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Why can't Congress recognise the realities and offer realistic solutions?

Rahul Gandhi's two recent video performances offer little hope - the first fell flat in attacking govt 'strategy'; and the second showed him in a position unbecoming of a leader - writes T N Ninan

Global energy demand will fall 6% in 2020: International Energy Agency

The decline is equivalent to losing the entire energy demand of India, the world's third-largest energy consumer

Even after partial easing of Covid-19 lockdown, power demand declines 25%

On a weekly basis, electricity generation is down 3% in the last week of April

Amid race to woo small traders, CAIT readies online portal for kiranas

Called bharatemarket.in, the announcement comes at a time when e-tailers Amazon and Flipkart and offline player Reliance Retail are trying to woo small traders

Lockdown extension would only drag the economy down: JSW's Sajjan Jindal

JSW Group Chairman Sajjan Jindal says unless the government takes proactive steps, demand recovery could take 4-5 months.

Train from Aluva to Bhubaneswar to take first set of 1,200 migrants home

6,000 litres of water, food for Day One of the journey arranged; Most of 360,000 'guest workers' staying in 20,826 camps at present want to head back home

After a washout month, automobile industry seeks resumption of business

All manufacturers reported zero sales in April as factories and dealerships were shut

India's internet speed improves over previous week, but still below peak

Fixed download speed in India was 35.84 Mbps. Both are marginally higher than the previous week

IT firms with higher fixed-price contracts may see lower impact on top line

HCL Tech, Wipro have more than 60% of revenue coming from such contracts, while Infosys has more than 50% share

Tirupur textile workers want ESIC to pay minimum wage as units remain shut

Write to PM Modi, Finance Minister to express their woes; Tirupur has about 500,000 direct and indirect employees

Picture-perfect food

We drink lots of tea at home - first flush, Makaibari, Oolong, herbal - but none of it actually tastes like tea

Another tale from the front line

Many people don't realise the pivotal role lab technicians are playing right now

Govt defers release of April GST collection data amid Covid-19 lockdown

In 2019-20 fiscal, Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection had remained above the key Rs 1 trillion mark for 7 months out of 12

Politics & the war against Covid

As New Delhi looks for exit options and the politics around it, Sri Lanka and Nepal battle their own political contradictions. No telling what lies at the end of the struggle

Coronavirus impact: Royal Enfield reports sales of 91 units in April

The company suspended operations and production across its factories, technology centres in India and UK, all company offices and dealerships in the country starting March 23, 2020

Barclays sticks to GDP projection of 0% in 2020; says lockdown 3 priced in

The government officially extended India's lockdown by another two weeks to May 17 on Friday evening

The largest retrospective of Raja Ravi Varma's ubiquitous works goes online

2020 marks 150 years of Raja Ravi Varma's first commissioned painting, a family portrait of Krishna Menon, a sub-judge of the Calicut Court.

Liquor shops to schools: What's open, what's not as India extends lockdown

Districts will be tagged as red, green and orange zones based on severity of coronavirus cases in extended lockdown.

And when the lockdown lifts?

The assumption from the state is that the citizen will 'misuse' individual liberty and get up to mischief if not threatened or coerced

Death, but not by Covid

The death of two iconic actors in quick succession would have been a terrible tragedy at the best of times. But this is the worst of times