ovi Business & COVID-19: Public cloud to the rescue By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-13T17:54:34+05:30 This is the most crucial time to leverage the power of exponential technologies, especially cloud. Any organisation that is still in two-minds about moving to the cloud; needs to embark on a cloud adoption process immediately. Full Article Industry
ovi Covid-19 effect: Content production companies stare at large losses By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-17T00:15:00+05:30 OTT platforms do have a buffer in their libraries but delayed production schedules will hit revenues. Full Article Entertainment
ovi IT jobs during Covid-19 times By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-20T00:45:00+05:30 Sectors such as healthcare, pharmaceuticals, grocery and warehouses would call for additional talent with new skill-sets. Full Article Industry
ovi Covid-19 could hardly dent the earnings of Darjeeling first flush By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-20T02:45:00+05:30 West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has allowed resuming operations in the gardens of Darjeeling, Doars and Terai with a workforce of 25%. Full Article Industry
ovi Interview: Covid-19 pandemic will accelerate digitalisation, says Anjali Bansal, founder, Avaana Capital By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-20T06:10:00+05:30 Startups must maintain their financial health by conserving cash, cutting down on costs and renegotiating their existing contracts. Full Article Industry SME
ovi Covid-19 and highway sector: Take the highway to recovery By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-20T11:17:00+05:30 Easing financial burden, preventing project failures and protecting jobs are a must if sector’s to preserve its health. Full Article Infrastructure Roadways
ovi Covid-19 lockdown: Trai to conduct discussions via video conferencing from May 6 By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-02T02:00:00+05:30 The official also said as the social distancing norms will remain in effect in near future, it has to start conducting its discussions and other work online. Full Article Industry
ovi NRI BR Shetty to invest Rs 1000 cr to produce India’s biggest-ever movie ‘The Mahabharata’ By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2017-04-18T07:54:00+05:30 The promoters of the movie claim that it would be the costliest Indian movie and made in Hollywood style with technicians sourced globally. Full Article Entertainment
ovi Corporation Bank swings back in black as provisions decrease sharp 73 per cent By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2019-02-12T02:30:00+05:30 NII is the difference between interest earned and interest paid by a bank. The lender’s asset quality improved q-o-q with gross non-performing assets (NPA) of 17.36%, down 10 basis points over Q2FY19. Full Article Markets
ovi How brands can provide the best customer experience By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-03T12:40:52+05:30 ‘Share of experience’ is the new norm, and one needs to consistently make efforts towards it to survive in the modern age Full Article Brand Wagon
ovi Don’t force industry to pay wages during COVID-19 lockdown By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-25T05:50:00+05:30 Growth was already slowing before the corona outbreak; forcing industry to pay full wages imperils MSMEs’ survival Full Article Opinion
ovi Covid-19 pandemic: 800 million households dependent on remittances to be hit By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-25T06:02:00+05:30 Global and multilateral institutions and national governments need to come together to make sure that the loss of income is offset through cash-and-kind support. Full Article Opinion
ovi Risk, uncertainty and COVID-19: A stark choice By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-25T06:10:00+05:30 Risk has a known probability distribution. For uncertainty, the probability distribution is unknown. Covid-19 makes us confront uncertainty, not risk Full Article Opinion
ovi Designing minimum income guarantee post-Covid-19 collapse By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-25T06:30:00+05:30 Transfer amounts should also be linked to CPI. While PM-KISAN covers only farmers and is much more expensive and exclusive, such a transfer would avoid narrow coverage, also avoiding inclusion/exclusion errors Full Article Opinion
ovi Inside Track: Amid COVID-19 crisis, steps seem afoot to ensure Rahul Gandhi returns as Congress president By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-26T03:20:00+05:30 The impression was reinforced when Rajnath Singh, and not Shah, was appointed last month to head the 15- member high-power ministerial committee coordinating with states on ensuring movement of essential supplies during the lockdown. Full Article Opinion
ovi Why it is time to end Covid-19 lockdown By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-28T06:20:00+05:30 The lockdown has achieved its purpose. Extending it may not be worth the cost. Full Article Opinion
