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Despite Being In Jail, Mohd Azam Khan Retains Prominence In Muslim Politics Of UP
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: There is no doubt that Samajwadi Party leader Mohd Azam Khan plays a larger-than-life role in Muslim politics of Uttar Pradesh. Is BJP scared of Mohd Azam Khan in forthcoming assembly polls in 2027? And is that why the saffron brigade will be more comfortable...
Government To Channel CSS Funds Via RBI From November
NEW DELHI: The Centre will route the funds for all centrally sponsored schemes (CSS), with an aggregated annual budget outlay of Rs 5 lakh crore, through the Reserve Bank of India platform from November instead of state treasuries, to curb the floating of funds and rein in borrowings. At...
Government Open To Talks On AGR Relief For Vodafone Idea
MUMBAI: Some relief on the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) front looked possible for Vodafone Idea on Friday, with the Supreme Court agreeing to hear its plea against a fresh demand of Rs 9,450 crore from the department of telecommunications (DoT) on September 26, and the government not opposing the...
R&I Japan Upgrades India’s Credit Rating To BBB+ With Stable Outlook
NEW DELHI: The Japanese credit rating agency, Rating and Investment Information (R&I), on Friday upgraded India’s sovereign credit rating by a notch to BBB+ from ‘BBB’ with a stable outlook backed by the country’s demographic dividend, robust domestic demand, and sound government policies. “Despite the uncertainties surrounding the global...
GST Rate Cuts To Benefit Key Consumer Items, But Impact Depends On Pass-Through: Crisil
MUMBAI: While the revised GST tax rates will benefit 11 of the top 30 consumption items—covering about a third of an average consumer’s monthly expenditure—the actual impact of these lower tax rates will depend on how much of the benefit is passed on to consumers, and whether this move...
Office Space Leased By Global Capability Centres Set To Grow 15-20% In Next Two Years: Report
MUMBAI: Global capability centres (GCCs) have leased around 100 million sqft of office space across the top seven cities since 2021, driving record-breaking transactions across these cities. As much as 36% of the overall office demand in 2025 so far has been from GCCs, who have leased out 28...
Why The 25th Congress Of CPI On September 21-25 In Chandigarh Is Significant In Indian Politics?
By D Raja The Twenty-Fifth Congress of the Communist Party of India will convene in Chandigarh from September 21, 2025, at Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy Nagar (Kisan Bhawan). We gather at a moment of extraordinary circumstances. Punjab is reeling under devastating floods. Fields are submerged, homes are damaged, and livelihoods...
Congress-BJP Political Fight On Role Of Election Commission Sees No End
By Dr. Gyan Pathak For quite some time now, India heard the Congress’s and BJP’s points-counterpoints on saving Indian democracy in their own way. Congress alleged that the ruling BJP establishment led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi not only undermined the Election Commission of India (ECI) an and institution...
Foreign Ownership Of Banks In India Will Only Help Big Corporate Groups
By Prabhat Patnaik The Reserve Bank of India has a limit of 15 per cent on ownership by non-residents of the equity of an Indian bank, a limit that is augmentable on a case-to-case basis but remains on the statute books to this date. And yet in 2018, the...
The States’ Fiscal Illusion: Borrowing Today, Mortgaging Tomorrow
By R. Suryamurthy When the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) released its State Finances 2022–23 report, the numbers confirmed what many economists have long feared: India’s states are not just borrowing, they are borrowing badly. The façade of buoyant Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections has concealed deep imbalances...
Why Does BJP Always Get Paranoid At Any Political Comment By Rahul Gandhi?
By Sushil Kutty Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at his hydrogen bomb presser made a mention of Gen Z and since then there’s talk that Gandhi was thinking of Nepal and the Nepalese Gen Z overthrowing the Nepalese government, wishing aloud his frustration of not being able to win his...
India Is Now Among The Strongest Drivers Of Growth In Global Steel Industry
By Kunal Bose One single factor that is primarily responsible for the weak finances of the world steel industry is installed capacity staying well in excess of demand. If that is not enough to stand in the way of most mills across the continents to generate surpluses to support...
BJP-led NDA Is In Full Action Mode As Bihar Polls Inch Closer
By Rahil Nora Chopra As the high-stakes battle for Bihar inches closer, the BJP has gone into full action mode to counter Mahagathbandhan’s political yatras. It seems Union Home Minister Amit Shah is himself taking charge to ensure success of Bihar Mission 2025. Already, the BJP has begun reinforcing...
Nvidia Bets $5 Billion On Intel, Deepening Its Bid To Dominate Global AI Race
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Nvidia Corp., the Silicon Valley chipmaker at the centre of the global artificial intelligence boom, is making its boldest move yet to consolidate power in the semiconductor industry. On Thursday, the company announced it would take a $5 billion stake in longtime rival...
CEC Officially Refutes Fresh Allegations By Rahul Gandhi Against Him On Vote Chori
By Sushil Kutty Ahead of the expansion of SIR to the rest of the Union of States, the Election Commission of India has rejected Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s fresh charge on Thursday against CEC Gyanesh Kumar as ‘baseless’. “Allegations made by Shri Rahul Gandhi are incorrect and baseless....
Modi’s Diplomacy: Balancing Putin’s Friendship And Pakistan’s Defiance
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: On his 75th birthday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi found himself at the center of a carefully choreographed display of international diplomacy and domestic strongman politics that perfectly encapsulated his evolving foreign policy strategy. As world leaders lined up to offer birthday greetings, Modi’s...
President Trump Is Feeling Taste Of British People Anger In His Current UK Visit
By Anjan Roy In the days prior to World War One, England had a popular song: “We don’t want to fight, But if we have to, We have the men, We have the ships, We have the money too” In these days, a bankrupt Great Britain was seen to...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Manipur Visit Marks Empty Rhetoric, Zero Empathy
By P Sudhir The prime minister last week made an inordinately delayed visit to Manipur after 28 months – 864 days to be precise – of internecine ethnic violence that was presided over by the then BJP-led government in the state under chief minister Biren Singh. The visit itself...
