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RBI May Cut Rates By Another 75 Basis Points In FY26 As Inflation Cools To Multi-Month Lows: Experts
NEW DELHI: India’s inflation trajectory for FY26 is expected to remain positive with headline averaging around 3.5 per cent assuming evenly distributed monsoon. Retail inflation for the month of April cooled further to 3.2 per cent on-year, down from 3.3 per cent in March, marking the lowest reading in...
India’s Exports Increase 9% In April; US Exports Surge 27%
NEW DELHI: Despite the 10% tariff imposed by the US in April, India’s merchandise exports rose by 9% during the month with exports to the US surging by 27%.Total exports during the month was at $38.5 billion, compared to $35.3 billion a year ago. Exports to the US surged...
Digital Banking Units Fail To Touch A Chord With Customers
MUMBAI: The digital banking unit (DBU) initiative — banks’ attempt to connect with the unbanked and the underbanked population using their digital prowess — largely remains on paper three years since its launch, with banks adding just 25 units to the initial 75. Several bank officials FE spoke to...
Global DAP Prices Rise 13% Since April, May Push Up Fertiliser Subsidy
NEW DELHI: The global price of di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), the second most consumed fertilizer after urea, has risen by over 13% since April, to $ 652/tonne at present. Fertiliser subsidy for FY26 may spike if DAP prices stays elevated in the coming weeks, as the government intends to keep...
VC, PE Firm Launches Slow Amid Investor Caution
BENGALURU: The number of new venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) firms being launched in the country has plummeted in recent years, reflecting growing investor caution, tighter capital flows, and a shakeout of undifferentiated players in a maturing startup ecosystem. From 73 new VC firms in 2019, the...
Summoning Of Special Session Of Parliament Is Imperative To Know Ceasefire Details
By P Sudhir People on both sides of the border were relieved. The four-day-long military engagement between India and Pakistan came to a close on the late afternoon of May 10. Despite this, gunshots were heard late in the night. But later, the DGMOs of both countries confirmed that...
Indian Ministers Are Only Helping Internationalisation Of Kashmir Issue Through Loose Remarks
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Modi’s rightwing Hindu nationalist party, guided by its moral compass, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has limited time to wrest Pakistan Occupied Kashmir from Pakistan, only a billion years! A supercomputer simulation by researchers at Japan’s Tohoku University came to the conclusion that life on...
Does Presidential Reference Contain ‘Substantial Questions Of Law’
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Mahadevan had earlier turned down the request of the Government of India to send the case relating to assent to bills by governors and president to a larger Constitution Bench on the ground that...
Right Parties Leading In Opinion Polls On The Eve Of Portugal Elections On May 18
By Satyaki Chakraborty Portugal, a very important member of the European Union with a strong economy, is going for national elections next Sunday, May 18 to elect its 230 member Parliament. The 2025 elections will be the third one in the last three years showing the fragility of the...
The New Covid 19 Death Data Proves That The Centre Earlier Fudged The Figure
By Krishna Jha The new Covid death data, released recently by the government, reveals everything that confirms what was feared at the time of the pandemic – a massive mismanagement on the part of the government. The new data from the Civil Registration System (CRS), published on May 7,...
The Tale Of Two Super Power Presidents Amidst Global War On Trade, Tariffs
By Nitya Chakraborty Soon after organizing a 90 day truce last week end at Geneva through three day intensive talks between top officials of the United States and China, President Donald Trump is on a three nation tour covering Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE to pursue his deal making...
High Contrast In Stewardship Of Two Supreme Court Chief Justices
By K Raveendran Sweet and short: that aptly describes Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna’s stewardship of the Supreme Court. In a time when judicial personalities often become larger than the institution, Justice Khanna offered a quiet, yet powerful contrast. His tenure followed that of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, and...
Indian Air Force Did A Magnificent Job In Damaging Pakistan’s Air Defence
By Sushil Kutty The Indian Air Force is drawing kudos from all flying quarters except from fly-by-night operators in the Pakistani media and Pakistani intelligentsia along with retired Pakistani diplomats and Pakistani generals, for laying waste nine Pakistan Air bases and downing hundreds of Turkiye drones, in the “4-Day...
New Ayurveda Day Decision Is A Significant Shift In Hindutva Politics
By Gyan Pathak At a time when RSS-BJP clan has been politically opposing everything foreign in the name of Hindutva nationalism, designating a new date by PM Narendra Modi led government for celebrating Ayurveda Day on 23 September in the Gregorian Calendar in place of celebrating it traditionally on...
Labour Law Reform Without Domestic Workers Would Be A Big Omission
By Dithhi Bhattacharya The ILO Convention On Domestic Workers (C189) was adopted in 2011 with India supporting it. Over a decade later, India continues to debate ratifying the convention despite being the largest employer of domestic workers across the world. Estimates vary that there are as many as between...
Where Is The Accountability Of Indian Media, Especially TV Channels?
By Dr Pragya Sharma, After the most welcome ceasefire announcement, one question kept resonating in my mind. I was baffled to see the role of Indian mainstream media during this emergency like situation. Their primary purpose is to provide information and keep the masses aware, but they proved to...
Can The New KPCC Chief Sunny Joseph Takes On LDF In 2026 Polls?
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Will Sunny Joseph, who has been named the new president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) can lead the Congress to power in the 2026 Assembly elections? That is the million dollar question doing the rounds in the State’s political corridors. Congress leaders say...
India Only Reserved Right To Impose Retaliatory Duty On American Goods
NEW DELHI: India has “only” reserved its right under WTO norms to impose retaliatory duties on certain American products over the US’ steel and aluminum tariffs and it may choose to resolve the issue through the ongoing bilateral trade agreement (BTA) negotiations between the two countries, an official said...