ovi Hunting for an anti-COVID-19 drug By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-29T04:15:00+05:30 WHO’s Solidarity and Oxford’s RECOVERY trials can give a clearer picture on some drugs that showed early promise. Full Article Opinion
ovi A new White Revolution: How COVID-19 could benefit the dairy industry By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-29T04:30:00+05:30 Covid-19 could benefit the dairy industry as consumers could shift from meat-based to dairy-based protein. The govt may consider reducing GST on ghee and milk fat from 12% to 5% . Full Article Opinion
ovi COVID-19 may double poverty in India By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-30T14:55:31+05:30 Even a 25% fall in their incomes due to the lockdown will make 354 mn more people poor. fixing this with cash transfers will cost the govt Rs 19,500 cr per month. Full Article Opinion
ovi South Korea’s COVID-19 success story By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-30T03:35:00+05:30 The country’s NGOs and trade unions were critical in monitoring the situation, and reaching vulnerable groups. Full Article Opinion
ovi Govts may not be able to isolate the true toll of the Covid-19 pandemic By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-30T04:15:00+05:30 Globally, experts are looking at “excess mortality” or mortality gaps as another measure of the coronavirus death toll. This approach compares the number of deaths during a certain period to the historical average. Full Article Opinion
ovi COVID-19’s costly trade-off: Unless lives are preserved, livelihoods become redundant By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-01T04:00:00+05:30 Coronavirus is ensuring the trade-off, especially for developing economies is significant, notwithstanding efforts to strike a balance Full Article Opinion
ovi COVID-19 crisis and the art of giving By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-01T04:15:00+05:30 A case could be made out for including chief ministers' relief funds in the list of entities eligible for corporate CSR funding Full Article Opinion
ovi COVID-19 pandemic: Reviving the aluminium industry to challenge China By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-01T14:56:32+05:30 The industry is the most apt for creating livelihoods. Govt should consider supporting SMEs in the sector through tariffs to prevent their collapse due to the pandemic Full Article Opinion
ovi COVID-19 lockdown: Urgent need to decongest megacities By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-01T06:00:00+05:30 Before tertiary infections take root, it could perhaps be a good to plan to decongest the slums by arranging travel of migrants to their home in orderly manner without losing time Full Article Opinion
ovi Fighting Covid: Need to expand Aarogya Setu to make it better By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-02T02:10:00+05:30 It must include those quarantined as well instead of just the infected; wider testing critical if the app has to work. Full Article Opinion
ovi Covid crisis: Govt orders like no pay and job cut can severely dent business confidence By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-02T04:00:00+05:30 Government orders on waiver of rents impinge on contractual rights. Full Article Opinion
ovi Covid fallout: 265 million people likely to face acute food insecurity By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-02T04:50:00+05:30 Corona will worsen world hunger, while malnutrition facilitates increased vulnerability to the pandemic. Full Article Opinion
ovi Dressing Covid numbers: Bengal’s handling of the Covid outbreak raises many questions By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-02T08:44:56+05:30 Bengal’s handling of the Covid outbreak raises many questions. Full Article Opinion
ovi Covid-19: Time to think of key tax reforms — Few suggestions By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-02T06:10:00+05:30 The Covid 19 crisis is an opportunity to redefine tax policy and law. A calibrated approach to balance welfare economics with a vision to pioneer economic activity and national growth is needed. Full Article Opinion
ovi What govts need to learn from Covid-19 crisis By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-02T06:20:00+05:30 Today, when the US, China, UK, France, etc, which spend much more on healthcare than other nations are facing a crisis, one can very well understand how bad the situation could have been if the outbreak was in the third world, where a majority of global poor live with very little or no access to public health care. The situation would have been much worse. Full Article Opinion
ovi Covid crisis: India at the cliff edge of a rating downgrade By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-02T06:30:00+05:30 India’s Achilles heel on ratings is its parlous state of fiscal affairs and the risk of a sharp deterioration of government debt to potentially ~75-80% of GDP. Full Article Opinion
ovi Coordinating Covid-Response: Global coordination needed to tackle Covid-19 crisis By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-03T18:13:13+05:30 The world must use this opportunity to fund global public goods and rebuild global systems to fight the right battles. Full Article Opinion
