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Global cost of internet shutdowns $4 bn in 2020, India share at 70%: report

Top10VPN report says internet restrictions in Kashmir were lifted after 7 months but users were only able to access low-speed 2G connections

Does govt need most of its staff? Covid offered a rare chance to find out

The country has just about 418,00 central govt employees beyond rail, defence and home. Yet, core functions have been working smoothly, even as this feeble size isn't often put to use

A jab at risk: Serum's quest to lead the world in Covid-19 vaccine race

It took a chance by ramping up capacity on vaccines when they were yet to be approved and is set to emerge a global winner

Thoughts on banking in the new decade

Those banks that remain complacent, bragging about their captive customer base, may turn dinosaurs

Two-wheeler EV firms see growth in post-Covid demand for personal transport

SMEV data shows that two-wheeler EV sales between April and December stood at around 80,000 units - 3,000 units in Q1 (April-June), rising to 35,000 units in Q2 and 42,000 in Q3

Three things countries must do to stay ahead of mutating coronavirus

A global, coordinated surveillance effort is required to make sure that the world is on top of the way the virus is changing, writes Sam Fazeli.

Macroeconomics needs to focus on managing abundance and not scarcity

Macroeconomic theory has to be constructed around this now, not the old Keynesian identity which took deficiency as its starting point

Covid-19 will drive revenues for hospitals, diagnostic labs in 2021

The RT-PCR tests will carry on, and the massive vaccination drive will require lakhs of antibody tests to check for immunity

Former Aston Martin executives to resurrect 'thinking man's Ferrari'

On November 9, London-based Pegasus Brands announced its intention to revive Bizzarrini even though it hasn't made a car since 1969

Covid-19: Atul Gawande on why US slipped, and India managed better

The most important tool you have in public health is messaging and communication, said Gawande

Fintechs may pose a challenge to banking sector over the next few years

The formal and informal fintechs will pose a significant challenge to the mainstream banking sector over the next few years

Why banks should spend on branches despite increased digital penetration

Though the functions of a branch may have not changed in years, their focus has shifted from transaction to customer retention

Why companies cut wages despite soaring profits amid Covid-19 pandemic

Wages account for a relatively small proportion of the total expenses of corporates in India

Owning databases that we help build: Can it end capitalism as we know it?

Sacrificing some more of our freedom to eternal state surveillance could become a deal with a devil we're growing to know only too well

IRCTC struggles to stay on track as travel worst impacted due to Covid-19

The pandemic has eaten into the profitability of this govt-owned railway catering and ticketing monopoly

Statsguru: 6 charts explain why Punjab stands out on India's agrarian scene

A new study on agricultural markets that goes deeper into the realities of farm marketing in India offers timely insights

Royal Enfield moves through the gears amid growing competition in market

Competition in the middleweight segment and a growing market for electric bikes pose challenges for dominant two-wheeler player

InMobi Group: This Make-in-India innovator is raring to go places

Glance, the home-grown firm's newest business, has just received major funding from an unexpected source - Google - vaulting the 18 month-old-unit to Unicorn status

Beijing should look within: Jack Ma's Alibaba is China's own creation

Alibaba's 20-year rise to supremacy is due in no small part to government policies, which protected and coddled the now-booming internet sector

Wistron controversy unlikely to impact Apple's expansion plans in India

From a small exports market that played second fiddle to the markets in North America, Europe and China, India now features at the top of Apple's priority list