Anand Prakash Srivastava The credit gap in India for MSME sector is estimated at around Rs. 25 trillion. Despite all the enabling laws, subsidies and relief measures granted by the government, the credit gap for MSMEs persists. On the other side, portfolio health and fear of NPAs remain a cause …

Dr. Seema Javed The UK-India economic relationship is already strong with bilateral trade of over £18bn in 2020, supporting nearly half-a-million jobs in each other’s economies. Earlier this year, the UK and Indian Prime Ministers launched the UK-India 2030 Roadmap, to bring the economies and people closer together over the …

Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi The announcement of lockdown as a measure to prevent and curb the spread of corona virus, most Dalit families faced accentuated deprivations and marginalization, heightening their struggle for survival. Vast majority of the Dalits encountered loss of livelihood and food insecurity as they earn and spend on …

Special Desk Hours after the American troop left Afghanistan on August 31 a chilling video emerged showing a body dangling from a US Black Hawk helicopter, reportedly over Kandahar. It is unclear if the person dangling from the rope was dead or alive or whether it was a human or …

Jubilee News Desk Bank of Baroda celebrated National Sports Day by organising an AMA session #SmashItWithSindhu2 with 2-time Olympic Medallist PV Sindhu and renowned sports commentator Mandira Bedi. The session has been viewed by more than 65,000 fans of the shuttler. Fans asked questions on various aspects of Sindhu’s journey. …

Special Desk A formal withdrawal by US forces has left Taliban as in charge at Kabul. The US had decided August 31 as the date for a final withdrawal and hence it did after two decades of war, leaving the Taliban in charge. America’s top military commander in the region, …

Jubilee News Desk  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched the September 2021 round of household surveys, which provide useful inputs for its monetary policy from the people. RBI said Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH), aims at capturing subjective assessments across 18 cities including Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, …

Special Desk  Apart from covid, Singaporeans are worried for another reason and that is job losses to migrant professionals. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong underlined the need to address Singaporeans’ anxieties over foreign work pass holders as there has been a rising concern among them about job losses to …

After several years of worsening climate around the world due to global warming a clear pattern of extreme unliveable heat, glacier melts, heavy rain& floods, increasing frequency of  storms & cyclones, drought and wildfires, locusts attacks , rising sea levels etc climate crisis has emerged. The latest report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …

Special Desk Neighbouring Nepal is still working to restrict spread of covid infection. The three districts in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley have decided to extend the ongoing lockdown till September 1. Most of the existing restrictive measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic will also continue except for lifting the ban on …