The relaxation of China’s zero Covid policy is expected to boost the global economy, but may fall short in the face a sharp decline in consumer demand. Read more »
As its tobacco control efforts have failed to help smokers quit, the best option for the government is assistance with cessation using harm reduction products. Read more »
GM crops are often seedless which could make the already-indebted farmers dependent on profiteering corporates. Read more »
Without sufficient finance, the world will fail to achieve its climate change mitigation, biodiversity and land degradation neutrality targets, says a UNEP report. Read more »
The industry says rollback of import duty hike may bring down gold smuggling, but the proposal may not find takers in the finance ministry which would like to keep imports low to... Read more »
After announcing the repo rate hike, the RBI governor hints that the war on inflation is far from over with core inflation remains sticky and food inflation stays exposed to global factors. Read more »
The proposed Digital India Act can model itself on European Union’s Digital Services Act which requires the governments’ takedown orders to be proportionate, reasoned and can be challenged. Read more »
The RBI panel is unlikely to go in for another aggressive interest rate hike that could hurt growth at a time when the global economy is staring at a recession. Read more »
The ESIC will invest 5% of its surplus funds in stocks in the beginning and will increase to 15%, based on the review of the investment after two quarters. Read more »
Much of the noise about green hydrogen comes from wishful thinking as the world is nowhere near producing enough green hydrogen to meet the rising energy demand. Read more »