Savita V Jayaram

Articles by Savita V Jayaram

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Reliance Jio

Mukesh Ambani's RIL could sail through India's economic crisis unscathed: See how

At a time when the world economy has come to a standstill with businesses suffering huge losses, and companies deliberating on means and measures to tide over the Covid-19 crisis, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is riding high on success. RIL's Jio platform has managed to attract major investments in a span of just 3 weeks from Facebook, Silver Lake and Vista, in hopes to fortify the digital ecosystem in India and empower consumers in the near future. May 16, 2020
Covid-19 status in Africa

Many African countries have zero ventilators & that's not the biggest problem

While many countries across the globe to include the West and the North are delving on measures to flatten the curve and economic relief packages, countries across the African continent with close to zero healthcare infrastructure are confused and overwhelmed in the face of the Covid-19 outbreak. May 14, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping

China boosts shale power capacity amid plummeting demand for oil, gas globally

The coronavirus outbreak has disrupted economic activities across the globe. The oil and gas demand has plummeted in the recent weeks and storage facilities are filled to the brim. While economies are struggling to find means and measures to tide over the crisis, the Fuling shale gas field in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality sees a breakthrough in shale gas output producing 30 billion cubic meters of shale gas. Will this impact Chinese imports of alternative fuels? Where will the excess produce be stored, used, or routed? May 12, 2020
Aircraft

Airlines in India will resume operations; but loss-recovery can take a decade

With coronavirus-induced nationwide lockdown and the flying ban later imposed has grounded 80% of the civilian aircraft in the top six airports of India - Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai. 538 aircraft out of the total 650 are parked at airports. No clear indications and instructions from the government yet on when and how will the flying ban get lifted. Apr 29, 2020
NRI billionaire Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty

Rags to riches and back, BR Shetty, NRI billionaire, until he wasn't

From rags to riches and back, the story of NRI billionaire Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty might seem like just another one on the face of it, but there's a lot more untold and unspoken about the man who rose to fame, glory and amassed a fortune of $4.2 billion in 2018, according to Forbes. Here's unravelling the mysteries and the mistakes that led to the phenomenal rise and unbelievable fall of a sprawling empire into a debt trap. Apr 27, 2020
Coronavirus in China

'Make China pay': US, UK, Germany, Israel, Australia seek payback

Five countries namely - the US, the UK, Germany, Israel and Australia are seeking compensations, detailed global investigation probes and full disclosure from China on Coronavirus emergence. They want to 'Make China Pay' for hiding critical information during early stages of the coronavirus outbreak in December and jeopardising the human health and economic future of millions today. Apr 24, 2020