Straight Talk

The RBI's coherent response in an uncertain time

May 05, 2021

The RBI's coherent response in an uncertain time

Das’s focus today was on relief for micro, small and medium businesses and individual borrowers who have been hit again by the second wave.

May 01, 2021
Kerala discusses different scenarios ahead of counting day

Four different outcomes are being discussed, including a slender majority to wide margin, and even the possibility of a hung Assembly.
April 28, 2021
Vaccine revolution: How Cuba developed five COVID-19 vaccines in a short time

Despite the blockade Cuba makes an amazing breakthrough in the fight against COVOD-19. It is the only country in the Latin America and the Caribbean region to develop and produce vaccines against COVID-19.
April 26, 2021
Opinion | Will economics trump politics on May 2?

Despite a weak financial structure, Kerala’s Treasury has been buoyant all these five years and the State Government has managed to spend its way through two floods, a cyclone and now Covid.
April 22, 2021
Column | Bureaucracy and COVID during interregnum

Though not a caretaker government, the interregnum has given the government the characteristics of a caretaker.
April 08, 2021
Column | Give or take? BJP’s ascent works in more ways than one

It seems that the UDF will rebound and the LDF is unlikely to retain the pride of place. That leads us to the possibility of a slender margin no matter who the winner is.
April 08, 2021
COVID-19: Learn from mistakes, prepare for second wave

The second wave of COVID-19 is a reality. Many states are facing a crisis because they are unable to contain the second wave of the pandemic.

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