Articles by Auhona Mukherjee
Business activity falls to nine-month low in September
India’s private sector business activity, as seen in the Flash Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), fell to a nine-month low in September, dragged down by a softening in manufacturing sector output growth.
Updated on Sep 24, 2024 08:24 AM IST
Number Theory: Free trade is beneficial, but with a few caveats
The World Trade Organization is perhaps facing its most difficult test today since its inception
Updated on Sep 13, 2024 03:38 PM IST
Number Theory: Free trade has benefits but there are caveats
The latest World Trade Report, it is the flagship publication of the WTO, acknowledges this challenge categorically but also tries to build case for free trade
Published on Sep 13, 2024 09:44 AM IST
Number Theory: Have oil prices and Israel been dehyphenated?
Does it mean that oil prices and Israel have been dehyphenated today? Here are four charts which try and answer this question
Published on Sep 05, 2024 09:26 AM IST
Number Theory: Why crime against women remains a pressing concern
The brutal rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata has led to protests that are comparable to those that followed the gang rape of a young women in 2012 in Delhi
Updated on Aug 31, 2024 10:30 AM IST
Number Theory: Hathras and the gaps in emergency health infra
Among the most important requirements for hospitals when it comes to dealing with a Hathras kind of tragedy is what is called 'surge capacity'.
Updated on Jul 12, 2024 08:17 AM IST
Number Theory: Decoding the scale of economic challenges confronting Starmer
The 2008 Global Financial Crisis and 2016 Brexit have been the two most important blows for the UK economy, seriously eroding its economic might in the world.
Published on Jul 10, 2024 08:48 AM IST
Number Theory: India’s consumption inequality in 3 charts
The biggest difference between the expenditure of the top 5% and bottom 5% in rural India was seen in the consumption of second-hand durable goods.
Published on Jun 12, 2024 08:39 AM IST
Understanding TMC’s surprise 29-seat romp in West Bengal
TMC's big victory in West Bengal in 2021 assembly elections was due to gaining seats in all sub-regions compared to 2019.
Updated on Jun 05, 2024 07:23 AM IST
Number Theory: Are deaths by accidental fires rising in India?
Data from the World Health Organization’s Mortality Database shows that fire-related deaths in India are higher than a lot of countries.
Published on May 29, 2024 08:39 AM IST