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Bihar BJP And State JD(U) Differing On Verification Of Burqa Clad Muslim Women Voters
By Sushil Kutty Bihar is going according to plan for the BJP. The party wants verification of burqa-clad voters for the Bihar election. The demand has been made by party leader Dilip Jaiswal, sparking a row, The RJD has retaliated, labelling the demand as “BJP resorting to the politics...
Kerala Clears Liberal Policy For Investments In The State
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala has blazed yet another trail by approving an environmental, social and governance (ESG) policy to implement a governance framework for investments in the State. By doing so, Kerala has become the first State in the country to formulate such a policy, which has been...
India-US Trade Talks On But The Major Irritants Still Creating Deadlock
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: In recent months, the prospect of a big trade agreement between India and the United States has been bumped, frozen, tested—and in danger of unravelling entirely. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s public insistence that any deal must respect India’s “red lines” reflects the...
RSS Completes 100 Years After Its Founding – What Next For This Hindu Outfit?
By Kalyani Shankar On October 2 this year, coinciding with Vijaya Dashami, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) celebrated its 100th anniversary, having been founded by Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in Nagpur. The RSS is one of India’s most powerful Hindu nationalist organisations and often faces criticism from the Opposition...
Consolidation Of Public Sector Banks May Resume By Fiscal-End
NEW DELHI: After a gap of six years, the process of consolidation of public sector banks (PSBs) may restart by the end of the current financial year. What is being considered is the merger of 3-4 smaller PSBs with larger ones in the first phase. In the subsequent phase,...
Deposits Rise Faster Than Loans At Small Finance Banks In Q2
MUMBAI: Small finance banks (SFBs) saw higher growth in their deposits as compared to gross advances on a year-on-year basis in the quarter ended September, provisional data released by six banks showed. The gross advances rose 16.8% y-o-y while the growth in total deposits was higher at 17.2%, the...
India Pleased With UK FTA; Keen To Have Trade Pact With US: Jaishankar
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday spoke of learning lessons from India’s initial free trade agreements (FTAs) with Asean nations, terming them as economies that compete with India and provide a pathway for Chinese goods to enter the Indian market. He said India should focus on...
New Pharma R&D Scheme Helpful Only For Incremental Products: Experts
NEW DELHI: The recent overhaul of the Promotion of Research and Innovation in Pharma-MedTech Sector (PRIP) scheme by the government might be insufficient to create an ecosystem for development of novel drugs in India, industry experts feel. Development of a new drug molecule (new chemical entity) costs anywhere between...
IT Services Firms Brace For Muted Q2 Amid Weak Demand
MUMBAI: IT services firms are preparing for another subdued quarter as global macro uncertainty, tight discretionary budgets, and cautious client spending weigh on what is usually a seasonally stronger period. The recent changes to US H1-B visa rules have further added to the sector’s unease, limiting near-term optimism. Analysts...
A Week Marking The Worst And Best For India On Global Stage
By K Raveendran It was a week of contradictions for India’s image on the world stage, marked by a curious interplay of critique, affirmation, and manoeuvring. Rahul Gandhi, in his address at Columbia University, painted a picture of India that was dark and distressing, describing the country’s democratic decline...
INDIA Bloc Parties Fear Intimidation And Rigging By NDA During Polls In Bihar
By Arun Srivastava In politically tense Bihar on the eve of assembly elections by early next month, all eyes are set on the hearing in the Supreme Court on October 7 on the fate of the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. The full three member election...
PM Narendra Modi Is Making Political Use Of Job Programmes Before Bihar Polls
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Slowly but surely, joblessness has been emerging as a serious political issue in India, with a dimension that has never been witnessed. Bihar, which is scheduled for poll in November 2025, is witnessing it, and PM Narendra Modi is seen trying to dilute its adverse...
Demand For Two Lok Sabha Seats From Ladakh Is A Tricky Constitutional Issue
By Sant Kumar Sharma The leaderships of Shia-dominated Kargil and Buddhist-dominated Leh district usually don’t have much in common. However, nowadays, the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) have joined hands. They are supporting one another against what is perceived by most of the leaders of...
Will The Two Year Old Hamas-Israel War Finally End By Sunday 6 PM?
By Sushil Kutty President Donald Trump has set a Sunday 6pm deadline for Hamas to come to its knees after nearly two years of intense warfare, mostly Israeli bombing of the Gaza strip, which has been reduced to several thousand hills of rubble and dust and debris, and buried...
Diplomatic Wins Embolden Syria Interim President To Monopolise Power
By Manish Rai In his maiden speech in the United Nations General Assembly, Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, called for lifting of international sanctions on Syria, becoming the first head of state from Syria to address the gathering in nearly 60 years. This signifies the first appearance of a...
New Pretexts Are Being Added To Rouse Communal Hatred In North India
By Ram Puniyani Communal violence has been the bane of Indian politics. It has been over a century old. The violence is generally a planned one; according to most scholars of this phenomenon. This violence is followed by rise of communal polarization. The scholars have also opined that “riots...
RBI Proposes Market-Linked Framework For External Commercial Borrowings
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed major changes to the framework for external commercial borrowings (ECBs), linking borrowing limits to the financial strength of companies and allowing funds to be raised at market-determined interest rates. The draft norms, issued on Friday, seek to simplify end-use restrictions...
India Anchor Of Stability In Volatile World: RBI Guv Sanjay Malhotra
NEW DELHI: India’s macro-economic fundamentals have continued to remain very strong, and the country has become an anchor of stability in a volatile world, Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Friday. Speaking at Kautilya Economic Conclave 2025 here, the governor attributed the country’s strong fundamentals to low inflation,...
