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Workers And Farmers Preparing To Intensify United Protests
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Workers and farmers of India are again preparing to intensify their united protests against the policy of BJP led NDA government under PM Narendra Modi, what they perceive to be anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-people. Future course joint struggle of workers and farmers will be decided...
India Should Avoid Signing A Trade Deal With U.S. On Washington’s Terms
By R. Suryamurthy India and the United States appear to be racing toward a mid-July deadline to conclude the first tranche of a bilateral trade agreement. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has projected confidence, describing negotiations as constructive and suggesting that the proposed arrangement would provide Indian exporters with preferential...
The Incredible Rise Of Rajesh Exports Is A Fascinating Corporate Story
By T N Ashok For years, Rajesh Exports looked like one of India’s great corporate success stories. Founded by Bengaluru businessman Rajesh J. Mehta, the company rose from a jewellery exporter into a global gold-processing giant. It acquired Valcambi SA, one of the world’s largest gold refineries, reported annual...
India’s Hardest Economic Test Begins After The Latest 7.7 Per Cent Growth Story
By R. Suryamurthy India’s 7.7 percent GDP growth in FY2025-26 will inevitably dominate headlines, reinforce the government’s economic narrative and strengthen the country’s claim to being the world’s fastest-growing major economy. Yet while the number itself is impressive, perhaps even exceptional by contemporary global standards, it risks obscuring a...
India’s Policy Of Becoming A Strategic Partner Of The U.S. Will Be Wrong
By Dr. Arun Mitra Venezuela’s acting President, Delcy Rodríguez, was in India recently. This was known in advance because, even before the Government of India made any statement on the matter, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had already announced it during his visit to India. It has now...
A Paper That Blames Former LDF Govt For Kerala’s Economic Woes
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The White Paper tabled in the Kerala Assembly by the VD Satheesan-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Government proclaims from the housetop as it were that the former Left Democratic Front (LDF) alone is to blame for Kerala’s economic woes. Ironically, the White Paper itself is...
Rebellion From Below Threatens Overthrow Of Bolivia’s New Right-Wing Govt
By W. T. Whitney, Jr. NEW YORK: For more than two months, Bolivian Indigenous and working people have been protesting the repressive measures imposed by the government of conservative President Rodrigo Paz, in office since Nov. 8, 2025. Since he took office, it has been one attack after another...
Israel’s Aggressive Policy In Lebanon Is Meant To Displace Its People
By Ahlam Chemlali LONDON: In 1895, Theodor Herzl wrote in his diary that the penniless population of Palestine must be “spirited across the border,” discreetly and circumspectly. In 1948, that vision became policy. With the Nakba, approximately 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced, their land absorbed by the newly declared...
India Beats The Odds, Delivers 7.7% Fy26 Growth, 7.8% In Q4
NEW DELHI: Amid an uncertain global situation owing to ongoing regional wars, India’s economy expanded 7.8 per cent in the January-March quarter, exceeding forecasts on strong domestic demand and government expenditure. The GDP growth compared with 7 per cent expansion a year back and 8 per cent in the...
India To Surpass China In Share Of Global Gdp By 2060 In Terms Of Purchasing Power Parity: Report
NEW DELHI: Findings by the World Inequality Lab in ‘Global Justice Report: A Plan for Equality and Prosperity With Planetary Boundaries’ indicated that India is likely to surpass China in terms of its share of global GDP measured in purchasing power parity (PPP) by 2060. The report also added...
RBI, Govt Charm Offensive May Draw Up To $50 Billion Global Flows
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the central government unveiled a package of measures on Friday aimed at attracting foreign capital amid the West Asia crisis, with economists estimating the steps could generate up to $50 billion in inflows — potentially enough to cover much of...
Cautious Status Quo: RBI Sees Higher Inflation, Slower Growth In FY27
MUMBAI: The six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has left the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25 per cemt for a third consecutive meeting, citing mounting global uncertainties, including the absence of a peace deal between the US and Iran. The central bank...
West Asia Conflict Poses Significant Supply- And Demand-Side Risks: CEA
NEW DELHI: The ongoing West Asia conflict poses significant supply- and demand-side risks to India’s economy. However, high-frequency indicators through April and early May 2026 suggest that domestic demand and economic activity have remained resilient despite emerging signs of stress, Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran said on Friday....
After A Series Of Setbacks, INDIA Bloc Meet On June 8 Is Significant
By Dr. Gyan Pathak After a series of political setbacks since Lok Sabha Election 2024, the meet of the INDIA bloc scheduled to be held at the Constitution Club in New Delhi on June 8 is a significant development, especially when one of its allies DMK has announced to...
ED Raids Against Vedanta Linked To Adani-Anil Agarwal Corporate Battle
By T N Ashok In India’s high-stakes corporate world, timing is everything. Sometimes it creates billionaires. Sometimes it destroys them. And occasionally, it raises questions that refuse to go away. The latest controversy involving mining billionaire Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta Group, the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) searches under the Foreign Exchange...
Trump’s Defeat In U.S. Congress On Iran War Bill Is A Big Personal Setback
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEWYORK: For nearly four months, President Donald Trump has projected confidence that America could sustain a military confrontation with Iran while simultaneously negotiating peace from a position of strength. This week, however, the strongest challenge to that assumption did not come from Tehran, Moscow, Beijing,...
Breakaway Trinamool Congress Led By Ritabrata Is Still Unstable
By Tirthankar Mitra Trinamool Congress has split. The handiwork of the BJP is discernible in wrecking the outfit to which it was once allied and later turned a bitter political adversary. Inarguably the most significant indication in this regard was accepting Mamata Banerjee as the leader of splinter group...
