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Number Theory: Four things to watch out for in today’s budget
Published on Jul 23, 2024 07:17 AM IST
Any significant increase in transfers to select states is bound to eat into the fiscal room available to the central government for other things.
Problematics | Crorepati at 100
Celebrate the 100th week of Problematics with a special puzzle centred on Kaun Banega Crorepati and a sitter based on Wordle
Published on Jul 22, 2024 09:59 AM IST
Number Theory: Fiscal prudence and its fallout on the Centre's political capital
This is the last of a two-part pre-budget series. The first part looked at government’s tax performance in the last 10 years.
Published on Jul 22, 2024 09:16 AM IST
Number Theory: Unraveling the tax story during 10 yrs of NDA govt
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the first budget of the newly elected National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government on July 23
Updated on Jul 20, 2024 11:42 AM IST
Number Theory: Against a decade ago, are Indian kids eating better?
This is the last of a two-part series on share of Indians who eat 3 meals a day. The first part looked at the share of overall population eating 3 meals a day.
Published on Jul 18, 2024 08:36 AM IST
Number Theory: Just over 50% Indians have three meals a day
This is the first of a two-part series in share of Indians who eat three meals a day. The second part will look at share of children eating three meals a day.
Published on Jul 17, 2024 09:24 AM IST
Number Theory: The China+1 opportunity: How India can capitalise
Although India hasn’t been able to reap the full benefits of C+1 so far, recent data signals that this could be changing.
Published on Jul 16, 2024 09:27 AM IST
Problematics | Shopping basket
Given the price of each item, how many matchboxes, bars of detergent soap and packets of milk must you buy for the total spending to be exactly ₹500?
Published on Jul 15, 2024 12:35 PM IST
Number Theory: Understanding India's demographic challenge
India is the world’s most populous country, and will retain that position even in 2100
Updated on Jul 13, 2024 01:57 PM 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: How bad are the floods in northeastern states?
The area exposed to pluvial floods is larger in all states (due to urban settlements) than those affected by fluvial floods, except in Assam, Manipur, Mizoram.
Published on Jul 11, 2024 09:51 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
Problematics | The truth about lying
A group of people includes one or more who are truthful and one or more who always lie. From their statements, can you work out who is what?
Published on Jul 08, 2024 11:21 AM IST
Number Theory: Is Congress really parasitic? Here’s what numbers show
In head-to-head comparison, the BJP has had a lead over the Congress in every Lok Sabha election since 1989, except 1991 and 2009.
Published on Jul 08, 2024 08:50 AM IST
Number Theory: Charting the Sensex and its surge to 80,000
Sensex hit the milestone of crossing 10000 on February 7, 2006. Since then, on an average, it has taken 653 trading days to add each new 10000 points.
Published on Jul 04, 2024 08:29 AM IST
Number Theory: Can CPI (M) recover from its Kerala debacle?
While the LDF has enjoyed a vote share premium in assembly elections in the past too, this dominance reached a new high in the 2021 assembly elections.
Published on Jul 03, 2024 09:19 AM IST
Problematics | Walking with a dinosaur
A brachiosaurus and a human walk the entire circumference of the planet together. Their feet obviously travel the same distance, but what about their heads?
Published on Jul 01, 2024 09:00 AM IST
Number Theory: Is harsh weather the norm in cereal-producing states?
Only 17 states account for 97% of India’s cereal output, according to normal estimates of cereal production from the agriculture ministry.
Published on Jul 01, 2024 08:32 AM IST
Number Theory: Can RJD win back its dominance in Bihar?
This is last of a two-part series which looks at RJD’s political predicament in Bihar. The first part explained the 2024 results in Bihar from RJD’s perspective
Published on Jun 28, 2024 10:30 AM IST
Problematics | The perfect capital M
A child writes the capital letter M with two verticals that are perfectly straight but of unequal length. At what point do the two slanting lines meet?
Published on Jun 24, 2024 11:32 AM IST
Number Theory: What do the 2024 results mean for the RJD in Bihar?
This is first of a two-part series which looks at RJD’s political predicament in Bihar. The second part will look at past election results in Bihar.
Published on Jun 24, 2024 08:14 AM IST
Number Theory: What led to the historic heatwave this summer?
This is the first of a two-part series on the ongoing heatwave in India. The second part will look at the factors making the heat wave feel unbearable.
Updated on Jun 21, 2024 08:10 AM IST
Number Theory: The inflation situation in the Indian economy
This is the last of a two-part series on inflation in the Indian economy. The first part explained what the latest inflation numbers mean.
Published on Jun 19, 2024 08:58 AM IST
Problematics | Double or nothing
Your neighbour offers you ₹5 lakh daily while you repay him every day with 1p, 2p, 4p and so on. Should you accept the offer for a month?
Published on Jun 17, 2024 11:13 AM IST
Number Theory: Understanding India's fresh inflation numbers
This is the first of a two-part series on inflation in the Indian economy. The second part will put the latest inflation numbers in macroeconomic context.
Published on Jun 17, 2024 09:05 AM IST
Delhiwale: A Joyce walla
Can fiction save a life? It did for a young “jumna paar” poet and music student in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar Phase 3
Published on Jun 13, 2024 07:42 AM IST
Number Theory: Understanding why the 2024 NEET results have sparked controversy
The results of NEET 2024, published on June 4 first grabbed headlines when it was revealed that a staggering 67 students had scored a perfect 720 out of 720.
Published on Jun 13, 2024 07:31 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
Number Theory: Monsoon's 1st week has decreased heat only in parts of India
Except Gujarat and southern half of Rajasthan, almost the entire country received some rain during the week.
Updated on Jun 11, 2024 10:11 AM IST
Problematics | To eat ice cream or not to...
Three colleagues dine together at a canteen, but not all of them order ice cream. Who does so, and who does not?
Updated on Jun 11, 2024 05:25 PM IST