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Bengal Congress Clueless On Alliance Strategy As High Command Is Keeping Mum
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: After having worked out an electoral alliance with Congress since 2016 Assembly polls, the West Bengal unit of CPI(M) wants the other political outfit to make the first overtures for a poll pact in 2026 Assembly elections. It needs to be stated that the state...
Haryana’s Contract Employment Security Act Has Some Welcome Features
By Rohit Mani Tiwari A paradoxical situation has recently emerged in the Indian employment landscape. On one hand, there are traditional bastions of ‘secured employment’ like Tata Consultancy Services (‘TCS’), which recently retrenched around 12,000 employees and halted the on-boarding of over 600 graduate trainees (‘GETs’) due to ‘skill-mismatch’...
SEBI Proposes Lower Dilution For Mega IPOs, Extended MPS Timelines
MUMBAI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Monday proposed lowering the minimum dilution requirement for mega initial public offerings (IPOs), a move expected to benefit large listings such as Reliance Jio Infocomm and the National Stock Exchange (NSE). Under the proposed norms, companies with a market...
India Inc Braces For GST 2.0 Test
MUMBAI: India Inc is bracing for a rigorous test as the process of government’s proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) overhaul gets underway from October. Industry experts believe that there will be several challenges, as firms will need to navigate a complex mix of pricing adjustments, supply chain recalibrations,...
Commerce & Industry Ministry Mulling Further FDI Regime Easing
NEW DELHI: The commerce and industry ministry is working on a 100-day reforms agenda which may include proposals such as further liberalising FDI regime, easing investments from neighbouring countries, and more tax benefits for startups, an official said. The proposals may also include easing certain environmental norms for the...
India’s Semiconductor Market Expected To Triple To $100 Billion By 2032: Report
NEW DELHI: With about 60 per cent of semiconductor output by the Asia-Pacific region, which continues to dominate global production, India is fast emerging as a key player. The country’s semiconductor market, valued at $34.3 billion in 2023, is expected to triple to $100.2 billion by 2032, registering a...
India’s Unemployment Rate At 5.4% In Q1: First Ever Quarterly PLFS Data
NEW DELHI: The unemployment rate in the first quarter (April-June) this financial year stood at 5.4 per cent in the country, showed the first ever quarterly periodic labour force survey (PLFS) data, released for both rural and urban areas by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday. The data...
India-US Ties Are Too Strong To Be Rocked By Trade Tariff
By Nantoo Banerjee Come August 27, the picture of the Indo-US trade may show a considerable change. India’s merchandise exports to the US will be generally subjected to a 50 percent import tax from that date. A few categories, including drugs and pharmaceuticals, have been exempted. The reason advanced...
India Squeezed Between Washington And Beijing As The Tariff War Rages
By R. Suryamurthy India today finds itself confronting a dilemma as old as statecraft itself: when forced to choose between two unpalatable options, which poison does one swallow? In 2025, that question has sharpened into a binary that policymakers in New Delhi cannot evade. On one side stands Washington,...
After Two Decades, Bolivia’s Left Wing Rule Is Ending In October This Year
By Nitya Chakraborty For the Latin American Left, August 17 was a sad day as the dominant ruling party of Bolivia Movement for Socialism (MAS) which ruled for two decades this South American country faced an ignominious defeat in the Presidential elections due to the vertical split of the...
Rahul Gandhi’s Yatra In Bihar For Right To Vote Getting Massive Response
By Arun Srivastava Rahul Gandhi’s Vote Adhikar Yatra got tremendous response in Bihar on the inaugural day on Sunday, August 17 when the Leader of Opposition exposed the Election Commission’s attitude in his speech and along with the other India Bloc leaders gave his one man one vote slogan....
Election Commission’s Credibility Is At Stake Due To Its Aggressive Stance To Rahul Gandhi
By Kalyani Shankar A serious conflict is rapidly escalating between the Congress-led Opposition, the ruling BJP, and the Election Commission of India over allegations of voter manipulation and “vote theft.” This issue has intensified following the announcement of the SIR initiative in Bihar, aimed at revising electoral rolls sparking...
Jan Vishwas Laws Provide Ease Of Living To Offenders But Not Victims
By Dr. Gyan Pathak On the third day after the Independence Day speech of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his government has introduced on August 18, 2025, the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha and it was referred to a Select Committee of the...
Time Has Come To Amend Article XV Of Constitutions Regarding Elections
By Vasudev Devadasan Recently, the leader of the opposition made serious allegations of voter fraud in an assembly constituency in Bangalore. This article does not analyse these allegations but rather focuses on the constitutional demands the present moment raises. First, it briefly discusses how the veracity of the allegations...
Draft Telecom Policy Pushes For Indigenous Telecom Gear
NEW DELHI: With the 21-day public consultation on the draft National Telecom Policy 2025 (NTP-25) drawing to a close, industry body Voice of Indian Communication Technology Enterprises (VoICE) has urged the government to mandate indigenous telecom equipment, including chips, operating system, software across networks, warning that reliance on imports...
PM Seeks Cooperation Of States In Implementing GST Reforms
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Centre has circulated the draft of the next-generation GST reforms among states and sought their cooperation to implement the proposal before Diwali. He said the reform in GST would benefit poor and middle-class people, as well as small and...
Focus On 30 Export Markets To Intensify Amid Impending Slump In Shipments To US
NEW DELHI: The 30 more countries identified as focus markets for export mobilisation efforts will receive more attention in the promotion activities as they already account for 30% of India’s exports and significant room exists to expand the quantity and range of products sold in those markets, a senior...
Govt Pushes India Inc To Increase Global Footprint, Offers Diplomatic Backing For Expansion
NEW DELHI: The government is advising India Inc to expand its international presence in a big way with the aim of giving a push to the creation of Indian multinationals. Top government sources said the idea being shared with members of industry is that Indian companies should look beyond...
