Top Headlines: Economic crisis, RIL-Aramco deal, import curbs, and more

Here are the top headlines on Tuesday morning

Unplanned lockdowns slow economic recovery

India’s economic activity monitors are beginning to flatline just months after showing signs of returning to life. Latest data from Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google showed mobility suffered in recent weeks after notching up an increase since May, when Asia’s third-largest economy began exiting a nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Elsewhere, high-frequency indicators from purchasing mangers’ surveys to fuel sales show growth plateauing in July. And that’s not all. Read More

Hungry, with no money, yet rural India backs Modi govt in Covid war: Study

Though nearly 71 per cent of the rural household