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Jeremy Corbyn Announces The Plan To Hold Conference Of New British Left Party
By Andrew Murray LONDON: Plans for the first conference of the new left party in Britain launched by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana have been announced to the 800,000 people who have signed up as supporters. Thousands of delegates to the November gathering are to be chosen by lottery...
India, US Step On The Gas To Seal Trade Deal After 7-Hour ‘Positive’ Meet
NEW DELHI: India and the United States on Tuesday agreed to intensify efforts to reach an early conclusion of a “mutually beneficial” trade deal, setting aside recent strains in their bilateral relationship. The announcement from the Indian side followed a seven-hour meeting between the chief negotiators from both countries,...
Govt Projects A Modest 2.4% Growth In Foodgrains Production In 2025-26
NEW DELHI: Taking into consideration the impact of flood and excessive rainfall across regions on kharif crop, the government on Tuesday projected a modest growth of 2.4% in foodgrain production to 362.5 million tonne (MT) for the 2025-26 crop year (July -June) compared to 353 MT of production in...
Regulator Moots Major Leeway For Fund Managers Under Private-Sector NPS
NEW DELHI: In a move aimed at popularising the National Pension System among the employees in the non-government sector, the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on Tuesday permitted fund managers to customise and offer multiple schemes with equity exposure up to 100% to private-sector subscribers. The fund...
India Inc Turned To Non-Bank Routes For Nearly Half Of Fy25 Funding
MUMBAI: Corporate India is increasingly tapping non-banking channels to meet its funding requirements, with nearly half of the total resources raised in FY25 coming from equity markets, bonds, and loans from non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed. The total flow of financial resources to...
Wait For WiFi 6 Gets Longer Over Spectrum Licensing Issues
NEW DELHI: The wait for faster WiFi speeds in India is set to get longer, with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) delaying the notification of rules on delicensing the lower portion of the 6 GHz spectrum band. Allotting this spectrum would allow for the deployment of technologies such as...
Europe In 2025 Is Showing All The Signs Of Pre-World War Two Eco-Political Turbulence
By Nitya Chakraborty Europe which was the main centre of two world wars in the last century is showing signals of many of the features of the politics of the continent in the pre- second world period spanning 1925 to 1939 in political and military terms. Though in term...
Cheaper Goods, Costlier Questions: The Hidden Risks Of GST 2.0
By R. Suryamurthy On September 22, India will roll out the most sweeping reform of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) since its launch eight years ago. The political packaging is clear: cheaper soaps, medicines, and small cars just in time for the festival season. The new regime collapses...
The Quarterly Trap: America’s Corporate Dance With Short-Term Gains
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The rhythmic pulse of American capitalism beats every ninety days. As earnings season approaches, corporate America enters a familiar choreography: CFOs massage spreadsheets, CEOs rehearse optimistic narratives, and employees brace for potential restructuring. This quarterly ritual, enshrined since the Securities Exchange Act of...
Suicides In Wayanad Deepen Congress Factionalism In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The recent suicides of two Congress leaders in Wayanad and the reverberations over the Rahul Mamgootathil issue have exposed the deepening factionalism in the Kerala unit of the Congress. Last week witnessed the death, allegedly by suicide, by a local Congress leader Jose Nelledam in...
Trump Suing New York Times For Defamation Seeking $15 Billion Is A Sign Of His Panic Reaction
By Sushil Kutty President Donald Trump has sued ‘The New York Times’, the newspaper he has been calling the “failing New York Times” for nearly 19 years and still hasn’t seen it failing. So now he has gone and sued The New York Times’ believing if it doesn’t fail...
FBI Director Kash Patel’s Political Loyalty Hit The Bureau’s Image In Kirk Assassination Case
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: FBI Director Kash Patel’s swift capture of the suspect in conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination should have been an unqualified victory. Instead, his handling of the case has exposed the tensions inherent in placing a political loyalist atop the nation’s premier law enforcement...
At 75, Super Star Rajnikanth Is Dominating Tamil Cinema Defying All Younger Actors
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayer Tamil superstar Rajnikanth will be 75 on December12,this year. Three months before th matinee idol steps in into his life’s platinum jubilee, celebrations have started in Tamil Nadu organized by his fan clubs. AT this age, when people enjoy a retired life, Rajnikanth defies age,...
India’s Jobless Poor Are Trapped In Contradictory Data Details
By Nantoo Banerjee Union Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya’s recent claim of the country’s unemployment rate being the lowest among the G20 nations at two percent seems to lack credibility as per the records available with various government and non-government agencies connected with the matter. Mandaviya’s reference to...
Supreme Court Has Done A Good Balancing Job On Waqf Amendment Act 2025
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Supreme Court of India did a balancing exercise on the Waqf Amendment Act 2025 in the interim stage of hearing on September 15, 2025. The apex court refused to stay the act on the one hand, which brought cheer to the Union Government, but...
Small Exporters Hit By Trump Tariffs Need More Assistance At This Hour
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik President Trump appears to be softening his stance on India. His social media posts on September 6 and September 9, expressing a more friendly overture, reflect this. He emphasized on renewed US-India trade negotiations, described Prime Minister Modi as his “very good friend,” called India–US...
NATO’s Response To Russian Drone Incursions Rekindles The Memory Of 1930’s Europe
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The buzzing of unmanned aircraft over Romanian and Polish airspace carries with it an ominous echo from Europe’s darkest chapter. As Russian drones probe NATO’s eastern frontier with increasing frequency, the alliance faces a moment that historians will recognize as disturbingly familiar: the...
Ensuring Law And Order To Restore Peace Is The Main Task Of Karki Govt In Nepal
By Kalyani Shankar Nepal has welcomed a new Prime Minister, marking a significant step toward the country’s future after a period of turbulence. On Saturday, Sushila Karki, the first female Prime Minister of Nepal and former Chief Justice, took her oath of office and received strong support from Generation...