ovi Governments need to incorporate battling strategies for diseases like COVID-19 in their national security plans By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T01:40:00+05:30 In India, which is the biggest democracy in the world with over 1.3 billion people, the question of public health has never been debated in public. Full Article Opinion
ovi Building a resilient India: COVID-19 crisis is an opportunity to redefine tax policy and law By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T02:01:00+05:30 The Covid 19 crisis is an opportunity to redefine tax policy and law. A calibrated approach to balance welfare economics with a vision to pioneer economic activity and national growth is needed. Full Article Opinion
ovi Implement strong climate policy post COVID-19 By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T18:49:18+05:30 The lockdown is an opportunity to mainstream sustainability in economic policy as it has made citizens amenable to decisions that have a high discount rate. Full Article Opinion
ovi Covid-19 testing rates do not match mortality rates By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-05T15:26:55+05:30 We should continue to implement all the needed public health measures instead of projecting testing rates as the sole path to salvation Full Article Opinion
ovi Covid crisis: States must be assigned their rightful role By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-05T05:40:00+05:30 The basic decision making on the ground must be left to the states and should involve municipal corporations and wards. Full Article Opinion
ovi Private hospitals have a point in not admitting patients without testing for Covid-19 By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-05T06:00:00+05:30 Lack of PPE & shortage of testing kits is a real issue. Full Article Opinion
ovi Covid-19: Centre needs to refine the graded action plan if it is to work By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-05T06:10:00+05:30 Containment zones must be marked ‘red’, not the entire district; also, will activity be curtailed if areas turn ‘red’? Full Article Opinion
ovi What India should do to bolster confidence of investors in post Covid world By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-05T06:30:00+05:30 India’s share of world manufacturing output is just 3%; it can easily be raised to 6% in 3-4 years, and 15% by 2030 Full Article Opinion
ovi Covid-19 pandemic: Growth lessons for states from Gujarat, Karnataka By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-06T03:45:00+05:30 The pandemic and its economic consequences have given every state economy the unprecedented opportunity to take bold decisions and accelerate decadal growth. Full Article Opinion
ovi COVID-19 lockdown: Stricter action required against violators of social distancing norms By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-06T04:00:00+05:30 Liquor-store crowds show the masses still don’t understand the importance of social distancing in fighting Covid-19 Full Article Opinion
ovi Challenges beyond Covid-19 crisis: UGC should seriously think about an SAT-style entrance test By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-06T04:30:00+05:30 Covid-19 presents an opportunity for UGC to push for US SAT-style common entrance exam Full Article Opinion
ovi Covid lockdown: When you can’t litigate and arbitrate By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-06T05:15:00+05:30 Given the many advantages it has over traditional litigation during the corona crisis, arbitration should no longer be just an alternative dispute resolution mechanism, but the primary choice for adjudicating disputes. Full Article Opinion
ovi Niti Aayog CEO bats for ‘flexi-work’ in post-Covid world By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-06T05:50:00+05:30 Building infrastructure to enable remote working will boost economy. Full Article Opinion
ovi Do a big retail bond issue to part-fund COVID-plan By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-07T03:30:00+05:30 Banks don’t want to lend, so if `2-3 lakh crore of deposits flow to a 5% govt bond, a Covid-plan can be part-financed. Full Article Opinion
ovi An army against COVID-19: How countries like Israel, South Korea, US are racing to develop Corona vaccine By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-07T04:10:00+05:30 Israel has just reported a potent monoclonal antibody (mAb) against SARS CoV-2. Firms in South Korea, the US are leading mAb trials. Full Article Opinion
ovi COVID-19 war: Where are India’s rich, its temples? By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T05:01:00+05:30 In an unprecedented crisis, you would expect them to take full responsibility for lakhs of poor; as they did in ancient times. Full Article Opinion
ovi Relax FRBM target for states to fight COVID-19 By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T05:30:00+05:30 States should be allowed to issue ‘pandemic relief’ bonds, with the central bank being allowed to buy these bonds by printing money and monetising their debt. Full Article Opinion