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Takeaways From The Sanchar Saathi Saga Of Modi Government
By Harsh Gour India’s Department Of Telecommunications (‘DoT’) recently quietly ordered all smartphone makers to pre-install its new “Sanchar Saathi” cybersecurity app on every phone sold in India. The directive, under the Telecom Cyber Security Rules, instructed manufacturers to push the app to new devices. Once this came to...
India For Removing Trade Barriers, Boosting Exports For More Balanced Trade With Russia
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday called for reducing trade barriers and expanding exports to Russia to narrow the widening bilateral trade deficit, which has surged to nearly $59 billion in 2024–25. Addressing Indian and Russian businesses at the India–Russia Business Forum hosted by FICCI, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush...
RBI Governor Caught On Horns Of Trilemma As Decision On Rate Cut Looms
MUMBAI: The monetary policy announcement scheduled for Friday will be the most difficult decision for RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra in his first year in the corner room on the 18th floor of the Mint Road headquarters. The MPC led by him is caught in a trilemma of blowout growth,...
Fitch Lifts India’s FY26 Growth Outlook To 7.4% As Consumption Surge Powers Momentum
CHENNAI/NEW DELHI: Fitch Ratings has lifted its forecast for India’s economic growth in FY26 to 7.4 percent from its earlier projection of 6.9 percent, citing stronger-than-expected consumer spending and the positive impact of ongoing GST reforms. The upgrade reflects Fitch’s view that domestic demand remains the backbone of India’s...
House Panel Sore Over Anomalies In Price Stabilisation Fund
NEW DELHI: The parliamentary standing committee on consumer affairs, food and public distribution on Thursday criticised the department of consumer affairs on the disbursement of funds under the price stabilisation fund (PSF) to state and agencies including Nafed, MMTC and NCCF. “The disbursement of funds under the PSF to...
Top Russian Lender Sberbank Looks To Ramp Up Its India Operations
NEW DELHI: Sberbank, Russia’s largest lender, is looking to ramp up its operations in the country, opening up to 10 branches, investing surplus rupees from bilateral currency trade in Indian govt bonds and getting Russian investors to park funds in Nifty stocks. “We have a full banking licence here…...
CEA’s Calmness Over Steep Fall Of Rupee Ignores Key Risks To India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak When Indian rupee was falling in the Mumbai market against US dollar on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 – sliding past the 90-a-dollar mark for the second day, plumbing a new low of 90.29 in the morning trade after opening flat at 89.96, analysts were pegging...
The Great AI Battle Between U.S. And China Is A New Version Of 21st Century Cold War
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: A global competition is reshaping technology, geopolitics, and the world economy as Washington and Beijing race to dominate artificial intelligence—with no guarantee of success. In the spring of 2024, executives at a prominent Chinese artificial intelligence company found themselves fielding an extraordinary barrage...
RSS Is Deliberately Reducing India’s Entire Past Within The Confines Of Rama Legend
By Nilotpal Basu Ram and the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya has been the most rewarding campaign for BJP, catapulting it to political hegemony in India’s contemporary political history. Ram, revered by many and attributed with divine quality, was part of the mythology which has been engrained...
Behind The Steep Fall Of Indian Rupee, There Are Many Factors Including Fall In Exports
By Anjan Roy The Indian currency has depreciated beyond the psychological level of Rs 90 to a dollar in course of trading during Wednesday. It closed at 90.22 at the close of trading. It now looks as though the Indian rupee is inevitably set for continuous depreciation. Some traders...
Latest Cyclone And Flood Situation In Asian Countries Is A Wake Up Call For India
By Tirthankar Mitra The deadly floods sweeping through Indonesia since last week mark a sobering moment for this region. It is a grim reminder that this region is long accustomed to the monsoon’s mood but rarely prepared for the nature’s most erratic turns. More than 500 people have been...
‘Under The Same Sky’: Palestinian-American Author’s Novel Shows Gaza’s Will To Survive
By Jenny Farrell NEW YORK: Leila Majaj Kirkconnell’s Under the Same Sky is more than a novel; it is a monumental work of witness and a significant literary achievement. It accomplishes what countless reports and statistics fail to do: It translates a vast, complex geopolitical tragedy into a deeply...
Putin Visit: Russia Seeks Stronger Civil Nuclear Partnership With India
NEW DELHI: Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India, the Russian Cabinet on Tuesday cleared the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India to deepen bilateral cooperation in civil nuclear energy. During Putin’s visit, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Russian counterpart Andrei Belousov will...
Services Sector Growth In November Driven By New Business Intakes: PMI
MUMBAI: The services sector regained momentum in November, with business activity expanding at a faster pace after a mild slowdown in October, with the activity expansion index printing in at 59.8. According to the HSBC services purchasing managers index (PMI) survey, compiled by S&P Global, the seasonally adjusted index...
Rupee Floating At 90: Inflation And Fiscal Risks Seen Manageable For Now
MUMBAI: While rupee depreciation does push up the landed cost of crude oil, fertilisers and edible oils, the scale of impact is seen as modest, particularly with inflation running low, oil prices softening, and several import exposures hedged, economists said. Fiscal implications would be largely limited to a possible...
Foreign Flows Will Depend On Valuations, Earnings
MUMBAI: Continued selling by foreign investors from Indian equity markets along with trade related uncertainties were among the factors that led the value of Indian rupee cross 90 against the US dollar on Wednesday. According to experts while this may impact the near-term market sentiment, the focus of FPIs...
AI Investment, M&A Poised To Increase Corporate Financing Needs Next Year
NEW DELHI: Big tech companies’ investments in artificial intelligence and busier M&A activity will raise the volume of debt issuance by investment-grade companies next year, bank executives said on Wednesday during a panel at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York. The funding needs of the top five U.S....
An Election Commission That Treats Critics As Enemies Has No Place In Democracy
By K Raveendran The steady erosion of trust between political parties and the Election Commission has become one of the more troubling developments in India’s democratic life, revealing an institutional drift that carries implications well beyond a single electoral cycle. The body entrusted with safeguarding the integrity of elections...
