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Narendra Modi’s Proposed GST Concessions Are Not Growth Oriented
By Prabhat Patnaik Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech was expectedly full of blatant untruths. He talked for instance of the great strides that India had made in the manufacturing sector during the years of BJP rule, while the reality is a drastic fall over the last ten years in...
US Tariff Policy Has No Definite Framework – Varies From Country To Country
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: For years, transatlantic economic ties have been both a bedrock of Western prosperity and a source of simmering disputes. The newly announced US–EU Framework Agreement on trade, unveiled in August 2025 after months of behind-the-scenes negotiations and public tariff threats, marks a critical...
Supreme Court’s Refurbished Order On Stray Dogs Of Delhi Is A Welcome Compromise
By Sushil Kutty The Supreme Court has modified its dog-order of August 11 and “dog-lovers” are beyond relief, except that the order doesn’t meet everybody’s expectations. The best thing about the order is that dog-lovers have been told not to feed strays on the streets and roads, in the...
INDIA Bloc Picks Strong VP Candidate In Retd Justice B Sudershan Reddy
By Rahil Nora Chopra The opposition INDIA bloc has chosen former Supreme Court judge, Justice B Sudershan Reddy, as its combined candidate for the September 9 Vice Presidential elections, which it termed an ideological battle against the BJP-led NDA, which has nominated Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan. Former SC Judge...
RBI Floats Discussion Paper To Review Inflation Targeting Framework
MUMBAI: Ahead of the second review of the country’s flexible inflation targeting framework (FIT) due in March 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday floated a discussion paper seeking feedback on four critical questions, including the appropriateness of persisting with the 4 per cent goal and if...
GDP Growth Likely To Be Lower At 6.3% In FY26: SBI Report
NEW DELHI: India’s economic growth is expected to be lower at 6.3 per cent this fiscal compared to the RBI’s projection of 6.5 per cent, a SBI Research Report said on Thursday. The report pegged the first quarter GDP estimate at around 6.8-7 per cent, mainly due to muted...
GoM Backs GST Rejig; States Flag Risk To Revenue Ahead Of Council Meet
NEW DELHI: The group of ministers (GoM) on rate rationalisation, comprising state finance ministers, has endorsed the Centre’s proposal for a two-tier goods and services tax (GST) structure and will recommend it to the GST Council, said Samrat Choudhary, Bihar deputy chief minister and GoM convener, on Thursday. The...
SEBI Looking To Introduce Regulated Platform For Pre-IPO Trading: Chairman
MUMBAI: Markets regulator SEBI chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Thursday suggested introducing a regulated platform for pre-IPO (initial public offering) share trading, potentially replacing existing grey market operations. This new platform may permit investors to trade shares in a regulated environment in the three-day period between IPO allotment and...
India, Russia Target $100 Billion Trade By 2030
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday sought speedy resolution of non-tariff barriers and regulatory impediments for a more balanced trade with Russia. Addressing a press conference after his meeting with Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said, “We reaffirmed the shared ambition to...
The 130th Constitution Amendment Bill Is Aimed At Pushing India To One Party Rule
By Arun Srivastava The bill to remove a prime minister, chief minister or any other minister in jail for 30 days, without conviction is awell-designed plot to accomplish the RSS-BJP mission of pushing India to one nation-one party rule. This is one of the alternate choices like the SIR...
Budapest Is Discussed As The Next Venue For Putin-Zelensky Summit
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: When Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill met off the coast of Newfoundland in 1941 to sign the Atlantic Charter, they did more than draft a document. They staged a symbolic alignment of values that set the tone for the Allied victory in...
Election Commission’s Partial Position Has Been Exposed In The Last Few Weeks
By P. Sudhir This was waiting to happen. The tumultuous events of the last fortnight have brought into sharp focus a concerted assault on democracy – an assault unfolding at multiple levels. At the most basic, the very foundation of democracy and of the representative government – the constitutional...
Nikki Haley Plays Spoilsport With Trump, Uses Her Big China Card
By Sushil Kutty Everybody is looking to benefit from the India-United States standoff. The Trump-Modi rift has also caught the fancy of Indian-American and Trump’s “Republican colleague” Nikki Haley, who was Trump’s United Nation’s ambassador till they parted ways and Haley took off for a presidential run on her...
BJP High Command Unnerved By Caste Based Meetings In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BJP high command is unnerved by the caste based meetings held recently being considered direct threat to Hindutva philosophy of the saffron brigade. The meetings by powerful Thakur community followed by kurmi and lodh backwards and brahmins in near future have made it clear they...
How NCERT Modules On India’s Partition Are Full Of Distortions Of History
By Ram Puniyani NCERT, which prepares the school texts for the CBSE Board, is on a speedy journey to change the school texts and supplementary reading materials. Mostly it is modifying and changing the contents to suit the agenda of the ruling party. BJP is pursuing the agenda of...
US Corporates Are Speedily Pitching For AI Driven Growth To Compete
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The American corporate landscape in mid-2025 presents a complex tapestry of resilience, adaptation, and cautious optimism, shaped by a confluence of post-pandemic adjustments, geopolitical tensions, technological breakthroughs, and evolving market dynamics. As businesses navigate through an intricate maze of challenges and opportunities, the...
Peace In Ukraine And The World Requires U.S.-Russia Ties Normalization
By John Wojcik and C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: Ever since last Friday, the news has been dominated by around-the-clock coverage of, first, the Alaska summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, and, then, of the White House meeting of Trump, European Union leaders, and President Volodymyr Zelensky of...
GoM To Propose GST Exemption On Health, Life Insurance For Individuals
NEW DELHI: The GST Group of Ministers (GoM) has today proposed to completely exempt premiums paid towards health and life insurance policies from the GST levy, ET reported. While this may seem like a great move to make insurance-related products more affordable for Indians, the final decision rests with...
