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SEBI Panel Seeks Overhaul Of Conflict-Of-Interest, Disclosure Norms
MUMBAI: All board members and staff of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) will be required to declare their assets, liabilities, trading activities, and relevant relationships at multiple stages — at the time of appointment, annually, upon key events, and at exit. This is part of a...
CPSEs’ Capex Rises 13% In April–October
NEW DELHI: Capital expenditure by Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and key central agencies, including Indian Railways and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), grew 13% year-on-year in the April–October period of 2025–26, underscoring continued momentum in government-led infrastructure investment. According to official data, total capex by these...
Trump’s Fair Deal Promise Sounds More Realistic Than Before
By K Raveendran President Donald Trump has declared that a ‘fair trade deal’ with India is forthcoming, asserting that once concluded, India will once again ‘love’ America. He framed it as a departure from past arrangements that, in his view, had been ‘pretty unfair,’ and suggested both countries were...
Why Not PM Narendra Modi’s Degree Row Should Be Heard On Merit?
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Disclosure of the details of the degree of the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi by Delhi University will be delayed further, because a division bench of the Delhi High court has flagged on November 12, 2025 the delay by the four petitioners in filing...
Communist Jeannette Jara Is Front Runner In Chile Presidential Elections First Round Opinion Poll
By Nitya Chakraborty With three days left for the Presidential elections in Chile on Sunday, November 16, opinion polls indicate the joint candidate of the ruling Left combination, communist parliamentarian Jeannette Jara leading with around 30 per cent of the votes while the main Right challenger Antonio Cast at...
Global Leaders Rushed With Statements Expressing Empathy With India On Red Fort Blast
By T N Ashok The air around Delhi’s Red Fort was thick with smoke and confusion on the evening of November 10, 2025. Sirens wailed as ambulances pushed through the crowded lanes of Old Delhi, their flashing lights reflecting off the centuries-old sandstone walls. Vendors abandoned their stalls, tourists...
Global Fight For Ending Poverty Is Integrated With The Battle For Climate Justice
By Krishna Jha Robert Frost was not alone, nor it was the only time People were passing through a crisis. But now it is life itself that has started ebbing. Climate has become a threat. Dangers are escalating every day. The river has been drying up. Jungle is aflame...
Trump’s Attack On BBC Is An Interference In Media Rights In Britain
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The crisis engulfing the BBC speaks to critical aspects of international politics today which must command the left’s attention. The first is that US President Donald Trump is daily extending his campaign to remake bourgeois politics in his own image. Not content with a full-on...
Woman doctor considered key link
A woman doctor, employed as a lecturer at the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial College (GSVM) Medical College in Kanpur until her 2021 suspension, has become one of the key suspects in a sprawling terror investigation that spans Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Dr Shaheen Shahid was suspended...
US President Donald Trump Says Deal Near; No Need For More Talks: India
NEW DELHI: Hours after United States (US) President Donald Trump said Washington and New Delhi were “pretty close” to reaching a fair trade deal, a senior Indian official on Tuesday echoed the optimism, indicating that another round of negotiations might not be required. “We are now awaiting a response...
India Needs Unified Agri-Tech Ecosystem: ASSOCHAM Report
NEW DELHI: India must shift from fragmented agricultural innovation to systemic integration through state-level testing platforms and unified data frameworks to reach the vast majority of farmers still untouched by technology, according to an ASSOCHAM report released Tuesday. The industry body said 86 per cent of farmers remain beyond...
IRDAI Monitoring Gaps In Health Insurance Claim Settlements: Chairman
MUMBAI: The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) is closely monitoring the gaps in health insurance claim settlements, wherein the number of claims settled is high, but the amount settled vis-a-vis the amount claimed is lower than expected, Ajay Seth, chairman, Irdai, said. The insurance regulator expects...
India, US Trade Deal Not Priced In Yet; Can Bring Back FII Flows
MUMBAI: Indian equity markets have not yet priced in the potential trade deal with the US, analysts said, adding that a confirmed trade deal could serve as a major catalyst for the benchmark indices. The deal, they believe, could bring back foreign institutional investor (FII) flows back into the...
Tech Giants’ $400 Billion AI Bet: Returns On Investment Is The Key Issue
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: The world’s most valuable technology companies are engaged in a spending spree unlike anything seen since the space race. Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft intend to invest as much as $320 billion this year into artificial intelligence technologies, with Amazon offering the most...
COP30 Has Begun With Numerous Challenges, But With Great Hope
By Dr. Gyan Pathak COP30 (30th Conference of the Parties) 2025 has begun under the aegis of UN Climate Change Conference (UNCCC) on November 10 at Belem (Amazonia) under the Brazilian Presidency with numerous challenges but with great hope. It would conclude on November 21, and in the meantime...
Democratic Socialists Won City Elections Across The Country Last Week
By Branko Marcetic NEW YORK: The biggest left-wing political story of last week is democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor of New York City. But Mamdani’s was not the only socialist victory on Tuesday. Just like with almost every election year that’s come before in the Trump era, this...
Stage Is Set For Kerala Local Body Elections In December
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The stage is set for the local body elections in Kerala with the State Election Commissioner A. Shajahan announcing the poll schedule. The elections will be held in two phases on December 9 and December 11. Nominations can be filed up to November 21. The...
China Strikes At Crime Syndicates Dominating In South East Asia
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: China has made a sweeping crackdown on transnational scam syndicates in South East Asia. It is a strike against the export of criminal enterprise and axis of poverty migration and technology. Over the years, the border towns of northern Myanmar evolved into shadow economies. They...
