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Shweta Punj

Shweta Punj

Senior Editor, India Today

shweta.punj@intoday.com

For stories of triumph, inspiration, innovation and thriving in the new normal.

By Shweta Punj

How Covid is taking a toll on education of the girl child

As the economy worsens before it becomes better, young women would be asked to take on household chores or become earning members of the family, and education will take a back seat.

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The Wonder Women leading India's Coronavirus war

This is a war that the women of India are winning as they lead key institutions, departments, ministries, states or quietly work in their villages.

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Good news on Covid-19: Drugs, sunshine, vaccine aid in India’s war with coronavirus

The India story is looking good as compared to the rest of the world.

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Health over economic emergency: India's choice

In the fight between lives and livelihoods, the Indian government has adopted the approach of saving lives and tackling with the Covid-19 health emergency.

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Why Finance Minister relaxing IBC is the most important move for businesses

The default threshold limit is being increased to Rs 1 crore from the previous Rs 1 lakh to prevent triggering of IBC proceedings for medium and small enterprises.

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Trump's visit to India: After hugs, let's talk economics

Rethinking Indo-US trade: India and United States have been strategic partners but wrinkles remain and for both countries to benefit, the diplomacy needs to go beyond the optics.

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JNU protests will fade. The average student will pay with her future

The protests will fade away while the average JNU student will continue to suffer.

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Why the current economic slowdown is worse than that of 2008

The government is yet to even acknowledge that there is a slowdown.

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How Narendra Modi won: He is India's most loved leader today. And he determinedly wooed one section of the populace

The Modi narrative, of a selfless, disciplined, visionary leader, who's worked his way to the top caught, the imagination of Indians. For the second time. But he didn't just rest on his legend.

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Do we really want to give our youth free money?

Rahul Gandhi’s move to ensure minimum income guarantee (MIG) for the poor is well-intentioned. But it could damage the psychology of a nation which is proud of its demographic dividend.

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India on hold: What the markets are telling us

As assembly results arrive, and Urjit Patel exits, the markets shook at the thought of life without Narendra Modi.

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Assembly Polls 2018: India deserves more than empty promises from its politicians

Come December 11 when the results come, people of India will lose and the netas will win as there is no way all that's been promised can be implemented.

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The difficulty of being Urjit Patel

A war of words, marathon meetings and the RBI does pretty much what the government wanted it to. So, why the high voltage drama?

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Pain of IL&FS crisis will be much deeper for real estate and construction sector

Brace up for more job losses and slackening demand. The government needs to act quickly and cushion the impact of the credit squeeze.

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Rajasthan elections: Why Vasundhara Raje needs to amplify her message for women voters to make a comeback

Most women said they would vote but their decision of whom to vote for would be taken by the men in their families – husband, brother or son.

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Why Arun Jaitley's fuel price cut is bad economics

Getting populist at a time when government’s macros are on a shaky ground is a risk to India’s credibility.

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Why govt must make Johnson & Johnson bleed for selling faulty implants in India

How New Delhi deals with this breach of trust will determine how seriously the world treats Indians as consumers.

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Vajpayee’s finance minister Yashwant Sinha remembers his economics and his way of getting things done

Vajpayee was determined to leave a legacy behind.

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How PepsiCo let me down: Indra Nooyi need not have been replaced with a white male CEO

Indra Nooyi’s exit from the company she reinvented throws up more questions than answers.

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Why global survey which claims India is most dangerous country for women is misleading and sensational

Thomson Reuters Foundation’s survey of 548 experts on 'women’s issues' needs to be taken with a pinch of salt.

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Rape is not a morality issue; death should not be too

Here’s what the government ought to do next to be taken seriously in this fight.

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World Economic Forum: The problem with PM Modi's 'come to India' invitation

The ease of doing business in the country is not quite a reality yet.

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The many dangers of Hardik Patel's caste politics

For India to truly progress, it needs to rise above caste and religion.

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We are what we breathe. Delhi must not stop fighting smog

The truth is that India is not the first to be faced with this daunting challenge and there are lessons that it can learn.

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One year on, it is clear demonetisation was an audacious move

Sustained efforts at ensuring ease in tax transactions and better digital infrastructure will determine the success of the move.

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