BY DR DODUL MONDAL The world has been rattled by the ongoing coronavirus infection (COVID19) which started from the city of Wuhan, China somewhere in late 2019. So far, more than a million people have…
By TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE The slew of announcements by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to lower the repo rate, reverse repo rate, cash reserve ratio and allowing financial institutions the bandwidth to offer a three…
By PRADIP BAIJAL Humankind is now facing a global crisis. Perhaps the biggest crisis of our generation. The decisions people and governments take in the next few weeks will probably shape the world for years…
By Arun Kejriwal A week can be a very long time and last week was a classic example. It began with the markets falling very sharply and the BSESENSEX losing just about 4,000 points on…
BY SAEED NAQVI What will the world look like after the coronavirus induced shut down? I am not in possession of a crystal ball for global survey but I can activate my intuition on the…
BY D.C. PATHAK The unprecedented and unfamiliar ‘life and deat’ crisis that the corona pandemic has created in the perception of the people at large in India, is throwing up a new challenge of dealing…
BY YAJURVINDRA SINGH The deadly coronavirus has brought a complete lockdown to cricket around the world as well. One has never ever experienced such a catastrophe with every country around the globe under a threat…
By Dodul Mondal This is a tough time. Perhaps the toughest medical crisis as far as I can remember. WHO says 197 countries across the globe are infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-2019). Globally, 537,042 people…
BY D.C. PATHAK Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation a second time on March 24 made the anticipated announcement of a nation-wide total lockdown for three weeks — to be enforced with administrative rigour…
By Maj Gen (retd) S.B. Asthana The coronavirus COVID-19 has affected 195 countries and territories around the world and one international conveyance (the Diamond Princess cruise ship harbored in Yokohama, Japan) as on midnight 23…
Los Angeles, March 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pop singer Miley Cyrus and her former “Hannah Montana” co-star Emily Osment enjoyed a virtual “reunion of the decade” on the singer’s Instagram Live show “Bright Minded”. The 27-year-old singer…
Jaipur, March 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) All the 277 evaccues who arrived in India from COVID-19 hit Iran on Wednesday are coronavirus negative, said additional chief secretary of Rajasthan Rohit Kumar Singh. Of the 277 Indians, 273…
By Arun Kejriwal Markets were in a really bad shape last week and just about managed to recover some ground on Friday. They lost on the first four days of the week. BSE SENSEX lost…
BY SAEED NAQVI In Nandita Das’ film, Manto, the great story writer, who loved Bombay beyond distraction, finds himself under pressure from family, in the midst of the post Partition carnage, to leave for Lahore….
BY ACHINT ARORA A recession is a macroeconomic term that refers to a significant decline in general economic activity in a designated region. However, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), defines a recession as…
BY D.C. PATHAK Just as there is no leadership without followers there would be no business if it did not have customers. Business is a venture of the people, by the people and for the…
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy chairs a meeting with district collectors and SPs on COVID-19 prevention measures amid coronavirus pandemic, via video conferencing in Vijayawada on March 20, 2020. (Photo: IANS)…
By Yajurvindra Singh Cricket would never have become popular or flourished without the support from the writers and commentators. Not all of them played the game but their passion, love and undying zest to relay…
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy talks to the media, in Vijayawada on March 15, 2020. (Photo: IANS) YS Jagan Mohan Reddy joined with the hope of being a young dynamic CM…
BY ASHIS RAY I thank you for what I consider to be a great honour to say a few words on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of his birth centenary. It’s a matter of…