January 2020.

Online retail majors focus on sprawling small retailer base to boost reach

Small retailers are chary about integrating digitally with larger players on grounds that it will give them access to their customer bases

The Year of the Renminbi?

China has been the world's largest trader since 2013, its economy is now larger than that of the US in purchasing power parity terms, and soon it will pull ahead in terms of market exchange rates, too

End of Netflix's cash bonfires in sight as it nears turning profitable

Netflix stunned investors Tuesday by announcing that it's "very close" to becoming a true cash-flow-generating company and that it no longer needs to borrow to finance its day-to-day operations

In fight for Bengal's vote, debate on state's economy goes beyond Singur

With Assembly elections looming, the Trinamool Congress is highlighting its industry-friendly tag as the Bharatiya Janata Party vows to transform the state into an investment paradise

Regulate all online skill games, not just fantasy sports: Sameer Barde

Sameer Barde, CEO, The Online Rummy Federation, tells Dhruv Munjal that a common regulatory body is a must, while arguing that the negative perception around real-money games in now changing

Portents after the vaccine rollout

Since the lockdown in March last year, a large section of the legal profession and litigants has found that virtual courts (VCs) are a beneficial innovation and should be institutionalised

How emerging uptick in commodity prices spells good news for Indian firms

A key reason the upswing in the commodity cycle is likely to help India is the relative performance of the dollar vis-a-vis the rupee

Labour turns to agri, construction as manufacturing fails to create jobs

Manufacturing accounted for 40 million jobs in 2019-20. In the first quarter this dropped to 24.6 million, implying a loss of over 15 million manufacturing jobs

Can Google fix the $108 billion news industry it helped break?

Google and Facebook are striking deals to start paying news organisations for their content

Stiff targets for PSUs: How they are caught between govt and markets

State-owned companies have been set stiff targets to increase accountability as they get ready for disinvestment. Here's why meeting them will be challenging

Banking: Yesterday, today and tomorrow

With the customer spoilt for choice, the option for the banking industry in the new decade is between going digital or dying

Second-hand car business on high speed in India amid Covid-19 pandemic

The pandemic has accelerated the second-hand car business to the point of a demand-supply imbalance

Talks with Byju's on, but could take several weeks: Aakash Educational MD

Talks for a partnership with Indian unicorn Byju's reflect several prescient moves by this second-generation promoter

We hope investors will continue to support us: Hemant Kanoria of Srei Infra

In a Q&A, the company's chairman says the firm had to freeze interest payment and redemption of NCDs due to the pandemic and related regulatory approach

CERC plans to embrace AI, machine learning to improve functioning

First quasi-judicial body to strengthen its digital back-end

Decoded: Donald Trump impeached, again; here's what happens next

This is the second time Trump has been impeached, a first in the history of American politics