Despite the festive spirit, consumers are preferring small purchases. Around 46 per cent of families said they'll shop clothes over big-budget items on Dussehra or Diwali.
Mumbai: Is minimum social distancing even possible in Maximum City?
As Mumbaikars eagerly anticipate unlocking orders expected on the 1
st of June, the sharp realisation that stares us in the face after this most lethal second Covid wave is that greater freedom will come with much greater responsibility on the part of us citizens.
Another alarm call that this pandemic has set off, that cannot be put on snooze mode anymore, is the need to invest in public health in Mumbai, which is different from health care and encompasses housing, sanitation and open spaces. This is a long term measure but crucial for successful social distancing.
Small finance banks (SFBs) in India are expected to face broad delinquencies across loan portfolios amid the turmoil caused by the second wave of the pandemic, analysts said
India should prioritise digital, health investments to recover from economic havoc: UN expert
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India will have to invest heavily in infrastructure in order to recover from the economic havoc brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, even if that means going in for deficit financing, according to a UN expert. A crisis often presents an opportunity and making the right investments can have a multiplier effect in steering the economies to a recovery, while also making a monumental difference in people s life, Hamid Rashid, the head of the UN Development Research Branch, said on Wednesday in an exclusive interview to
India Reports Over 4L COVID-19 Cases, Over 4K Deaths In Last 24Hrs
India is currently reeling under the ferocious second coronavirus wave which has swept the country with a rising number of daily active cases. India is currently reeling under the ferocious second coronavirus wave which has swept the country with a rising number of daily active cases. On Sunday, India recorded 4,03,738 fresh COVID-19 cases in a day, which pushed the tally to 2,22,96,414. The death toll climbed to 2,42,362 with 4,092 daily deaths, the data updated at 8 am showed. Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased to 37,36,648, comprising 16.76 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 82.15 per cent.