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Trump’s Continuous Shifting Of Eco-Political Positions Flummox World Leaders
By T N Ashok WASHINGTON DC: The US President Donald Trump has flummoxed political leaders all over the world including his buddies as also leaders of Russia, India, China and Israel by constantly shifting his political stance day to day. The unpredictable nature of a man who keeps shifting...
Why The RSS Is Against Inclusion Of Secular And Socialist In Indian Constitution
By Dr. Ram Puniyani The RSS General Secretary, Dattatreya Hosabale, second in the RSS leadership hierarchy, on the eve of imposition of Emergency in 1975; stated that it was during the emergency that words Secularism and socialism were inserted in the preamble of Indian Constitution. And that these words...
Retail Inflation Likely To Have Cooled Further On Food Prices In June
NEW DELHI: India’s consumer price index (CPI)-based retail inflation rate is likely to have cooled further in June, thus remaining below the 4 per cent target of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a fifth consecutive month, giving the central bank wiggle room to focus on growth. Economists...
India’s Growth To Remain Resilient Despite Global Uncertainty: Temasek
MUMBAI: Despite the uncertain global backdrop, India’s growth is likely to remain resilient, driven by a growth in capex (capital expenditure), Singaporean fund Temasek said on Wednesday. “Growth will also be accelerated by the recovery in domestic consumption, and the rapid pace of production arising from supply chain reorientation.”...
Govt Unveils More Safeguards For Investors In Oil & Gas Sector
NEW DELHI: The ministry of petroleum and natural gas has introduced of an investor-friendly stabilisation clause in its recent draft Petroleum & Natural Gas Rules, 2025, under which holders of exploration and production rights will be be protected from adverse impacts of future legal or fiscal changes, such as...
Non-Banking Finance Companies’ Education Loan Growth To Halve On US Headwinds
MUMBAI: For non-banking finance companies, education loans have been the fastest-growing asset class, clocking over 50% growth in the assets under management over the past few years. However, that frenetic pace of growth is set to halve this fiscal as disbursements for pursuing education in the US decelerate following...
Indian Banks’ Systemic Deposit Growth Gain Momentum But NIM Likely To Dip 30 Basis Points (YoY): Report
NEW DELHI: The Indian banking sector is witnessing a steady pickup in deposit growth, but banks are likely to report a decline in their net interest margins (NIM) in the first quarter of FY26, according to a report by Phillip Capital. The report noted that systemic deposit growth is...
India Witnesses Largest Ever General Strike Of Workers On July 9
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though on the eve of the workers’ all India general strike on July 9, 2025, Union Ministry of Labour, Government of India, tried to downplay the strike action by claiming that213 unions had informed of their staying away from the strike, India actually witnessed on...
Yet Another Instance Of Modi’s Friendship With Trump Turning Out As A Liability For India
By K Raveendran All theories of probabilities, intuition and a cursory glance at the balance sheets of past trade negotiations point in one direction: any trade deal between the United States and India under the Trump presidency is far more likely to tilt in favour of the US. This...
Bharat Bandh Called By Central Trade Unions Got Massive Response From People In Bihar
By Arun Srivastava Reminiscent of the three-day Bihar bandh in 1974, observed at the call of Jayprakash Narayan, after fifty years, Bihar on July 9 witnessed unprecedented bandh in the form of Chakkabandh, at the call of INDIA bloc against the designs of the Election Commission to declare the...
Elon Musk May Have Left DOGE But Mass Federal Layoffs To Continue
By T N Ashok WASHINGTON DC: Tech billionaire may have left DOGE, but his work was never discontinued. It got a shot in the arm as the US Supreme Court ruled that President Trump could resume mass federal layoffs for now. Musk parted company with Trump and launched a...
Xi’s BRICS No-Show: Strategic Shift Or Silent Warning?
By M A Hossain In the realm of global politics, symbolism matters almost as much as substance. President Xi Jinping of China has decided not to attend this year’s BRICS summit which will be held in Rio de Janeiro. This is the first time President Xi will not be...
The ‘Economy Of Genocide’ Report Exposes The Role Of Global Companies Behind War By Israel
By Ramzy Baroud LONDON: Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in occupied Palestine, stands as a testament to the notion of speaking truth to power. This “power” is not solely embodied by Israel or even the United States, but by an international...
Palestinians Have Been Given No Rights In Trump-Netanyahu Gaza Deal
By John Wojcik NEW YORK: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump were closer together on key issues more than ever at their White House meeting on Gaza this Monday, as the Israeli warmaker nominated the American warmaker for the Nobel Peace Prize. After the meeting, they...
Election Commission Violates Its Core Constitutional Responsibility, Acts Whimsically
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Election Commission of India’s order of June 24, 2025 for conducting Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar violates its core constitutional responsibility, and is contrary to the well-defined protocol and procedure, and hence whimsical. In the note explaining the process of annual revision/updation...
Dalits And Minorities Unite To Fight Back Disenfranchisement Bid In Bihar Polls
By Arun Srivastava Exactly sixty years ago, the Dalits and proletariats of Ekwari in Bhojpur of Bihar had fought a protracted armed struggle against the political hegemony of the feudal lords and upper caste goons for exercising their right to franchise; the rights to elect their representatives. Once again...
What Is Happening At India-US Trade Deal Talks? Indians Must Know
By Sushil Kutty US President Donald Trump has been talking of a trade deal with India for quite some time. In the same breath as when he’s threatening to slap fresh tariffs on a number of countries. As many times as President Trump burps after polishing off a McDonald’s...
Elon Musk Has To Fight Hard To Make His New Party Relevant In U.S. Politics
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The United States is moving to a 3-party system as rest of the world of multiple political parties, in its 250th year of independence celebrations. US has two parties – the democrats who are called as socialists or liberals for favouring an egalitarian...
