All stories by SHOBHA WARRIER
'Growth projections have to be taken with a pinch of salt'
Rediff.com2 Dec 2020'The question is, how soon we can expect to re-attain the pre-lockdown levels of output and income.'
'Modi engages mostly in personal theatre'
Rediff.com27 Nov 2020'... while leaving the dirty work he orders to his subordinates.'
'As many people must get vaccine free of cost'
Rediff.com25 Nov 2020''None of the existing vaccines have 100% efficacy.' 'Each vaccine will work openly on a certain percentage of the population.'
Who will get the COVID-19 vaccine first?
Rediff.com25 Nov 2020'You will not have a vaccine for everyone initially.'
'To oppose the BJP does not mean one is unpatriotic'
Rediff.com24 Nov 2020'The propagation of an absolutist narrative that shuts down any dissent is dangerous, irresponsible, and unbecoming of India's proud democracy.' 'The government must do better.'
'There is very serious rural distress and it is a major worry'
Rediff.com20 Nov 2020'MGNREGA is definitely like a lifeline and is the employer of the last resort'
'Give people confidence to rebuild their lives'
Rediff.com18 Nov 2020'It may take two years for the economy to return to normal.' 'We should ensure that the vulnerable do not dig into their savings or give up their assets because that will set them back by several years.'
'They worry about Arnab, what about my husband?'
Rediff.com12 Nov 2020'When Arnab Goswami's arrest became a talking point, the case of my husband who was arrested much earlier, was totally ignored.' 'When so many people spoke in support of Goswami, they were silent on a journalist named Siddique Kappan'
'I'll be a proud uncle when she becomes president also, the feeling doesn't change'
Rediff.com9 Nov 2020Gopalan Balachandran recalls his eldest sister Dr Sushila Gopalan and her daughter Kamala who is now the US vice-president-elect.
'GDP declined by 50% last quarter, not 23.9%'
Rediff.com9 Nov 2020'One cannot take it that the economy has recovered, and the GST payment has increased because of that, or that production is back to January 2020 level.'
'Govt must come with a survival package'
Rediff.com9 Nov 2020'Without reviving employment, consumer confidence will not go up.'
Does poor hygiene lead to fewer Covid deaths?
Rediff.com30 Oct 2020'Better hygiene practices could lower a person's immunity and make the person susceptible to auto-immune diseases.'
'Jackfruit flour may control diabetes'
Rediff.com28 Oct 2020'The group having rice flour and wheat flour showed an increase in glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c), and the group that took the jackfruit flour had a significant decrease in HbA1c.' 'Our results showed a decrease in fasting blood glucose (FBG) and postprandial glucose (PPG) after the green jackfruit flour meal.'
COVID-19: Grieving the loss of a dear one? Help is here
Rediff.com26 Oct 2020'How many people have died in India so far due to Covid?' 'Multiply that by at least four, and that many people in intense grief are there in the country.'
From Microsoft to Jackfruit 365!
Rediff.com22 Oct 2020'I knew there was a huge business opportunity, but it was Dr Kalam who made me jump into it as an entrepreneur.'
'Farm law gives corporates upper hand'
Rediff.com19 Oct 2020'If they add a small paragraph that no purchase will be allowed below the MSP, they have a winner on their hands'
Why are Covid cases going up in Kerala?
Rediff.com13 Oct 2020'It is a political failure, and not a medical failure.'
What Swadeshi Jaagran Manch wants changed in Modi's farm laws
Rediff.com7 Oct 2020'The SJM has requested the government to bring a change in the law which will ensure MSP as the floor price for all farmers below which nobody should buy anything from them.'
'Small traders lost Rs 4-5 lakh crores in lockdown'
Rediff.com7 Oct 2020'You have come out with a package for the kisan.' 'You have a package for industry.' 'But has anyone addressed the issues concerning small traders?'
'You cannot kill trade'
Rediff.com7 Oct 2020'When you oppose a policy, you are labelled anti-government.' 'The problem is, the policymakers have never done any business in their lives.'