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China With Its Overcapacity In Cement Production Looks To African Markets
By Kunal Bose The world’s two leading cement producing countries China and India had a few common negative experiences last year resulting principally from falling demand from the infrastructure sector. At all times, at what rate, highways to sea ports to airports will be built will remain a government...
US-Saudi Arabia To Ink The Biggest Arms Deal Valued At $100 Billion
By Asad Mirza Washington and Riyadh are reportedly close to a new $100 billion arms package as Trump’s Gulf trip nears. The US is poised to offer Saudi Arabia an arms package worth well over $100 billion, sources told Reuters, saying the proposal was being lined up for announcement...
Reclaiming Places Of Worship Of Muslim Community Is A Part Of Right Wing Agenda
By Irfan Engineer, Neha Dabhade, Mithila Raut A prominent and increasingly concerning form of structural violence against the Muslim community in India is the reclamation of their places of worship, with claims that these sites were originally Hindu temples or locations of significance within Hindu mythology. The contestation over...
Trade Deal With US May Be Rich In Tech Content
NEW DELHI: India will pitch hard for the US to ease export controls on assorted high-technology sectors in negotiations for the proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA) with the world’s largest economy. Indian negotiators wrapped up the talks under mutually agreed terms of reference (ToR) between the two countries late...
IMF-World Bank Meetings End With Very Little Clarity On Tariff
WASHINGTON: Global finance leaders came to Washington this past week seeking clarity on what it would take to get some relief from President Donald Trump’s multi-layered tariff assault and on just how much pain it will bring to the world economy. Most headed home with more questions than answers....
RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra Urges US Industry To Invest In India
WASHINGTON: Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra has exhorted the US industry to invest in India, stressing that the country continues to be the fastest growing major economy supported by policy consistency and certainty. Addressing the US-India Economic Forum organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry and US India Strategic...
Insurance Amendment Bill Likely To Be Introduced In Monsoon Session
NEW DELHI: The Insurance Amendment Bill, which proposes 100 per cent FDI in the insurance sector, may be introduced in Parliament in the upcoming monsoon session, sources said. The draft bill is ready and will be placed before Cabinet for its approval soon, sources said, adding, after Cabinet nod...
Indirect Indian Exports To Pakistan At $10 Billion: GTRI
NEW DELHI: While the direct trade between India and Pakistan is miniscule, Indian goods worth $10 billion reach the western neighbour annually through indirect channels, according to estimates by the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI). To get around trade restrictions, goods are routed through ports in Dubai, Singapore and...
Trump’s Whims And Opportunities For India Make A Heady Concoction
By K Raveendran U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s declaration that India could be the first to finalise a trade deal with the United States after President Trump embarked on his reckless trade war against the world signals a strategic point. The proposed agreement offers India an escape hatch from...
Is Another India-Pakistan War In Offing? — All Eyes Are On Narendra Modi
By Sushil Kutty “Always prepared, ever vigilant”, ‘ADGPI – Indian Army’ posted this assertion on ‘X’. Pakistan and India have declared ‘War’ and United States President Donald Trump says it’s up to India and Pakistan to deal with it, “they’re close and Kashmir has been between them for 1500...
Struggling For Jobs Or Under Fear Of Job Loss Is A Global Phenomenon
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Close to 60 per cent people have reported that they were “struggling” with a further 12 per cent described themselves “suffering”. For billions across the globe, the struggle is either for finding work, or if they have jobs, they are struggling under fear of losing...
Strategic Amnesia: How Trump’s Tariffs Dismantled U.S. Trade Credibility
By Dr Imran Khalid President Donald Trump’s erratic dance with tariffs continues to confound not just global markets but even his own team. On April 22, in a move that underscored the White House’s habitual policy incoherence, Trump declared that the “very high” tariffs on Chinese goods would soon...
Sangh Parivar Is Dominating Most Of Legislatures And Executive In The Country
By Prof G Mohan Gopal The recent trenchant villification of the Supreme Court and the judiciary by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey is in reality an attack against the Constitution and its fundamental principles and values. When the Vice President and Mr. Dubey reject judicial...
Iran-U.S. Talks For Normalising Relations Are Welcome But Major Doubts Remain
By Ben Chacko LONDON: With the conclusion of the second round of talks between the representatives of the US and the Islamic Republic of Iran and an agreement to continue the talks, it can be stated that this course has thus far been able to prevent the current tensions...
In The April 28 National Elections In Canada, NDP’s Fortunes May Dip
By Romain Chauvet NEW YORK: Since its founding in 1961, Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) has never formed a federal government. But through a mix of policy advocacy, union alliances, and grassroots organizing, it has helped shape Canada’s political landscape — pushing issues like worker’s rights, strong public services,...
Government Notifies Goods & Services Tax Appellate Tribunal Rules
NEW DELHI: The government has notified the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, which provide for mandatory e-filing of applications and conducting hearings in a hybrid mode. The rules also provide that any urgent matter filed by an applicant before 12:00 noon shall be listed before the...
India Slashed Extreme Poverty To 2.3% In FY23, Shows World Bank Data
NEW DELHI: India has made significant progress in reducing poverty, with extreme poverty — measured at $2.15 per day in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms — falling from 16 per cent in 2011–12 to 2.3 per cent in 2022–23, according to the World Bank. The decline lifted 171 million...
India May Allow Up To 49% Foreign Direct Investment In Nuclear Power Plants
NEW DELHI: India could allow foreign companies to take a stake of up to 49 per cent in its nuclear power plants, three government sources said, as New Delhi draws up plans to open up its most guarded sector to help achieve goals to cut carbon emissions. The government...
