Quartz Indiaflipped into Quartz IndiaSalaries & Wages Behind India’s coronavirus vaccine plan is an army of poorly paid female health workers verified_publisherQuartz - Manavi KapurIndia’s mass immunisation plan for Covid-19 hinges on some of the lowest-paid workers in its healthcare system. The first phase of the vaccine rollout, which begins on Jan. 16 and will cover healthcare...
Quartz Indiaflipped into Quartz IndiaWhatsApp Most Indians won’t fully quit WhatsApp despite the privacy concerns verified_publisherQuartz - Ananya BhattacharyaWhatsApp’s new privacy policy has sent many Indians into a tizzy, but most of them are still in the wait-and-watch mode. Come Feb. 8, the instant messenger owned by Facebook will start sharing its commercial...
Quartz Indiaflipped into Quartz IndiaInvesting Global fast-food chains are the flavour of the season in the Indian stock market verified_publisherQuartz - Prathamesh MulyeAs the Indian stock markets continue to rally, investors have found a new favourite: global fast-food chains. Take for instance US-based Burger King. After the stellar debut on the bourse in December the...
Quartz Indiaflipped into Quartz IndiaSecurity Will India’s Signal fever make a dent in WhatsApp’s 400 million user base? verified_publisherQuartz - Ananya BhattacharyaSmaller WhatsApp rivals are having a moment in the sun in India after the world’s largest instant messaging app got marred in controversy over its updated privacy policy. But the reality is that WhatsApp’s...
Quartz Indiaflipped into Quartz IndiaBharat Biotech Grave ethical allegations hound India’s homegrown Covid-19 vaccine as it prepares for rollout verified_publisherQuartz - Manavi KapurA shadow is lurking over the trial process of India’s homegrown Covid-19 vaccine. Covaxin, the novel coronavirus vaccine co-developed by Bharat Biotech and the Indian Council for Medical Research, has...
Quartz Indiaflipped into Quartz IndiaCapital Markets India’s historic stock market boom has started to worry its central bank verified_publisherQuartz - Prathamesh MulyeIndian stock markets are so out of tune with the real economy that the country’s central bank is now anxious. On Jan. 11, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said, “the disconnect” between how the economy...