The government wants to complete the operations rapidly, including the actual counting of people, by February next year, reports Subhomoy Bhattacharjee. IMAGE: Roadside dwellers being enumerated......
'For the common man, the economic conditions are not going to get better.' IMAGE: Sri Lankans queue to buy cooking gas in Colombo. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters Dr Dushni Weerakoon is an......
There was the mistaken belief that there was no risk of a second wave anytime soon, reports Subhomoy Bhattacharjee. IMAGE: A policeman receives a shot of the Covid vaccine at a vaccination centre......
The modus operandi for immunising the country’s 1.35 billion population in stages has been thrashed out in more than one meeting among top government officials in the health ministry and the......
From trusted bureaucrat, to Wharton, MNC executive to businessman, and now politician, the man in charge of two weighty ministries is a unique all-rounder with specialist knowledge, reports......
'We plan to add over 100,000 square kilometres every year, to reach an ambitious target of 500,000 square kilometres by 2025.' Photograph: Kind courtesy ONGC In the wake of ONGC discovering what......
'If we want faster growth and want greater flow of credit towards the private sector, it's important to have many more of such large entities.' IMAGE: The HDFC Bank headquarters in Mumbai.......
NaBFID will be yet another attempt to create a development finance institution, after the eclipse of several others but on a far bigger scale. Subhomoy Bhattacharjee reports. Illustration: Dominic......
The reasons why these company bosses often functioned as employees rather than owners was that their compensation was not linked to performance. Subhomoy Bhattacharjee reports. Illustration:......
The government, it would seem, is reserving its firepower to spend on big-ticket items that will be announced in the Budget, reports Subhomoy Bhattacharjee. IMAGE: Union minister for finance......
Bengal had an unlikely hero in Subhomoy Das. Herescued the hosts with a delightful 95 in their Group A Ranji Trophy opener against two-time defending champions Rajasthan, in Kolkata. Das was not in......