NDA wins no-confidence motion against Mayor Hari Venkata Kumari

The no-confidence meeting was organised by district Collector and in-charge GVMC Commissioner M.N. Harendhira Prasad at the corporation office. | Photo Credit: V. Raju In a significant development in the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) comprising of Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Jana Sena Party (JSP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has…

COVID-Economics Links (May 3) ~ Antonio Fatas on the Global Economy

Menu Home Web Site About this Blog Search for: Sunday, May 3, 2020 Consumers’ Mobility, Expenditure and Online-Offline Substitution Response to COVID-19: Evidence from French Transaction Data – David Bounie, Youssouf Camara and John W. Galbraith (SSRN) It Matters that Most COVID Layoffs in March were Furloughs – Erica Groshen COVID-19 infection externalities: Herd immunity versus containment strategies Zachary…

Gurmeet Choudhary calls watching wife Debina grow into mother the ‘greatest honor of his life’

Mumbai, April 18 (IANS) Actor Gurmeet Choudhary took to social media to celebrate his wife Debina Bonnerjee’s birthday in the sweetest way possible. Calling her the “love of his life,” Gurmeet poured his heart out in a message that reflected deep love, admiration, and gratitude for the journey they’ve shared. He described Debina as the…

COVID-Economics Links (May 5) ~ Antonio Fatas on the Global Economy

COVID-Economics Links (May 5) ~ Antonio Fatas on the Global Economy Blogs, Opinions and Academic papers Towards a European Reconstruction Fund – Luis Garicano China’s weak social safety net will dampen its economic recover – Nicholas R. Lardy (PIIE) and Tianlei Huang (PIIE) China’s overseas lending and the looming developing country debt crisis – Sebastian Horn, Carmen Reinhart, Christoph…

India’s first fast-breeder nuclear reactor set for commissioning by 2026

Once operational, it will recycle spent fuel from India’s Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs), significantly reducing radioactive waste and enabling the shift to thorium-based reactors in the third stage of the nuclear cycle. | Photo Credit: S.S. Kumar India’s first prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tamil Nadu’s Kalpakkam is expected to be commissioned next year, nearly…