Mahua Venkatesh

As many as 58 million jobs have been added between 2019 and 2022, recent data published by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) showed, amid concerns over rising unemployment especially in …

Pakistan’s once robust textile industry, considered the backbone of the economy, is under severe stress as several firms are inching towards default. Many of them have already shut down. The …

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to India – the second in exactly a year’s time—will have huge economic implications, which may not get due attention amid the focus on …

Saudi Arabia’s reluctance to provide any meaningful financial assistance to Pakistan, which is currently in the middle of an unprecedented economic crisis, is a wake-up call for Islamabad. It is …

Earlier this month, Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and now co-chairman and trustee of the Gates Foundation India hit the headlines when he prepared a millet khichdi along with Union Minister …

Within three weeks—since Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was arrested for his alleged involvement in the liquor excise scam, his boss and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) high command Arvind …

Why did Hindenburg Research fail to raise an alarm bell on the troubled Swiss lender Credit Suisse? Or for that matter Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, the two failed …

Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Das has been named the ‘Governor of the Year’ by Central Banking Awards for cementing critical reforms, overseeing world-leading payments innovation and …

The Centre, as part of the ‘Eat Right’ campaign, will aggressively increase its surveys on street food vendors and other restaurants to ensure basic quality and hygiene standards are not …

As negotiations between the International Monetary Fund and Pakistan for the resumption of the $6.5 billion financial assistance package is yet to yield any result, Islamabad is hoping China will …

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is closely monitoring the brewing banking crisis in the US after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank which have already impacted …

Less than two months ago, Bill Ackman, the high-profile American billionaire investor and hedge fund manager set out a shrill alarm bell for banks, dealing with the Adani group of …

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) may not have any indelible impact on the Indian startup ecosystem but fear of more such cases could deal a psychological blow. India …

The deepening economic crisis in Pakistan is leading to a large number of school dropouts. With surging inflation and shortage of essential items including food, many children are now being …

The Comptroller Auditor General of India (CAG) is now aggressively trying to rebuild its image from being the quintessential watchdog finding loopholes in the country’s public expenditure books to a …

Raghuram Rajan, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) who also served as chief economic adviser under former Finance Minister P Chidambaram never fails to stir up a …

Pakistan’s debt under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has continued to rise and rise at a pace of 15 per cent. Between July—the beginning of the new financial year in Pakistan– …

Notwithstanding restrictions, India’s rice exports to Africa have jumped during the current financial year. During the April-January period this financial year, India’s rice exports to African countries crossed 9 million …

New Delhi is ready to partner with Bangladesh in its military modernization exercise through the $500 million line of credit, Pranay Verma, India’s High Commissioner who organised a seminar in …

Even as cash starved Pakistan managed to get a lifeline after old ally China approved rollover of a loan of $1.3 billion, default risks continue to loom large. The rise …

The BJP and its allies are back in power in the northeastern states of Tripura and Nagaland. The BJP will also provide its support to Conrad Sangma led National People’s …