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Unemployment at the beginning of the year was at eight per cent, the highest in Indias history. This was before the lockdown. Today it is around 20 per cent. PTI Photo

Aakar Patel | Modi and his bhakts, and the reality of today's India

Meanwhile, as if oblivious to the reality of the decline of India, Modi continues with his political games

16 Jun 2020 4:37 PM IST

In this file photo taken on August 29, 2019 a Changpa nomad shepherd puts pashmina goats out to pasture near Korzok village in the Leh district of Ladakh. AP Photo

Aakar Patel | China's long-term game: What does it really want?

From May, China has physically stopped Indian patrols from proceeding beyond Finger 4, effectively giving China full...

9 Jun 2020 4:57 PM IST

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Aakar Patel | Kerala a role model in war against Covid, let's all...

Remember, there is no cure for Covid-19, If you catch the infection, you can only wait for it to pass through you safely

28 May 2020 5:52 PM IST

Employees of German car manufacturer Porsche wear face masks as they work on power trains for the Taycan full-electric sportscar at the production site in Stuttgart, southern Germany. AFP Photo

Aakar Patel: Job security is a distant dream in lockdown times

The meaning of job security becomes especially clear in a time like this. For crores of us around the globe, that...

12 May 2020 4:36 PM IST

Indias GDP, or the total value of goods and services produced by our country, is derived primarily from formal sector data. PTI Photo

Aakar Patel: First time in a generation, India is staring at a...

The Economic Survey 2018-19 said over nine out of every 10 Indian workers are in this informal sector

6 May 2020 7:31 PM IST

A health worker walks inside a containment zone to collect details during lockdown to prevent the spread of new coronavirus in Hyderabad. AP Photo

Aakar Patel: Covid-19 has blown away all our fig leaves

Aakar Patel: Covid-19 has blown away all our fig leaves

28 April 2020 5:46 PM IST

India is a mob, Salman Rushdie said. (DC Photo: Deepak Deshpande)

Aakar Patel: It won't be back to normal on May 4; it will be a...

How many parents will take a chance with the lives of their children by sending them to school on May 4?

21 April 2020 11:11 AM IST

The countrys transportation system has been idle for over three weeks now. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Aakar Patel: India could not build medical capacity while on lockdown

This points to a lack of planning, strategy and execution. This is bad governance by definition.

15 April 2020 2:22 AM IST

People thrown out of livelihoods sit down for a meal at a soup kitchen set up by the Delhi government at a temporary shelter in the Nizamuddin area. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Aakar Patel: What will the new economy look like post Covid-19 crash?

The impact on the global economy may last for an entire generation

5 April 2020 5:47 PM IST

An Indian migrant workers family is silhouetted as they make the journey to their village by foot, following a coronavirus lockdown in New Delhi, India on March 28, 2020. Authorities sent a fleet of buses to the outskirts of New Delhi to meet an exodus of migrant workers desperately trying to reach their home villages during the worlds largest coronavirus lockdown. Thousands of people, mostly young male day laborers but also families, fled their New Delhi homes after prime minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown that began on Wednesday and effectively put millions of Indians who live off daily earnings out of work. (AP)

Testing key to lockdown's success, as fear of starvation looms

What will happen when the state apparatus needs to act beyond its capacity to cater to lakhs and crores of infected?

29 March 2020 7:23 AM IST

The Centre for the Monitoring of the Indian Economy says that corporate sales declined by 1.2 per cent in the October-December 2019-20 quarter (having declined by 2.8 per cent before that) and profits before tax shrunk by 10 per cent (compared to a shrinkage of 60 per cent in the previous quarter).

A bad time for India, but with bad leadership

Outside of the formal sector, data has been difficult to collect credibly in India.

1 March 2020 4:24 AM IST

Modi with Donald Trump at the Howdy Modi event in Houston last year. (AP)

Modi stands to gain if Trump returns to power

Donald Trump since becoming President has visited 20 countries of which the majority are in Europe.

23 Feb 2020 12:17 AM IST