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Russian President Putin’s Dec 4-5 Visit To Delhi Set To Reboot 70 Year Old Relationship
By T N Ashok How a seemingly routine bilateral summit could reset global energy flows, defence alignments, and Asia’s security geometrics. When Vladimir Putin steps onto the tarmac in New Delhi on December 4 , it will not be merely another ceremonial handshake between two leaders who have perfected...
The Rupee At 90 Leaves The RBI Exposed: India Currency Not Responding To High GDP Rate
By R. Suryamurthy India’s policymakers have grown comfortable repeating a familiar mantra: growth is strong, inflation is defeated, reserves are high, and therefore the economy is stable. But the rupee’s slide past ₹90.14 to the United States dollar has taken that mantra and torn right through it. What was...
Asia And The Pacific Is Now Ultimate Testing Ground For Artificial Intelligence
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Asia and the Pacific stands as the world’s most diverse region, where wealth and deprivation, stability and fragility, technological leadership and digital exclusion coexist side by side. This diversity makes it the ultimate testing ground for artificial intelligence (AI), a new UNDP report says. With...
India’s Data Credibility Problem Is No Longer A Whisper – It’s A Warning
By R. Suryamurthy India’s statistical system has always been vast—thousands of field investigators, dozens of ministries generating streams of administrative data, and a legacy built by some of the world’s finest statisticians. But size is no longer strength. The country’s data architecture is now creaking under its own weight,...
Aditya-L1, India’s Sun Watching Spacecraft Marks An Important Shift In Country’s Strategy
By Tirthankar Mitra India’s sun-watching spacecraft, Aditya-L1 is inching to face the moment it was built for. In 2026, the solar cycle will crest and the sun will flip its magnetic poles. And the familiar yellow disc will turn into a furnace of violent expulsions. For Aditya-L1, positioned patiently...
Akali Dal Is Getting Relevance To BJP As An Ally For 2027 Assembly Polls In Punjab
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: Punjab political parties have started to gird up their loins for the forthcoming 2027 assembly elections. The present ruling party Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is anxious about retaining the throne, whereas the main opposition party congress is trying hard to regain its lost power....
IMF Categorising Indian Data In C Grade Casts Doubts About Govt Claim On GDP
By Krishna Jha There is the severe fall in growing household savings that can be measured in the observation that says that at least 95 percent cannot save any money. At the best the ratio stands at Rs 5 out of a hundred. The crisis has come down to...
Chile’s Right Consolidation Set To Win Presidential Run Off In December 14 Polls
By René Rojas NEW YORK: On November 16, Chile held its first general election since former student movement leader Gabriel Boric won the 2021 presidential runoffs as a candidate of a promising new left coalition. This time, however, a hard right emerged as the country’s dominant political force. It...
Behind The Nobel Prize: Controversial Alliances Of Muhammad Yunus
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury For decades, Muhammad Yunus has been hailed globally as the visionary behind microfinance- a Nobel laureate celebrated by presidents, philanthropists, and world leaders for lifting the poor out of misery. But as layers of his vast “Grameen” empire come under renewed scrutiny, a troubling...
To Bridge Trade Gap, India And Russia May Cut Duties, Ease Barriers
NEW DELHI: Bridging the vast trade imbalance between the two countries will sit at the heart of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two-day state visit to New Delhi from Thursday, with both sides set to explore lowering duties and easing non-tariff barriers. Agreements are also expected across sectors ranging from...
Government Taking Steps To ‘Mitigate Impact’ Of Steep US Tariffs On Exports
NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday said it is taking steps, such as announcing an export promotion mission, to mitigate the impact of the steep US tariffs on domestic goods. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada said it...
India Becomes The World’s Largest Contributor To Urban Growth, Says UN Report
NEW DELHI: India stands at the epicentre of what the United Nations calls an ineluctable and historically unprecedented demographic movement as cities emerge as the primary target for habitat for majority of the population. According to World Urbanization Prospects 2025: Summary of Results, published by the United Nations Department...
Generali Central Insurance To Double Premium Income To Rs 10,000 Crore By 2030
MUMBAI: Generali Central Insurance, the general insurance joint venture of the Italian insurer of the same name and Central Bank of India, is on course for a sustained growth, aiming to nearly double the gross written premium income to Rs 10,000-crore by 2030 from around Rs 5,500 crore now,...
OECD Retains India FY26 Growth Outlook At 6.7% Amid US Tariff Risks
NEW DELHI: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in its latest economic outlook on Tuesday retained its growth forecast for the current financial year at 6.7 per cent, citing monetary policy easing and the overhaul of the goods and services tax regime. It further kept FY27 growth...
Next Round Of Elections Are Just Five Months Away – Where Is The INDIA Bloc Doing?
By Nitya Chakraborty What is happening to the INDIA Bloc which gave just a big jolt to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his NDA in 2024 Lok Sabha elections? The BJP for the first time since the taking over of Narendra Modi as PM failed to get majority...
Disruption In Parliament Continued For The Second Day Over SIR
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Protests over demand for debate on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls continued for the second day of the winter session of the Parliament on Tuesday, December 2 causing disruption. Neither Houses – the Lok Sabha an Rajya Sabha – could conduct their business,...
India’s Drug-Pricing Rot: A Market Engineered For Profits By Big Firms
By R. Suryamurthy By any meaningful measure, India should be the cheapest place on earth to fall sick. It is the world’s largest supplier of generic medicines, the factory floor for global pharma, the so-called “pharmacy of the Global South.” Yet for ordinary Indians, the lived experience is the...
The Degeneration Of The Coastal Regulation Zone Notification
By Norma Alvares If any Indian state would stand to benefit from a strong coastal law, it is Goa. With its open seafront and numerous tidal rivers that criss-cross the land before draining into the Arabian Sea, Goa and its residents have lived in tune with this intricate and...
