Business
Coronavirus locking down Indian economy
March 20, 2020
Coronavirus is the third major blow to hit the Indian economy in the past four years. While large companies will make it, the informal sector is already gasping for breath. A complete lockdown could be the final blow to this large part of the Indian economy.
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Trump’s trade terror tactics
March 13, 2020
Hundreds of millions of the world’s poor could be badly hit by Donald Trump’s distorted vision of the global economy and trade. Last month, United States President Donald Trump abruptly ‘reclassified’ over half a dozen nations in terms of their economic status. Overnight,...
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European skill delegates brought to India by EIFE
February 22, 2020
India is the world’s youngest country, with 64 pc of the population in the working age. Approximately 70 million additional individuals of working age (aged between 15-59 years) are expected to enter the country’s labour force by 2023. Abundant in human resource, the Indian m...
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Himachal farmers switch to aromatic plants
February 14, 2020
Erratic weather conditions have made some farmers across the Himalayan state switch to aromatic plant cultivation to boost incomes.
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Facial recognition raising hackles
February 11, 2020
Facial recognition is being touted as a major technological breakthrough. Easy to abuse, its adoption needs to be strictly controlled.
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Budget 2020-21: A battle of unequals
February 6, 2020
With consumption at a four-decade low and unemployment at a 45-year high, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman missed the opportunity to use the budget to boost the economy and mitigate the problems of rural India. The Indian budget for fiscal year 2021, starting in March, was pre...
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India on the backfoot at WEF 2020 in Davos
January 29, 2020
At the recently concluded Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the usual star of the show, India, was on the defensive, unlike the previous years and notably in 2018 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the plenary speech, becoming the first Indian leader to del...
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Broken economies benefitting billionaires
January 24, 2020
As per the recent Oxfam Billionaires report, India's richest 1 pc hold more than four-times the wealth held by 953 million people who make up for the bottom 70 pc. As economic growth benefits only one percent, Amitabh Behar, CEO, Oxfam India, talks to Media India Group about the ...
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EIFE boost for Skill India Mission
January 21, 2020
A unique, multi-country delegation from Europe visits India to scout for opportunities of collaboration.
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EIFE and ORMAS organise EU-India workshop on skill...
January 15, 2020
In an attempt to provide a boost to India’s skill development ecosystem, Europe India Foundation for Excellence (EIFE), a not-for-profit organisation based in Brussels, brought a European delegation to present the expertise and best practices from Europe. Experts from leading s...
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