Fuel-tax hikes are putting brakes on India’s recovery

Mumbai: Dilip Lamba, who owns a transport company in Jodhpur in western India, has had more than three-quarters of his fleet of 50 trucks idling for months. Dharampal Nambardar, a farmer who grows wheat and mustard seed in Haryana state, is worried he might not make any profit this year. The main source of their […]

Chief of ‘Operation Warp Speed’ vaccine effort can keep investing in pharma firms, under ruling

Chief of White House’s ‘Operation Warp Speed’ vaccine effort can keep investing in pharma firms, under IG ruling WASHINGTON: The co-director of President Donald Trump’s Operation Warp Speed can maintain extensive investments in the drug industry and avoid ethics disclosures while he continues to make decisions about government contracts for promising coronavirus vaccines under a […]