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Household Indebtedness And Related Suicides Sharply Increasing Since 2014
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Household indebtedness in India and the suicides relating to it have been rising sharply since 2014, since the Modi government’s economic policy does not come to rescue the household borrowers, though it rescues businesses and corporates through write offs and relief under bankruptcy code. The...
Rahul Gandhi Is Focusing On Bihar Youth In A Big Way Before Assembly Polls
By Arun Srivastava Pressurising the alliance partner to accrue more political and electoral benefit has certainly not been an alien concept. It has been in vogue for pretty long time. Obviously to look at the frequent visit of Rahul Gandhi to Bihar from the perspective of pressuring RJD to...
Strengthening CPI(M) New General Secretary M A Baby’s Top Priority
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The appointment of M. A. Baby as the general secretary of the CPI(M) marks the beginning of a new phase in the party’s political history. The fact that his name was proposed by West Bengal CPI(M) secretary Mohammed Salim and backed by party veteran from...
Truce Talks On Manipur Failed To Produce Joint Statement Despite Meeting Of Both Sides
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Though happy that ultimately the warring Manipur groups – the Meiteis and the Kuki-Zos – sat across the table with the Union government on April 5, Saturday in New Delhi yet the home ministry team led by advisor (North-East) A K Mishra has had...
An International Health Crisis Looms Large In The Area Of Tackling HIV
By Anand Grover With the international rules based order in disarray today and as parameters of governance are undermined across the world, the crisis in health is looming large. Having been through two major pandemics in the recent past – HIV and Covid – it is now instructive for...
Vietnam, Bangladesh, Others Look To Strike Trade Deals With US
NEW DELHI: Vietnam, which is a key competitor of India and has 46% additional tariffs as against 26% on India, has offered zero duties on all US imports. Bangladesh, which is a rival for India in global markets for textiles, may also offer duty concessions to the US to...
General Insurance Industry Likely To Grow 13% In FY26: India Ratings
MUMBAI: After tepid growth in the last financial year, the general insurance industry is expected to grow 13 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in gross written premium (GWP) in FY26, led more by value than by new policyholder additions, analysts at India Ratings said. The industry’s premium grew 8.5 per...
Inter-Ministerial Group To Track Import Surge, Take Quick Remedial Step
NEW DELHI: An import monitoring group has been set up in the ministry of commerce to track any possible spurt in inflows of goods into India as many countries including China aggressively seek alternative markets after Trump tariffs reduce access to the US markets. A senior official said Monday...
Indian Law Firms Take Baby Steps For Consolidation
AHMEDABAD: The global legal industry saw a seismic shift last week, with the partnerships at Herbert Smith Freehills, widely acknowledged as one of the world’s most elite law firms, and top US law firm Kramer Nevin Naftalis & Franklin voting to approve a historic merger. The new entity will...
Indian IT Firms To Tighten Belts Amid Rising Uncertainty
BENGALURU: Doing more for less is regaining traction in the IT sector. Indian IT firms are grappling with volatility and bearish sentiment amidst a widespread stock market rout. Infosys and HCLTech stock prices declined by nearly 4% on Monday, while Cognizant and Accenture dropped 4% and 2% respectively in...
RBI Starts Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Review
MUMBAI; The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday started its bi-monthly monetary policy review amid expectations of a 25 bps cut in key interest rates in the backdrop of moderating inflation and the need to stimulate growth as Trump tariffs pose severe challenges to the global economy. The...
India’s Exports To Us Could Decline By $5.76 Billion: GTRI
NEW DELHI: India’s merchandise exports to the US from sectors such as marine items, gold, electrical, and electronics are expected to decline by $5.76 billion this year due to increased American duties, according to the data analysis of think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI). However, it added that...
Countries Scramble To Respond To Trump’s Tariffs
WASHINGTON: Countries are scrambling to figure out how to respond to the tariffs, with China and others retaliating quickly. Trump’s tariff blitz fulfilled a key campaign promise as he acted without Congress to redraw the rules of the international trading system. It was a move decades in the making...
Automobile Retail Sales Rise Six Per Cent In FY25: FADA
NEW DELHI: Automobile retail sales in India rose six per cent to 2,61,43,943 units in FY25 with rural areas performing better than urban regions across passenger vehicle and two-wheeler segments, dealers’ body FADA said on Monday. The last financial year saw growth in sales of passenger vehicles, two-wheelers and...
Securitisation Volumes Jump 24 Per Cent In FY25
MUMBAI: Securitisation volumes in FY25 increased 24 per cent to hit the highest level of Rs 2.35 lakh crore, a report said on Monday. The volumes of securitisation, which involves passing on future receivables on a loan to address upfront liquidity needs, were lower in the fourth quarter at...
New CPI(M) General Secretary M A Baby Has A Tough Task In Imparting Dynamism In The Party
By Nitya Chakraborty 71 year old CPI(M) politburo member Mariam Alexander Baby has taken over as the sixth general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) following his nomination at the 24th congress of the Party which concluded at Madurai on April 6. Baby is a veteran leader...
India Is Let Off Lightly With Trump’s Import Tariff
By Nantoo Banerjee US President Donald Trump is absolutely right to justify the new tariffs as a necessary step to combat “unfair” import trade practices that have hurt his country’s industries and employment opportunities for decades. Thanks to its own liberal import policy over the last several years, the...
Implementation Of Amended Waqf Act Remains A Big Challenge To Modi Govt
By Kalyani Shankar There is a lot of concern about the Waqf Property Amendment Bill 2025, which the Lok Sabha passed on Wednesday. This controversial bill updates the 1995 Waqf Act and gives the Central Government more control over waqf properties. The Rajya Sabha cleared it the next day....
