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Digital Leap: Why India’s Advertising Market Is Now Ruled By Digital Media?
By T N Ashok India’s advertising landscape has witnessed a definitive, historic shift: Digital Media has officially overtaken Television as the largest segment for ad spending. Fuelled by an explosion in data consumption and a “mobile-first” consumer base, digital marketing is not just growing—it’s driving the entire marketing ecosystem....
254 Per Cent Growth In Kerala’s Start-Up Ecosystem Is Stunning
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala has pulled off yet an astounding achievement by becoming the country’s top start-up friendly State. The State’s start-up system grew by 254 per cent since 2021. This was announced by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan when he inaugurated ReCode Kerala 2025, the development seminar organized...
India’s Gig Workers Need A Foolproof Labour-Sensitive Data Protection Law
By Sophy K.J, Yameena Ahamad The state cabinet of Telangana is proposing to enact the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers (Registration, Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2025 mandating transparency in the algorithmic management of gig workers. The law would prohibit arbitrary termination, requiring a seven-day notice period before deactivation...
Pakistan’s 27th Constitutional Amendment Legalises Military Supremacy
By Tirthankar Mitra Pakistan’s ruling dispensation is dropping even the pretence of a civilian democracy. The country’s 27th constitutional amendment rushed through Parliament and signed by its President, Asif Ali Zardari is a clear pointer to it. The amendment fires a broadside at Pakistan judiciary. It creates a new...
Government Working On Easing Investment Norms To Ensure More FDI Inflow
NEW DELHI: The government is open to all suggestions for increasing investment in India. Senior government officials on Tuesday said the government’s approach would remain ‘balanced’. “We are open to all suggestions regarding investment in India, easing the investment climate in our interest. We have to carefully take every...
India’s GDP Growth May Cross 7.5 Per Cent In Q2: SBI Research Report
NEW DELHI: India’s GDP growth is expected to reach 7.5 per cent or more in the second quarter of the current fiscal, mainly driven by robust festive sales triggered by the GST rate cut in late September, a SBI research report said on Tuesday. Growth is being supported by...
State-Run Banks Lead Recovery In Net Interest Margins, Private Players Still Struggling
MUMBAI: State-run banks are set to see better earnings in the third and fourth quarters and going ahead as the biggest pain point — falling net interest margins (NIMs), the key profitability gauge, — has stabilised sequentially in the September quarter for most of them (though on-year most of...
India’s IT Spend May Rise 10.6% To $176 Billion In 2026: Gartner
MUMBAI: India’s information technology (IT) spend is projected to touch $176.3 billion in 2026, rising 10.6 per cent from 2025, and outpacing the 9.8 per cent growth expected globally, according to the latest forecast by Gartner Inc., a business and technology insights company. The growth is being propelled by...
New System To Capture Emerging Industries For Economic Data
NEW DELHI: As part of its efforts to widen and update sourcing of economic data, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Tuesday introduced a system to capture emerging industries like digital platforms, renewable energy and intermediation services. The reorganisation of sections and restructuring groups under the...
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Acted As A Test Balloon For PM Modi On Death Sentence To Sheikh Hasina
By T N Ashok When Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia on November 17 by a special tribunal in Dhaka, the shock rippled across the region. Yet the most curious reactions came not from Bangladesh—but from India. India’s government, normally swift to comment...
Trump May Agree To Sell F-35 Fighter Jets To Saudi Arabia For Strategic Reasons
By Asad Mirza US President Donald Trump has said he is considering Saudi Arabia’s request to buy F-35 fighter jets, as intelligence officials warn China could gain access to the aircraft’s latest American technology. The sale has also raised Israeli concerns as it will bring the Saudi fighters closer...
Decoding November 26 Terrorist Attack In Mumbai 17 Years Back
By Aritra Banerjee On the evening of November 26, 2008, India’s financial capital, Mumbai, was transformed into a war zone. Ten heavily armed terrorists stormed the city in a series of coordinated assaults that lasted nearly three days, killing 166 people and injuring hundreds more. They struck at iconic...
IUML Moves SC Over SIR; Govt, CPI(M), Congress To Follow Suit
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) and political parties except the BJP hardening their respective positions over the Special Intensive Revision(SIR) of the electoral rolls in Kerala, the stage is set for a protracted political-legal battle over the issue. What has driven the parties...
Curtailing Of Punjab’s Powers By The Centre Smacks Of Political Vendetta
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: Why do the people of Punjab feel that the state’s powers, hold, and authority are being curtailed? What indications are reflecting this impression? Are dismantling the structure of Punjab University Senate, weakening the Punjab’s role in Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), controlling the clutch,...
British Columbia Prepares For U.S. Takeover Of Canada’s Minerals
By Robert Crooks VANCOUVER: On October 20, Premier David Eby of the Canadian province of British Columbia introduced Bill 31, The Energy Statutes Amendment Act. The legislation is being touted as a necessary measure to speed up “nation-building projects” in the face of threats to Canada’s sovereignty from U.S....
IPOs Increasingly Becoming Exit Vehicles For Early Investors: CEA
MUMBAI: India’s equity markets may have expanded rapidly, but initial public offerings (IPOs) are increasingly becoming exit vehicles for early investors rather than as engines for raising long-term capital, a shift that undermines the spirit of public markets, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran warned on Monday at a...
Exports Fall 11.8 Per Cent In October, Trade Deficit Widens To $41.68 Billion
NEW DELHI: India’s exports contracted 11.8 per cent to $34.38 billion in October on account of the impact of high tariffs by the US, while the trade deficit widened to a record high of $41.68 billion mainly due to a jump in gold imports. According to government data released...
Economy Losing Steam In Q2 To 7% On Poor Show By Services, Farm Sectors: ICRA
MUMBAI: Stating that the economy has likely lost the steam sequentially, when it clipped past 7.8 percent in the June quarter, due to the poor show by the services and farm sectors, Icra Ratings has forecast that the economy would have grown 7 percent in the September quarter, which...
