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Employment In Unincorporated Sector Fell By 2.1 Per Cent In Q1 Of 2025-26
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Labour market complexity in India is worsening. The quarterly bulletin of unincorporated non-agricultural sector enterprises for April-June 2025, that is the Quarter 1 of the current financial year 2025-26, has just revealed that the number of establishment rose by 1.1 per cent compared to January-March...
After SCO Meet, Trump Unleashes MAGA Department Of War Against Indians
By Sushil Kutty India has brought the worst out of United States President Donald Trump and his raucous MAGA supporters who have started a war of go thwarts India campaign and are gunning not only India and Indians in India but Indian-origin Americans across USA accusing them of taking...
Low New Job Generation In August Gives A Jolt To Trump’s Economy Push
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The latest U.S. jobs report—closely watched by economists, Wall Street, and the political establishment—has landed with a thud. For the first time since the pandemic era, the nation shed more jobs than it gained, raising troubling questions about the health of the labour...
Kunbi Caste Certificate Angers Sections Of Maharashtra Agitators
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Maratha reservation row has escalated, with OBC leaders threatening state-wide protests and senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Minister Chhagan Bhujbal skipping the state Cabinet meeting and declaring that he would move court against the Maharashtra government’s decision to issue Kunbi caste certificates...
PUCL’s Tribunal Report On Manipur Angers Meiteis, Leaves Kuki-Zos Happy
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: The report of ‘The Independent People’s Tribunal (IPT) on the Ongoing Ethnic Conflict in Manipur’ released on August 20 by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has become a bone of contention between the Meitei community in Manipur and PUCL, which...
Are Tribals Hindus’ Controversy Leads To BJP-Congress Fight In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia Two recent events have caused serious controversy in Madhya Pradesh. The first is the claim by Umang Singhar, leader of the opposition in the state assembly, that tribals are not Hindus. The other is the death of infants by rat bites. Umang made this claim...
Yunus’ Bangladesh: Where Speaking Truth Is Treated As Terrorism
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury For years, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was notorious for running one of the world’s largest prisons for journalists. Today, shockingly, Bangladesh has joined this shameful club under the unelected, military-backed rule of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. Since the Islamist-backed coup of 2024 that brought...
India’s Bioeconomy Leaps From $10 Billion To $165.7 Billion In 10 Years
NEW DELHI: Over the past decade, India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing bioeconomies in the world, with the sector expanding to $165.7 billion in 2024 from $10 billion in 2014. With an ambitious target of $300 billion by 2030, the bioeconomy is steadily becoming a cornerstone of...
E-Commerce Majors Eye Festive Jackpot After GST Boost
MUMBAI: For Flipkart and Amazon this festive season will not just be about flashy discounts and all-night shopping marathons. With the cut in goods and services tax (GST) on a wide range of consumer goods and fast-moving consumer products, both the e-commerce giants are preparing for what could be...
Engineering Exports To US Face $8-Billion Hit From Tariff Hike
NEW DELHI: India’s engineering exports to the US are projected to decline by $7.5–$8 billion as the entire product basket in the sector now faces 50% tariffs, creating an urgent need for government support.“The business is down 50%. After frontloading of exports before the full tariff impact came into...
SEBI Issues New Rules For Surrendering KRA Licences To Safeguard Interests Of Investors
NEW DELHI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday issued a circular introducing a structured framework for surrendering KYC Registration Agency (KRA) licences, aimed at ensuring orderly winding down of such entities while protecting investors’ interests. The regulator said the new framework is designed to handle...
India’s 15-Year Defence Plan Includes Nuclear-Powered Carrier, Navy Jets
NEW DELHI: India could build its third aircraft carrier, to be nuclear-powered, as part of a 15-year defence modernisation plan announced on Friday that also includes the use of Indian-made fighter jets by the navy for the first time. Bordered by strategic rivals China and Pakistan, both of whom...
Possibilities Of A Multipolar World For A Lasting Peace Are Emerging
By Dr Arun Mitra Unending armed conflicts are unfolding across various regions of the world. As a result the global security is perhaps facing a degree of uncertainty not witnessed since the Second World War. Crisis-ridden capitalist institutions may outwardly appear powerful and dominant, yet their inability to resolve...
Why Trump Is Showing Big Worry At China’s Victory Parade In Beijing On September 3?
By Nitya Chakraborty The panicky reaction of the US President Donald Trump soon after the Chinese President Xi Jinping’s victory day parade speech in Beijing on September 3 is an indication of the nervousness that has gripped the western nations including the USA at the gradual decline of the...
Has GST Council Become Latest Victim Of Erosion Of Constitutional Autonomy?
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The manner in which GST Council has to decide the latest reform on goods and service taxes in India, has given an impression that it has become the latest victim to erosion of its constitutional autonomy. However, if this impression is true, it is a...
The $10 Billion Alliance: How Meta And Google Are Reshaping The AI Race
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Silicon Valley thrives on rivalries. Apple vs. Microsoft defined one era; Google vs. Facebook another. Yet in 2025, a startling twist has emerged: Meta Platforms and Google, two giants who have long battled for advertising dollars and digital dominance, are now partners in...
SCO Summit Has Opened Up An Opportunity For Narendra Modi To Break Away From The Past
By P. Sudhir The port city of Tianjin had decked up for hosting the summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The SCO had expanded its mandate to include economic cooperation, cultural exchanges, and energy security. India and Pakistan joined as full members in 2017, followed by Iran...
KCR Dynasty In Telangana Is In Real Trouble Over Kavitha’s Exit From BRS
By Sushil Kutty Is the Bharat Rashtra Samiti ‘family drama’ nothing but sibling rivalry and favouritism? Also shades of patriarchy and the son getting to keep the cake while taking a bite of it, too. The daughter is angry to the point of boiling over and this is what...
