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Deaths From Substandard Drugs: Painful Price Of Policy Failure
By Raju Kumar BHOPAL: The Chhindwara cough syrup tragedy has once again exposed the deep cracks in Madhya Pradesh’s health system—especially in the quality control and supply chain of medicines. Dozens of children lost their lives, and the investigation revealed that the cough syrup administered to them contained toxic...
Kerala Becomes First State Free Of Extreme Poverty
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: Kerala has added yet another feather to its capacious cap of achievements, turning its critics and detractors green with envy. ‘God’s Own Country’ is set to officially become the first state in the country to be free from extreme poverty. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will...
POLITICAL DELICACIES
By Rahil Nora Chopra NDA, INDIA BLOC RELEASE MANIFESTOS AHEAD OF BIHAR ASSEMBLY POLLS The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has released its manifesto for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, pledging to create one crore jobs, boost industrial growth, and expand infrastructure across the state. Special focus has been...
War Of Position Vs. War Of Manoeuvre: China’s Gramscian Trade Strategy
By C J Atkins NEW YORK: Fresh off his meeting on October 30 morning with Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Donald Trump hailed the summit as “amazing,” a “12” on a scale of 1 to 10. Xi’s assessment was also positive but more measured in tone. “In the face...
Is Xi Jinping Working For A Bipolar World Along With Donald Trump?
By Nitya Chakraborty The much-awaited meeting between US President Donald Trump and the Chinese President Xi Jinping ended on Thursday morning at Busan in South Korea with both expressing high optimism at the outcome of the talks. Trump described the talks as “amazing” saying that their dispute over...
G2 2.0? Trump And Xi Strike Tariff Détente In Historic Busan Summit
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers BUSAN: US and China emerged victorious with a framework agreement here as President Trump suspended tariffs and China lent an ear to hear as for the first time in six years with an agreement that could reshape the contours of the world’s most consequential economic...
Putting All Eggs Of Indian Diplomacy In One Basket Is Proving Fatal
By P Sudhir In the shifting sands of contemporary global economy, India is apparently in trouble. The trouble is most palpable in the sphere of foreign policy and diplomacy. It is worthwhile to understand that in the present times diplomacy and foreign policy are more intractably linked to...
Bagram Back On Board: Risky Us Bid To Re-Enter Afghan Turmoil
By Girish Linganna The sudden but intense border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan have revived global speculation that former US President Donald Trump might be trying to regain control of the Bagram military base, once the heart of America’s war machine in Afghanistan. Pakistan triggered the conflict when it carried out airstrikes inside Afghanistan earlier this month...
Kerala Govt Announces Rs.10,000 Cr Pro-People Welfare Measures
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The congenital critics of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) have ended up, yet again, with egg on their faces, having dismally failed in their attempts to create a serious rift between the principal partners of the Front, the CPI(M) and the CPI on the PM...
Corbyn To Launch Pro-People Left Party In Britain Next Month
By Arun Srivastava The new left-wing political party operating under the name “Your Party,” which former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, and MP Zarah Sultana, launched in July 2025, will acquire a new identity, new political shape and character after the founding conference to be held in November 2025. Besides...
Israel Will Keep Killing Palestinians, Ceasefire Or Not
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Nothing is going to jeopardise” the ceasefire in Gaza, says US President Donald Trump. Western politicians’ language when addressing the Israel-Palestine “conflict” — a conflict provoked entirely by Israel’s illegal and murderous occupation and colonisation of Palestinian land — regularly upends reality, but here Trump takes...
FY26 Growth May Be Near -7 Per Cent: CEA
NEW DELHI: The recent policy measures, including the income tax relief and the goods and services tax (GST) rate rationalization, have improved the economic growth prospect to near-7% for the current financial year, despite global headwinds, chief economic advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said on Wednesday. The Economic Survey tabled...
Early-Stage Funding Rebounds As Investors Regain Conviction
BENGALURU: India’s early-stage venture funding market is showing clear signs of revival after a prolonged funding winter. According to data from Venture Intelligence, pre-seed investment activity surged in 2025, with deal volumes rising 52 per cent year-on-year to 67 and total investment value jumping 74 per cent to $68.5...
GoM Proposes Discom Overhaul With State Debt Takeover, Private Management
NEW DELHI: Flagging the heavy debt burden of Discoms, a Group of Ministers (GoM) has suggested restructuring the outstanding debt, with States absorbing the unsustainable debt, while the management control of the utility will be taken over by a strategic partner. The GoM on the viability of Discoms, which...
India, EU Yet To Work Out Issues Related To Steel, Auto, CBAM: Commerce Ministry
NEW DELHI: India and the EU are yet to settle issues related to steel duties, market access for automobiles and the bloc’s carbon tax legislation and other regulations under the the proposed India-EU free trade agreement (FTA), said the Commerce Ministry. However, substantial progress had been made in the...
RBI Issues Draft Guidelines To Aid Faster Cross-Border Inward Payments
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday introduced draft guidelines for improving the speed of cross-border payments, asking banks to inform their customer of the receipt of cross-border inward transactions immediately on receipt of inward message, among other measures. The RBI said messages received after close of...
Boost Manufacturing To 25% Of GDP For Economic Growth, Says NITI Aayog
NEW DELHI: A robust, globally competitive, and technologically advanced manufacturing sector is required to push up its contribution to the GDP to 25 per cent and generate over 100 million jobs, NITI Aayog said on Wednesday. At present, the manufacturing sector contributes 15-17 per cent to the country’s gross...
India’s Energy Pivot Under Donald Trump’s Tariff Pressure
By K Raveendran New Delhi appears to be recalibrating its crude-oil sourcing strategy under mounting pressure from Washington, signalling what may be a strategic shift away from Moscow in favour of deeper ties with the United States. Over the past few months, Indian refiners, including the major private player...
