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Cooperatives 2.0

by Joe C Mathew |Aug 6, 2021

The National Cooperative Policy, funding support and legislative measures to turn cooperatives more transparent and professional can boost growth in a big way

Siddharth Shah, CEO and Founder, PharmEasy -- Photograph by Mandar Deodhar

Champ in the Making

by PB Jayakumar |Jul 22, 2021

PharmEasy's deal to buy Thyrocare is the first-ever acquisition of a listed company by an Indian unicorn. Here is the story behind the miracle

Photograph by Chandradeep Kumar

A Long Shot

by Joe C Mathew |Jul 22, 2021

The race to meet the December 31 deadline for vaccinating the country's 94-crore adult population against Covid-19 is fraught with challenges such as production-supply risks and vaccine hesitancy

Hasmukh Adhia

Adhia's Yogic Side

by Joe C Mathew |Jul 22, 2021

Three years since his retirement, Adhia has been pursuing his passion, yoga and meditation, which he has been practising even during his North Block days, and learning scriptures, including the Upanis...

In May 2020, a similar survey carried out by LocalCircles had seen 46 percent of consumers expecting their savings to decline. This has increased marginally now to 49 percent.

Uncertainty due to Covid-19 persists; 78% expect household earnings to fall in FY22

by Joe C Mathew |Jul 16, 2021

The survey concluded that on an aggregate basis, 79 percent of households are getting less value for same or more money spent on monthly essentials or grocery costs as compared to its cost in December...

Plans to expedite COVID-19 transportation at airports

Customs plans to fast track transport of Covid-19 vaccines from airports

by Joe C Mathew |Jul 16, 2021

The changes are happening at a time when India is negotiating with companies like Pfizer and Moderna to supply their new generation mRNA vaccines for Covid-19 to augment local supplies

PM Narendra Modi has set an ambitious goal of TB eradication in India by 2025, ahead of the 2030 target of the Sustainable Development Goals/Photo: Reuters

Why this new combination drug regimen offers hope for India's drug-resistant TB patients

by Joe C Mathew |Jul 15, 2021

India has leading number of TB cases globally, accounting for more than 1 in 4 of all active TB cases, including around 120,000 cases of drug-resistant forms of TB

SJM submitted its suggestions before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture, which is looking at PMB Bill 2020 at the moment

RSS affiliate wants stringent provisions to promote domestic production of pesticides

by Joe C Mathew |Jul 15, 2021

SJM submitted its suggestions before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture, which is looking at PMB Bill 2020 at the moment. The Bill, once enacted, will replace the Insecticide Act 1968

The study focuses on the experience of rural households during and following the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic since March 2020

1st Covid-19 wave hit rural Bihar hard; govt support patchy, says study

by Joe C Mathew |Jul 14, 2021

Study finds 52 per cent households were not eligible for free cooking gas cylinders for three months under Prime Minister Ujjawala Yojana. Around 31 percent households had no women Jan Dhan accounts t...

Photograph by Vivek Dubey

WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidy: Civil society fears discrimination against developing nations

by Joe C Mathew |Jul 13, 2021

The representatives of civil society groups say that Special and Differential Treatment is a central part of these negotiations and is something that historically developing countries have had to figh...