With India set to extend the lockdown that was due to end next week in an effort to prevent the further spread of Covid-19, global consulting firm McKinsey & Co has warned that the measures could come at a great cost. In its recent report, the consultancy considered three possible scenarios for the country's economy,...
Silicon Valley's algorithms are controlling your cognitive map, and Congress is letting it happen. Covid-19 is providing the perfect cover to bolster that control — just in time for the 2020 election. Neoliberalism was the perfect cover for oligarchs to unleash ideological warfare to protect the billions they've plundered from taxpayers.Trillions of dollars flowed into...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to extend the nationwide lockdown which was set to end next Tuesday, Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has confirmed. The measure comes after several states reportedly urged Modi not to end the restrictions, despite concerns that they have badly affected millions of poor people who migrated from large cities...
While many pontificate about what Covid-19 might mean for the future – of work, travel etc – little attention has been paid to the future of British media, which has become the cheerleader and bullhorn of state authoritarianism. Britain has long prided itself on being the bulwark of democracy, and at the core of this...
Oil producers will not shut down any facilities where they would be unable to relaunch operations, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said, as the OPEC and non-cartel oil producers continued talks on historic output cuts. Speaking to the Russia-1 news channel on Saturday, the chief energy official said that he believes the oil companies themselves...
Almost all car production lines in China have returned to business after prolonged closures aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus, according to a survey cited by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). The poll of 204 auto manufacturing bases shows that 86 percent of employees returned to work, while the production resumption rate...
Boris Johnson's government is doggedly sticking with Brexit which might kill Britain's economy with the country in a crisis situation and expected to suffer the most of any European nation from the pandemic. The UK is on course to suffer 66,314 deaths from Covid-19, the greatest amount in Europe. Far more than Italy (23,000) and...
