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Nationwide mask mandate instead of lockdown could save 5 pc of GDP in US:
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 1 (ANI): As the United States is reeling from the financial impact of coronavirus pandemic leading to uncertainty, economists have suggested that a more painful shutdown could be averted if the country implements a nationwide mask mandate and could save the five per
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Veteran economist BPR Vithal Baru passes away at 93
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Retired IAS officer B P R Vithal Baru passed away here in Hyderabad in the early hours of Friday due to old age-related problems. He was 93.
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India's GDP could soar by 20 per cent post lockdown, predicts Goldman Sach
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 22 (ANI): India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) could soar by 20 per cent in the third quarter of 2020, according to predictions by Goldman Sachs which have been stated by The Economist in a detailed story on Economic Lockdowns and their implications.
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Job prospects for China's fresh graduates bleak as Red Dragon limps back t
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], May 5 (ANI): As China limps back to normalcy after COVID-19 outbreak, job prospects in the country seem to be truly bleak especially for the nine million students or so who are due to graduate in June.
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COVID-19: Assam CM holds meet with experts to come up with schemes to upli
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 28 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday held a meeting with all leading economists of the state for charting out a future course to uplift the economy when the COVID-19 situation is brought under control.
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Montek Ahluwalia to head expert group for post-COVID-19 revival in Punjab
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], April 26 (ANI): The Punjab government has constituted an experts group, headed by former deputy chairman of the Planning Commission and economist, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, to form a post-COVID-19 revival strategy for the state.
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In COVID-19 lockdown, US reports surge in domestic violence
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 23 (ANI): At a time when violent crimes, including murder, rape and assault, have plummeted owing some form of lockdown across the world to slow the spread of COVID-19, official figures cited by The Economist have shown a sharp rise in domestic violence--a crime
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Need to focus on direct transfer of welfare scheme benefits to migrant wor
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Chief Economist of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) SP Sharma on Friday said that for migrant workers, the Centre must focus on direct transfer of benefits of social welfare schemes in the wake of the national lockdown.
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We will light 'diyas' but you address economic woes : Chidambaram to PM Mo
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must listen to the advice of epidemiologists and economists to tackle India's economic woes.
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Form Task Force for reviving economy hit by coronavirus: CWC
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): Asking the Central government to immediately form an economic task force consisting of world-renowned economists to suggest plans to protect and revive the economy, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Thursday said that Rs 5-6 lakh crore will be neede
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Indian production growth eases amid export decline in March: IHS Markit
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Business conditions in the Indian manufacturing sector improved at the slowest rate for four months in March, hampered by softer rises in both output and new business, according to IHS Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) released on
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Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs say global recession is here
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar 18 (ANI): Economists from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs now believe that novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is pushing the global economy into recession.
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