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Let us change from Corona Virus to some other topic. Need a distraction. Merger bells are tolling for ten state-run banks, which will re-assert themselves into four bigger banks from April 1. Styled as the ‘mega bank consolidation plan’, the amalgamation raises some hope that...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 21-day lockdown has started showing its ugly underbelly as thousands upon thousands leave cities such as Delhi, which are crippled by the lockdown. The state government appears clueless as much as the Centre and the Opposition leadership is crying hoarse about...

Why is India in lockdown? Our economy has come to a halt and there are predictions that gross domestic product may contract by as much as 5% because of this loss of production. Clearly there is a good and strong reason for us to all...

He may have left behind a mixed legacy at Air India, but Ashwini Lohani is clearly a babu in demand. After being at the helm of the troubled carrier twice, and been Chairman of the Railway Board, among his other accomplishments, some thought that Lohani’s...

CoVID-19 has sent a chill down the spine of every individual, regardless of who or where s/he is. The disease has hit 175 nations. Some of the most advanced countries in the world, such as the US, Italy, Spain, Germany, France and the UK, with...

By now you must be fed up with reading or listening to things about the coronavirus. It has taken everyone’s attention away from what they do, to whether they want to live or not. Economy, foreign affairs, shops closed, a potential food rationing coming up,...

The situation that most world leaders are in today is comparable to that of a lucky idiot stumbling upon a sack full of gold coins. It is enviable and perhaps deserves applause similar to the 5pm one that many of us Indians gave health workers...

While gloating and claiming a non-existent success, a Union Cabinet Minister had recently stated that there has virtually been no terror or Left Wing Extremist attack across the country because of the strong policies adopted by the Modi government. Barely a few weeks would have...

The nation, apparently, has again reposed trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and made the ‘Janata Curfew’ a success. People by and large have kept indoors with the same fortitude that they stood in line during demonetisation. Of course, this is an entirely different kettle...

The population of India in the first census of 1872 was 206,162,360. Meaning 20.61 crore on the subcontinent, including what is today Bangladesh and Pakistan. In 1881, this rose by 23% to 25.38 crore. Some of this was due to an increase in population and...