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Mahua Venkatesh

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Mahua Venkatesh specialises in covering economic trends related to India and the world along with developments in South Asia.

  • India

    In Nagaland, women rejoice as voters perch two female MLA’s in state assembly for the first time

    by Mahua Venkatesh March 2, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh March 2, 2023

    For the women in Nagaland, it is a day of celebration. This year’s assembly election results will be etched in history– for the first time, the state has got women …

  • Economy

    Why BJP’s success in the Northeast state elections is important for India?

    by Mahua Venkatesh March 2, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh March 2, 2023

    The assembly election results of the three northeastern states of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya have boosted BJP’s foothold in the region which is strategic to India’s Act East policy. The …

  • Economy

    Pakistan grinds its teeth as IMF reads out the riot order

    by Mahua Venkatesh March 1, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh March 1, 2023

    Cash starved Pakistan, which is currently in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for resumption of the $6.5 billion loan programme has been miffed by the multilateral agency, which …

  • Economy

    As Pakistan awaits IMF loan, inflation soars amid fears of default

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 26, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 26, 2023

    “Must we starve our children to pay our debts?” former Tanzania President Julius Nyerere in 1986 had once asked. Many in Pakistan are now asking the same question even as …

  • Economy

    UP budget focuses big on infra, women and youth in quest for $1 trillion economy

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 22, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 22, 2023

    Close on the heels of the Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit and state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath promising to touch the $1 trillion mark economy in the next five years, …

  • Economy

    How Team Modi’s self-help groups quietly empowered rural women

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 20, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 20, 2023

    The Narendra Modi government is set to thrash out more measures to boost the self help groups empowering lakhs of women in the rural areas, as it sets its journey …

  • Economy

    As Pakistan raises taxes to please IMF, many smaller firms may be forced to shut down

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 19, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 19, 2023

    Several industries in Pakistan are already in stress after Islamabad unveiled its (Pakistani) Rs 170 billion mini budget to conform to the International Monetary Fund’s demand, a prerequisite to resume …

  • Tech

    How innovation by two music lovers measures human body sounds, checks health status

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 19, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 19, 2023

    For rapper and audiophile Sumukh Mysore, the human heart beat and various other sounds that the body makes is music to the ear. The multitude of sounds that each body …

  • Economy

    Pakistanis face prospects of hunger as Sharif bows to IMF, hikes fuel prices

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 16, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 16, 2023

    Hunger levels in Pakistan will further rise in the coming months. As the Shehbaz Sharif government thrashed out a harsh diktat–raising fuel prices to meet the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) …

  • India

    British MP slams broadcaster, US response muted to IT “surveys” at BBC India offices

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 15, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 15, 2023

    Even as Indian taxmen continued to conduct “surveys” on the premises of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in New Delhi and Mumbai for the second day today, international reaction has been …

  • Economy

    Should private investors follow Adani’s lead in developing infrastructure, despite risks?

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 14, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 14, 2023

    Amid the Hindenburg report accusing Gautam Adani-driven Adani Group of gross manipulation in stock markets, two questions have come in focus: first, will the Adani Group lead to a collapse …

  • Economy

    After Delhi Mumbai Expressway, all eyes are now on Ahmedabad-Dholera project

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 13, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 13, 2023

    After the inauguration of phase one of the much-awaited Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, all eyes are on the 109 km long Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway. India’s first high speed multimodal corridor integrating road and …

  • Economy

    Pakistan’s pharma sector takes a big hit amid deepening economic crisis

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 12, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 12, 2023

    Hit by acute shortage of imported raw materials, rising prices and sliding currency, Pakistan’s pharmaceutical companies have threatened to halt production as Islamabad continues to fire-fight to stay afloat. This …

  • Economy

    Will India’s focus at G-20 on blue economy help counter climate change, spur equity?

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 11, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 11, 2023

    India, which currently holds the chair for both G20 and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation SCO, is all set to raise the pitch on conservation of marine and coastal ecosystems especially for …

  • Opinion

    Is Adani being targeted because he is part of the New India story?

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 10, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 10, 2023

    Gautam Adani, the billionaire industrialist and promoter of the Adani Group of companies has always been treated with suspicion especially since his meteoric rise in the last few years. He …

  • Economy

    Staring at default, will Pakistan go for debt restructuring kicking and screaming?

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 10, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 10, 2023

    After Sri Lanka, will Pakistan be the second South Asian nation to participate in the debt restructuring exercise? Amid deepening economic crisis and a stalemate in talks with the International …

  • Economy

    Pakistan on tenterhooks as talks with IMF go down to the wire

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 9, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 9, 2023

    Worries for Pakistan have risen as the ongoing ninth review of the loan package under the Extended Fund Facility of the International Monetary Fund is slated to end today and …

  • Economy

    Adani Group stocks start picking up again

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 7, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 7, 2023

    Billionaire businessman Gautam Adani’s net worth is beginning to climb once again with all Adani Group stocks trading in green today. The biggest gain was for Adani Enterprises, which had …

  • Economy

    Auditing of local bodies key as India aims to touch $5 trillion economy: CAG

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 6, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 6, 2023

    As India aims to touch the $5 trillion economy by 2025, credible accounting amid expanded use of technology and digital payments will be key along with upgradation of existing data …

  • Economy

    Cybercrime causing $6 trillion annual loss to global economy, says CAG Murmu

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 6, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 6, 2023

    Lucknow:  Technology, artificial intelligence (AI), digitisation, and cyber security are the key focus areas at the sixth meet of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs). Projecting India’s rapid progress …

  • Economy

    Lucknow gears up to host global meetings this week

    by Mahua Venkatesh February 5, 2023
    by Mahua Venkatesh February 5, 2023

    All roads this week will lead to Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh’s capital. The city is gearing up to host the sixth Supreme Audit Institutions’ (SAI) leaders meet under the Shanghai Cooperation …

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