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Lenders May Provide Relief To MSMEs From Tariff Pain After Govt Nudge
NEW DELHI: Lenders are considering options including a waiver of administrative charges such as processing fees, forex hedging costs and collection charges to provide immediate relief to small and medium enterprises that are expected to bear the brunt of the steep US tariffs on India. The move follows a...
ED Probe Into Anil Ambani Group Is Creating Loathsome Sensation
By Nantoo Banerjee The regular news feed by India’s Enforcement Directorate on alleged massive money laundering by the Reliance Anil Ambani Group (RAAG), which is also known as the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), seems to have been designed more to create an abominable sensation around the flamboyant entrepreneur...
Zelensky’s Final Position Is Still Crucial For Success Of Alaska Summit
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The upcoming August 15 summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, has become the hot topic of world leaders and the media, for its potential to reshape the trajectory of the Russia-Ukraine war. But the conspicuous absence of Ukrainian...
Issues Of Vote Theft And SIR Acquire All India Dimension
By Dr. Gyan Pathak INDIA bloc MP’s protest march against “vote theft” by the ruling establishment in India led by PM Narendra Modi with connivance of the Election Commission of India (ECI) through voter list manipulation has just escalated the issues to acquire a national dimension. Leader of the...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is Set To Play A Major Role In Future Indian Elections
By Kalyani Shankar Last year was a high-profile election year with 60 countries going to the polls. This included India. Artificial Intelligence played a prominent role in predicting voter turnout, identifying potential swing voters, voter preferences, and optimising campaign schedules for maximum impact. It was hailed as the AI...
ECI Is Having Big Resistance From Opposition In Bihar To Go Ahead With SIR
By Arun Srivastava Majoritarianism, a political philosophy has always been striving for a permanent majority. Saffron ecosystem through the SIR has been trying to experiment with this. Majoritarianism basically is totalitarian in character and nature and intends to govern and make decisions, potentially at the expense of minority communities’...
The Great INDIA Bloc Opera Was In Full Glare On Monday At Sansad Marg
By Sushil Kutty MPs fainted. Probably no breakfast! Not even a glass of water. Doctors would recommend orange or mausambi juice. Avocado would have done the trick. Any number of smoothies. The best would have been an upma breakfast; perhaps a boiled egg along with butter-toast! Yummy! But no,...
Satyajit Ray’s Socially Relevant Film Jana Aranya Is Now 50 Years Old
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Jana Aranya (The Middleman) inarguably one of the leading social oriented films of Satyajit Ray is five decades old. Looking back on its turning 50, the director shows he was in pace with the prevailing times as his anguish bursts into almost every frame of...
Government To Withdraw Draft Digital Competition Bill
NEW DELHI: Facing sustained opposition from both global tech majors and leading domestic digital platforms, the government has decided to withdraw the draft Digital Competition Bill (DCB) in its current form, which was aimed at introducing ex-ante regulations for large online enterprises. As part of a rethink, the ministry...
India Sets Sights On Critical Minerals With Law Tweaks
New Delhi: The government will likely seek this week Parliament approval for amendments to the mining laws, aimed primarily at allowing state funding for acquisition of overseas critical mineral assets. The proposal has received the necessary approvals within the government and the Bill to amend the Mines and Minerals...
PSBs Step On The Gas In Retail As Private Ones Take Foot Off The Pedal
MUMBAI: Public sector banks in India have stepped up retail lending, outpacing the growth seen in this segment by their private sector peers, who have retreated in the backdrop of an uptick in delinquencies, particularly in unsecured loans. Results for the June quarter show that the growth in retail...
RBI Moots Standardised Forms For Claim Settlement Related To Deceased Customers
MUMBAI: The RBI plans to standardise forms to process claims on deceased customers’ bank accounts and lockers within a 15-day timeframe and provide compensation to nominees for any settlement delays. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposes to come out with standard procedures for the settlement of claims in...
Comprehensive Land Reforms Needed For India To Become Manufacturing Hub: Industry Body
NEW DELHI: Industry body CII on Sunday pitched for comprehensive land reforms such as the formation of a GST-like Council to enable coordinated and consensus-based reforms and uniform stamp duty rates of 3 to 5 per cent across the country for India to become a global manufacturing hub. While...
Trump-Putin Meeting In Alaska On August 15 Can Be A Gamechanger In Geopolitics
By Nitya Chakraborty The stage is finally set. U.S. President Donald Trump will be meeting the Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska in USA on August 15 to discuss the Ukraine war issue and bring about a settlement for facilitating a long term solution. If a framework of a...
Trump’s Tariff Barrage: A Real Gun In A Child’s Hands
By K Raveendran Donald Trump’s announcement of a 50 percent tariff against India is the latest in his string of economic pronouncements that ripple across borders with unpredictable force. While the White House may frame it as a move to “protect American interests,” the reality is that the decision...
From 2017 To August 2025 – The Bizarre Trump-Modi Relations From Hugs To Bluster
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: In the summer of 2017, when U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the White House Rose Garden, the atmosphere was charged with warmth. The two leaders clasped hands, exchanged bear hugs, and spoke of a shared vision —...
Rahul Gandhi Wins The Perception Battle Against Election Commission Over Electoral Fraud
By Sushil Kutty Congress’ all-in-all Rahul Gandhi is no easy meat and from the looks of Rahul, the Leader of Opposition, in his trademark muscle-bound white t-shirt, is all grit, a tough cookie to boot. The treasury bench have tried every trick in the book but haven’t succeeded in...
High Court Order Failed To Get MGNREGA Started From August 1 In West Bengal
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Calcutta High Court order has miserably failed to get Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme started from August 1, 2025. The Centre has stopped releasing funds to the state under this scheme since 2022, though it is the only employment guarantee...
