‘Janivara’ row: Principal and staff dismissed in Bidar; two guards suspended at Shivamogga

Members of various brahmin organisations staged a demonstration in Mysuru on Saturday condemning the alleged incident in which a few students were asked to remove sacred threads at the CET examination centres in Shivamogga and Bidar. | Photo Credit: SRIRAM M.A. Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner Gurudatta Hegade, after verifying CCTV camera footage at a Common Entrance…

Goyal backs deep-tech dreams from village to city at Bharat Project launch

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and Shradha Sharma, Founder and CEO of YourStory at the launch of The Bharat Project Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal called for greater ambition among Indian entrepreneurs while acknowledging that innovation can emerge from anywhere in the country, including smaller cities and rural areas,…

Kancha-Gachibowli forest dispute: What the data says about India’s forest cover

Protests erupted over the Telangana government’s deforestation controversy related to the Kancha-Gachibowli land dispute involving the University of Hyderabad, eventually leading the matter to the Supreme Court. But how does this incident fit into the broader picture of forest loss across India? The data presents a conflicting narrative: according to Global Forest Watch, a private…

Target of May-end for NHPC’s Subansiri dam triggers downstream impact worries in Assam

File photo of the NHPC’s 2,000 MW Lower Subansiri project being constructed in Arunachal Pradesh. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR The NHPC’s plan to start generating electricity from the 2000 megawatt Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHP) has triggered downstream impact worries in Assam, specifically because an independent reservoir management authority recommended by an Environment…

Why NCC continues to be a worthy play on many infrastructure segments

After three-four years of robust growth, the infrastructure space saw traction slow down over the past year or so. A combination of multiple elections — parliamentary and assembly — over the past 12-odd months and the government’s undershooting of infrastructure-related budget spending last fiscal have resulted in slower project awards and delayed payments. However, for…

COVID-Economics Links (April 20) ~ Antonio Fatas on the Global Economy

Menu Home Web Site About this Blog Search for: Monday, April 20, 2020 Rationing Social Contact During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Transmission Risk and Social Benefits of US Locations – Benzell, Collis and Nicolaides (SSRN) A sustainable exit strategy – Mulheirn et al (Institute for Global Change) The underpinnings of Sweden’s permissive COVID regime – Niels Karlson, Charlotta Stern,…

Emami: Balmy in Volatile Times

With search for defensive bets intensifying, BSE FMCG index is up 5.3 per cent, a little more than two times that of BSE Sensex’s up-move, since the volatilities beginning from April 2. And Emami is a slightly differentiated play in this space, with revenue being rural led and product portfolio involving ayurvedic healthcare. FY24 marked…