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Narendra Modi Government Took 11 Years To Make Draft Employment Policy
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Government of India led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has finally decided to bring National Labour & Employment Policy – Shram Shakti Niti 2025, though it took 11 years to do so. Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has put the draft policy on...
NITI Aayog Warning On India’s Digital Overreach Needs To Be Taken Seriously
By R. Suryamurthy When India’s new Income-tax Act, 2025 was unveiled earlier this year, it was touted as a model of modernization — a law that would replace the colonial hangover of the 1961 Act with a “trust-based, transparent, and technology-driven” tax regime. But as the government celebrates digital...
A Pause In Netanyahu’s Slaughter: Can A New Israeli Politics Emerge?
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Unyielding vigilance is needed to ensure Israel fulfils its commitments under the “ceasefire.” Palestinians streamed back to Gaza City to confront anew the now familiar scenes of destruction with their homes and businesses, schools and hospitals, mosques and churches heaped in ruins with vital infrastructure...
The Price Of Pragmatism: What India Gains (And Loses) By Courting The Taliban
By Girish Linganna In a move that would have seemed unthinkable just a few years ago, Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi arrived in New Delhi on October 9 for an eight-day official visit that marks a watershed moment in India’s foreign policy. His meetings with External Affairs Minister...
Nomination Begins For Bihar Election But Seat-Sharing Troubles Continue
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Filing for nomination papers for the first phase of Bihar election has began on Friday , October 10 but both the NDA and INDIA bloc are still trying to overcome the troubles on account of seat-sharing among their alliance partners. All the political parties in...
Israel-Hamas Deal Has Lessons For The Global Anti-War Movement Supporters
By Dr Arun Mitra The agreement reached between Israel and Hamas has raised a ray of hope that the massacre of Palestinian children and women, being carried out by the Israeli army for nearly two years, might finally stop. However, reports continue to emerge that Israel has not ceased...
Parleys With Paswan, Manjhi, Nitish On As NDA Braces For Bihar Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra The BJP and its allies in the NDA continue their hectic efforts to come to an effective seat-sharing arrangement ahead of Bihar assembly elections. But behind agreement and smiles, much effort was put in to persuade Chirag Paswan, with Union Minister Nityanand Rai visiting Paswan’s...
Pro-Fascist Forces Are Surging Ahead Globally Including India In Recent Years
By Prabhat Patnaik All over the world there is an upsurge of fascistic forces. This includes India too where the fascistic Hindutva elements have been not just on the rise, but in power for more than a decade now. Liberal and progressive thinking in the country has been concerned...
Record Price For Sri Lankan Teas In Global Market Enthuses Indian Producers
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Sri Lankan (black) tea recently secured the highest price in the world , as one kilogram of its FFE X SP variety was sold for a record price of 125,000 Yuros, (equivalent to 252,500 Sri Lankan rupees) , at a function in Japan . This...
BSP Supremo Mayawati Hints At Understanding With BJP At Her Mega Rally On Thursday
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: With her soft approach towards BJP and attack on Samajwadi Party and Congress, BSP national President Mayawati sent her clear political message to party leaders workers while addressing the mega rally here on October 9. Mayawati selected the occasion of 19th death anniversary of BSP...
India Inks Critical Mineral, Climate Change And Defence Deals With UK
NEW DELHI: India and the United Kingdom (UK) on Thursday announced a dozen outcomes across sectors ranging from education and critical minerals to climate change and defence cooperation. These include a $468 million (350 million pound) contract under which the UK will supply lightweight multirole missiles to India, and...
India Healthcare Spend To Double As Share Of GDP By 2047: Study
NEW DELHI: India’s healthcare expenditure is expected to rise seventeen-fold by 2047 to touch Rs 190 lakh crore, up from about Rs 10-11 lakh crore now, as aging population, increasing non-communicable disease (NCD) load, early onset and late diagnosis will drive the demand for healthcare services, said the latest...
Government Notifies Major Amendments To PLI Scheme For Textiles
NEW DELHI: The textile ministry on Thursday announced significant amendments to the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for textile products with an aim to address challenges faced by the industry and encourage fresh investments. The amendments to the scheme for man-made fibre (MMF) apparel, fabrics and technical textile products include...
Foreign Fund Outflows Not Worrying, Investors Bullish On India: SEBI Chief
Foreign equity flows fluctuate with global conditions. But, longterm trend in assets under custody of FPIs remains upward, which has grown from $827 billion to around $907 billion with a 10-year CAGR of over 12%. Beyond scale and participation, what ultimately matters to investors is that India has a...
India’s Govt Debt Projected To Decline To 71% Of GDP By FY35 From Current 81%: CareEdge Ratings
India’s general government debt is expected to moderate steadily over the next decade, declining from the current 81 per cent of GDP to about 77 per cent by FY31 and further to 71 per cent by FY35, according to a report released by CareEdge Ratings. The report highlighted that...
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal Is Welcome But The Follow Up Is Crucial For Enduring Peace
By Nitya Chakraborty The Israel-Hamas peace deal announced by the US President Donald Trump on Wednesday night in Washington is a welcome development, however limited it be at the moment as the agreement between the two warring parties is only for the first phase of Trump sponsored deal involving...
RSS Centenary Year Should Be An Occasion To Expose Its Dubious Past
By P. Sudhir In the middle of a huge public overdrive over the centenary of the formation of RSS, the country was shocked by a bizarre spectacle. A lawyer, Rakesh Kishore, registered with the Supreme Court Bar Association, was seen hurling a shoe at the Chief Justice of India,...
Fight Over Seat-Sharing Exposes Contradictions In NDA & INDIA Camps
By Arun Srivastava If the INDIA bloc in Bihar is facing serious incongruity on the issue of seat-sharing, with CPI(ML)-L, the BJP-led NDA is also fronting a serious challenge from the aggrieved state RSS leaders and ground-level cadres. Even the leaders of the smaller allies are aggrieved, but they...
