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How Unsafe Are Children In The Online World?
By Raju Kumar The latest NCRB figures serve as a warning that threats to children are no longer confined to streets and public spaces; they now exist inside the mobile phones children carry in their hands. Digital technology, social media and the internet have opened up a new world...
India’s Exports At 4-Year High, But Bullion Imports Widen Trade Deficit
NEW DELHI: India’s merchandise exports rose 13.8 per cent year-on-year in April to a four-year high of $43.56 billion, according to the commerce ministry data released on Friday, despite supply-chain disruptions linked to the crisis in West Asia. Still, the trade deficit widened to a three-month high of $28.38...
India, UAE Sign Six Agreements On LPG And Strategic Oil Reserves
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s brief stopover in Abu Dhabi on Friday saw India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sign six agreements aimed at deepening energy and defence ties. The UAE also announced its entities would invest $5 billion in India. The PM’s visit coincided with the...
India’s Direct Selling Industry Crosses ₹23,000 Crore In FY25 Growth
MUMBAI: India’s direct selling industry recorded turnover of Rs 23,021 crore in FY2024-25, up 4 per cent from Rs 22,142 crore in the previous fiscal, according to the Direct Selling Industry 2025 Outlook released by the Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA). The report states that the industry grew at...
Inflation Forecasts Reset As OMCs Pass Extra Costs On
NEW DELHI: The Rs 3/litre hike in petrol and diesel prices could push retail inflation up by nearly 15 basis points in the short term, economists said. They expect more such price increases over the next few weeks, as oil marketing losses of oil marketing companies remained to be...
Govt Clears Emirates NBD Bank’s Proposal To Acquire Up To 74% Stake In RBL Bank
NEW DELHI: The finance ministry has approved Dubai-based Emirates NBD Bank’s proposal to acquire up to 74 per cent stake in private sector lender RBL Bank, PTI reported citing a regulatory filing on Friday. RBL Bank said Emirates NBD Bank (P.J.S.C) has received a letter from the Department of...
Narendra Modi-Era Elections Are No Longer Believed Free And Fair
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The opposition has always been claiming that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is being controlled by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ECI has been working to ensure that BJP wins elections in the country. They alleged that ECI is compromised while the Modi...
Xi Jinping Got Upperhand In Politics Leaving Trump To Take Credit For Trade Deal
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: When Air Force One touched down at Beijing Capital International Airport on the evening of May 13, three hundred Chinese schoolchildren in blue and white uniforms waved American and Chinese flags in the warm spring air — a choreography so precisely managed it...
Trump-Xi Beijing Summit Signals A Fragile Reset In US-China Relations
By Asad Mirza US President Donald Trump’s high-stakes visit to Beijing for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping has triggered global attention amid worsening geopolitical rivalries, trade tensions and security concerns. While both leaders projected optimism and called for a “new vision” in bilateral ties, deep strategic mistrust remains...
Priyanka’s Influence In Kerala Politics Seen In Satheesan As CM Pick
By Rahil Nora Chopra The decision of the Congress to appoint V D Satheesan as Kerala’s next chief minister has subtly underlined Priyanka Gandhi’s growing influence in Congress decision-making, particularly in Kerala politics, after becoming MP from Wayanad. The Congress leadership held various rounds of discussions involving top leaders...
Dismantling Of MGNREGS By Modi Govt Is A Big Setback To The Rural Poor
By Prabhat Patnaik The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was perhaps the most consequential legislation enacted in post-independence India. It did not just provide for a transfer towards the poor; it did not just set up a scheme of employment creation like the earlier “Food for...
Priyanka Outwits Rahul In Selecting V D Satheesan As Kerala’s New CM
By T N Ashok The rise of V D Satheesan to Kerala’s top political office was not merely the routine selection of a Congress Legislature Party leader after an election victory. It was the culmination of a bruising internal power struggle inside the Congress, a carefully choreographed generational shift,...
Bulldozers And The Pavements Of A Failing City Under New BJP Govt
By Devasis Chattopadhyay KOLKATA: On the night of 5th May, shortly after the declaration of the recent West Bengal Assembly election results, bulldozers and flatbed trucks rolled into the lanes around New Market and parts of Chowringhee in central Kolkata. Timber stalls were dismantled. Tarpaulin roofs were ripped away....
Mamata Is Revamping TMC For Turnaround By Depending More On Old Timers
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Veterans are being roped in by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee seeking to use their knowledge of state politics to take on the BJP occupying the Treasury benches in the Assembly and Lok Sabha. Loyalty to the party supremo and none else has been the...
Energy Cost Spike Pushes Wholesale Inflation To 8.3%, A 42-Month High
NEW DELHI: Led by a steep rise in energy prices amid the ongoing West Asia crisis, India’s wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation rate more than doubled to a 42-month high of 8.3 per cent in April from 3.88 per cent in March, according to data released by the Ministry...
Rupee Nears 96/$ Amid Aggressive Importer Dollar Demand, Before Rebound
MUMBAI: The rupee hit a fresh intraday low of 95.96 per dollar on Thursday amid aggressive demand for the greenback among importers, and maturing of offshore non-deliverable forward (NDF) positions, dealers said. The rupee later recovered sharply to around 95.58 after reports emerged that the government was considering a...
No Let Up Likely On Crisis-Relief Measures Despite Fiscal Strain
NEW DELHI: India’s fiscal deficit in FY27 may overshoot the budgeted target to some extent as the Centre is implementing a series of relief and stabilisation measures to shield citizens, farmers and businesses from the fallout of the escalating West Asia conflict, sources told FE. However, they stressed, the...
Govt Caps Gold Imports Under Export Scheme, Tightens Monitoring
NEW DELHI: A day after hiking customs duty on gold, the government on Wednesday put limits on the quantity of yellow metal that can be imported under a key export scheme. Capping gold imports under the Advance Authorisation (AA) Scheme at 100 kilograms, coupled with tighter compliance and monitoring,...
