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How bad can Covid-19 get?

These graphics look at various intervention scenarios and how they may affect the coronavirus trajectory. While these numbers are for the US, the lessons are applicable to any country

Podcast: How India can reclaim its lost economic glory - Part 2

In part 2 of a podcast with author and economist Arvind Panagariya, on his new book, India Unlimited: Reclaiming the Lost Glory, we take a look at governance reforms that could help attract foreign investments to India

Government cuts rates on small savings schemes to align rates further

The move is expected to help boost monetary transmission from banks, say experts

We need Amazon during the Coronavirus. That's a problem

Though the cracks began forming years ago, the widening pandemic could hasten physical retail's decline and strengthen the monopoly hold of Amazon and other online giants. This threatens to leave consumers with higher prices and less choice

Wall Street's stomach-churning month ends with a drop

Asian markets drift lower on glum investor sentiment

Responsible AI for all is a strategic imperative for businesses

Covid-19 lockdown gives e-learning a boost

As schools across the country scramble to move classes online, remote learning, which has otherwise seen slow adoption in traditional classrooms, will get a jumpstart

Coronavirus casualty: Celebrity culture is burning

The pandemic has disrupted relations among the masses, the elites and the celebrities—from Ellen DeGeneres to Priyanka Chopra—who liaise between them

Good news? Data shows restrictions are slowing coronavirus infections

New data offers evidence, in real time, that tight social-distancing restrictions may be working, potentially reducing hospital overcrowding and lowering death rates

Scary times for US companies spell boom for restructuring advisers

Giants such as Ford, Kraft Heinz and The Cheesecake Factory are grappling with the coronavirus hit on business. But for one group in the financial services industry—restructuring and bankruptcy advisers and lawyers—the emerging signs of pain for companies, both big and small, spell booming business

Of 'Covidivorces' and 'Coronababies': Life during a lockdown

These are glimpses of the radically altered lives of millions of people around the world who are navigating love, hate and the extensive terrain in between under the tyrannical rule of the coronavirus