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Business News > Mint Authors > Bibhudatta Pradhan

Bibhudatta Pradhan

ARTICLES BY BIBHUDATTA PRADHAN

Photo: Bloomberg

India has a double mutant coronavirus variant. Should we worry?

6 min read . 17 Apr 2021

Indian companies had so far been required to seek licenses and approvals to create and publish maps and other geospatial data ( Photo: Bloomberg)

Govt ends barrier on surveying, mapping to boost infrastructure

1 min read . 15 Feb 2021

People stand at integrated metro car depot site of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority at Kanjurmarg area in Mumbai, on Jan. 25.

Centre targets land disputes that cripple India’s infrastructure

5 min read . 04 Feb 2021

As of Monday, India distributed about 2 million shots nationwide

India has plenty of coronavirus vaccines but few takers

5 min read . 27 Jan 2021

The new laws seek to remove restrictions on marketing farm products and allow cultivators to engage with private companies to sell their crops which farmers (Photo: ANI)

Govt begins talks with farmers’ groups as protests simmer

1 min read . 01 Dec 2020

The other two bills that have been approved are related to social security and occupational safety (Photo: Mint)

Parliament passes labour reform bills to end investors’ hurdle

1 min read . 23 Sept 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

India to focus on health, economy as COVID-19 surges, PM Modi says

1 min read . 09 Jul 2020

People line up without maintaining physical distance to buy liquor outside one the liquor shops which reopened Monday after six weeks lockdown on the outskirts of Mumbai, (Photo: AP)

Violence mars first day out of tight coronavirus lockdown

2 min read . 04 May 2020

Some 441 people from the center are being tested for Covid-19 and 1,107 others have been placed under quarantine (Photo: PTI)

Coronavirus: Delhi’s Nizamuddin, Noida among top 10 COVID-19 hotspots in India

3 min read . 31 Mar 2020

India is trying to contain the virus by closing its borders, testing incoming travellers and contact tracing from those who tested positive. (AP)

India could become the next global hotspot for virus cases

4 min read . 18 Mar 2020

People wear a face mask to protect from Corona Virus at Andheri International Airport, in Mumbai. (ANI )

Mass tests vital to map coronavirus spread after first death in India

3 min read . 13 Mar 2020

A man applies finishing touches to paintings of US President Donald Trump and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a wall as part of a beautification along a route that Trump and Modi will be taking during Trump's upcoming visit, in Ahmedabad (REUTERS)

Narendra Modi, Donald Trump focus on big crowds, sidestepping differences

4 min read . 23 Feb 2020

A Punjab National Bank (PNB) branch wear a deserted during trade unions' nationwide strike, in Mumbai on 8 Jan. 2020 (Photo: PTI)

Strike over govt’s economic policies disrupts banks, transport services

1 min read . 08 Jan 2020

Modi’s cabinet on Wednesday approved the Industrial Relations Code bill, which empowers the government to change the ceiling on employee count for a company to retrench workers without government approval. (Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

Narendra Modi’s labour reform push may remove key hurdle for investors

3 min read . 26 Nov 2019

India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar attends the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Bangkok. (Reuters)

India looks to Indo-Pacific amid simmering US-China trade war

2 min read . 01 Aug 2019

India is looking to create its own Davos for bigger global role

1 min read . 05 Jul 2019

India Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (AFP)

The biggest challenges facing Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

4 min read . 03 Jul 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is seeking to pay farmers at least 50% more than the cost of their produce, boosting the retail prices of about a dozen monsoon-sown crops, due for harvest in October. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Narendra Modi puts inflation goals at risk in bid to meet farm pledge

2 min read . 12 Apr 2018

The statistics office is forecasting expansion of 6.6% in the year through March while the central bank expects government programs to boost rural incomes and investment will help underpin demand. Photo: AFP

Signs of revival in rural India predict recovery for economy

4 min read . 15 Mar 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration will introduce an industrial relations bill in Parliament, according to a person with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be identified. Photo: Vipin Kumar/HT

Narendra Modi renews labour reforms push as jobs regain focus before elections

2 min read . 14 Mar 2018