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Community Dogs Need More Compassion And Less Cruelty
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai’s assurance of giving a relook at the ban order passed on “Community Dogs” on Monday, August 11, 2025 by a Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan has given a cause to be...
Bangladesh Becomes American Deep State’s Newest Victim
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury In 2003, Washington justified its invasion of Iraq by claiming Saddam Hussein had Weapons of Mass Destruction and ties to Al Qaeda. These allegations -later proven false – enabled the toppling of Iraq’s leadership, replacing it with an externally controlled regime of opportunists and...
Cabinet Clears Over ₹18,500 Crore Chip, Hydro Power, Metro Rail Plans
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved major investment proposals worth more than ₹18,500 crore for key infrastructure projects, including semiconductor manufacturing, Metro rail expansion, and hydro power generation. The decisions include ₹4,600 crore for semiconductor units, ₹5,800 crore...
India May Miss FY26 Fiscal Deficit Target Of 4.4% On Slower Growth: BMI
MUMBAI: The government is likely to miss its FY26 fiscal deficit target of 4.4 per cent, though only marginally, as economic growth underperforms projections, according to a report released by BMI, a unit of Fitch Solutions, on Tuesday. The report said potential aggressive US tariff hikes are the primary...
Food Inflation In Negative Zone For Second Straight Month
NEW DELHI: Retail food inflation remained in the negative zone for two consecutive months in July when it came in at (-) 1.76%, driven by subdued prices of vegetables, cereals, pulses, meat, eggs and spices. The decline in food inflation last month was also attributed to ‘favorable’ base effect,...
Raising FDI Limit For Insurers To 100% Will Boost Jobs, Says FM
NEW DELHI: The proposed raising of FDI limit in Indian insurance companies to 100 per cent would bring more players into the market and generate employment opportunities, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed Parliament on Tuesday. Further, she said, “improved technologies and automation would lead to faster underwriting, claim processing...
CPI Inflation Eases To 8-Year Low Of 1.55% In July On Favourable Base Effect, Drop In Food Prices
NEW DELHI: India’s retail inflation, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), for July stood at 1.55 per cent, down from 2.10 per cent in June, data released by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation showed on Tuesday. This is down 55 basis points in comparison to June...
Narendra Modi Govt Works Out Emergency Action Plan To Assist Most-Hit Exporters
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayer When the U.S. President Donald Trump slapped heavy tariffs on a range of Indian goods this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded almost immediately with quiet contingency planning: supply a targeted, limited financial backstop to exporters and small manufacturers whose cash flows are being squeezed...
Enforcement Of Competition Law In India Is Having Little Impact On Industry
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Competition Commission of India imposed a penalty of Rs. 20,350.46 crore as of April 30, 2025, but could realize only Rs. 1,823.57 crore. A massive amount of Rs. 18,512.28 crore has been either stayed or dismissed by appellate courts. Obviously, the enforcement of the competition...
US-China Hybrid Deal On AI Chip Sales Has Major Trade-Security Aspects
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: In a startling move with far reaching consequences, the United States government has brokered a deal under which Nvidia and AMD will remit 15% of their revenue from certain AI chip sales to China directly to Washington. The unprecedented agreement in cross border...
Congressmen In Karnataka Have Landed The Party Functioning In A Total Mess
By Sushil Kutty The Congress in Karnataka is in a mess. The Congress high command is also in a mess when dealing with the mess in the Karnataka state unit of the Congress. There is also LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi whose functioning style cannot be challenged....
Bangladesh Turmoil Adversely Affects Eateries And Hotel Industry In Kolkata
By Kunal Bose KOLKATA: People in this subcontinent, except for a miniscule, will be pining for the food they are eating all the time at home as they make a trip abroad instead of trying the local fare. Take the case of Bangladeshis, who before prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
Bengal Congress Is Waiting For Central Directive On Electoral Alliance In 2026 Polls
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: With 2026 Assembly elections scheduled for March/April, West Bengal unit of Congress finds itself at a crossroads. It has to make a choice between going for an electoral alliance with the state’s ruling dispensation Trinamool Congress or revive its poll pact with the CPI(M)-led Left...
Samajwadi Party Supremo Akhilesh Yadav Launches Big Movement Against Up Govt Order
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: By jumping over police barricading in Delhi to protest against the Election Commission on Monday, Samajwadi Party national President Akhilesh Yadav attracted nation-wide attention and made it clear the he would hit the road to take on Modi government at the centre and Yogi government...
PMO Moves To Tackle Trump Tariffs; Committee To Submit Report In Two Months
NEW DELHI: After US President Donald Trump decided to slap a total tariff of 50% on Indian exports barring a few exceptions, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has swung into action to contain the possible damages. Following a series of meetings chaired by Shaktikanta Das, principal secretary-2 to the...
July Inflation May Fall Below 2%, First Time Since January 2019
NEW DELHI: The July retail inflation number is likely to fall below 2% — the first time since January 2019. Analysts expect the figure to be in the range of 1.2-1.4%, aided by a favourable base effect and softer food prices. Retail inflation in June eased to 2.1% from...
COAI Opposes Direct Spectrum Allocation To Enterprises Over Security, Economic Concerns
NEW DELHI: The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), representing private telecom service providers, has strongly opposed the direct allocation of spectrum to enterprises. It argues that such a move is not viable in India due to the country’s unique telecom ecosystem, potential revenue losses, and national security risks....
Wholesale Inflation In India Likely Declined To 2-Year Low To -0.45% In July: UBI Report
Wholesale inflation in India likely fell to a near two-year low in July 2025, driven by a sharp drop in food and fuel prices, according to a report by Union Bank of India. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) is estimated to have declined to -0.45 per cent year-on-year (y/y)...
