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Protection Of Food Security Has Emerged As A Major Task For Asian Nations
By Kunal Bose Food security for countries across the globe at all times will largely depend on how well the farm sector of the world’s two most populous countries, namely, India and China are doing. Of the world population of 8.3bn, India is home to 1.48bn followed by China...
Marx’s Teachings Are Most Relevant In The Present Era Of AI And New Technology
By Sanjay Roy Technological development and innovation have been the driving force of human civilisation. With change in technologies, the production process, labour process and measurement of human contribution to social product undergoes change. The current phase of digital technology with AI as the emerging general-purpose technology is also...
Recordings Reveal Big U.S. Plan To Engineer Regime Change In Latin America
By Cassandra Swart NEW YORK: A leak of supposedly private audio recordings from Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram—speculated to come from a source close to former Honduran president and convicted drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández—has unmasked an alleged plot to force regime change in Honduras and other Latin American countries....
Limited Tariff Hikes, Rising Power Costs To Keep Discom Cash Gap High: ICRA
NEW DELHI: The cash gap for distribution companies is likely to remain high at 30–33 paise per unit in the current financial year due to limited tariff hikes and increased power purchase costs amid the addition of relatively higher tariff-based capacities, ratings agency ICRA said on Thursday. In the...
EU Envoy Seeks Investment Liberalisation Chapter In FTA
NEW DELHI: Ambassador of the European Union to India Herve Delphin on Thursday called for inclusion of investment liberalisation chapter in the free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the EU, and urged for early conclusion of the investment protection pact. India and the 27-nation bloc European Union (EU)...
TRAI Proposes Penalties For Telecom Firms Over Complaint Redressal Lapses
NEW DELHI: India’s telecom regulator Trai wants mobile phone users to have a more efficient and consumer-centric process of filing and tracking complaints. On Thursday, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) issued a draft amendment to the consumer complaint redressal rules, that were last amended nearly a decade...
Retail Inflation Seen Higher At 3.85 Per Cent In April
NEW DELHI: Headline retail inflation is estimated to have edged higher in April, driven largely by rising prices in food and fuel segments. Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation is pegged at a 15-month high of 3.9% year-on-year for April, according to the median of an FE poll of economists....
Banking Likely To Be Steady In FY27
The banking sector fared quite creditably in FY26 notwithstanding tariff threats and war. Bank deposits grew by 13.5% and credit by 16.1%. The question now is, how will business be in FY27? Several developments in March and April have a bearing on banking this year. The GDP growth number...
Selecting Chief Minister Of West Bengal Is A Delicate Task For BJP Leadership
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP won the West Bengal election with the most recognizable face leading from the grassroots to the state level against Mamata led TMC is Suvendu Adhikari. He also defeated TMC supremo CM Mamata Banerjee from Bhabanipur Vidhan Sabha constituency. Naturally, he is seen as the...
RSS Ensured BJP Victory By Consolidating Hindu Votes In Bengal Polls
By Arun Srivastava Notwithstanding nursing an intense dislike for Narendra Modi, the RSS played existential role in Hindu consolidation in Bengal and transforming it from a fragmented demographic into a unified voting bloc. Through grassroots mobilization it motivated thousands of local apolitical Hindu youths to come forward to protect...
Vijay At The Gates, Dravidian Rivals In The Shadows As Churning Continues In Tamil Nadu
By T N Ashok CHENNAI: For the first time in nearly six decades, Tamil Nadu stands suspended between the collapse of an old political order and the uncertain birth of a new one. The stunning rise of actor-turned-politician Vijay and his fledgling party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, has broken the...
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s 15 Year Tenure Has Ended In Infamy
By Anjan Roy KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee’s chief minister tenure is ending in infamy. It should not have inevitably ended that way. Even after her stunning loss, she is refusing to resign and now demanding what was an anathema for her all along— President’s Rule for Bengal. Her cringing to...
Election Commission’s Implementation Of SIR Impacted Results In Bengal Polls
By Krishna Jha It was in June 2025, five months ahead of the Assembly elections in Bihar that Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was announced by Election Commission. The Commission cited concerns that several voters in the state were illegal immigrants who had obtained voter identity cards...
Economic Distress Of Common Indians Deepens But No Corrective Measures Seen
By Nilotpal Basu Dark clouds of deepening economic distress are looming over the country’s people with dire predictions for price rise adding to the twin crises of raging unemployment and stagnating wages that have been haunting the country for several years now. The US-Israel war on Iran and its...
Growing Support For Far Right In Europe Has Been Eroding Democracy
By Francesca De Benedetti LONDON: Last summer, Giorgia Meloni’s Italian government approved a so-called “anti-Gandhi law,” which criminalizes even nonviolent protests and passive resistance. The highly controversial “Security Decree” was recently followed by a further one, introducing measures such as preventive detention during public gatherings and signalling a shift...
India’s Growth To Moderate To 6.6% In FY27, Reforms Key To Achieve Viksit Bharat Goal: S&P
NEW DELHI: India’s GDP growth is projected to moderate to 6.6 per cent in the current fiscal from the earlier estimated 7.1 per cent, and energy and food security reforms would be essential to achieve the Viksit Bharat goal by 2047, S&P Global said on Wednesday. S&P Global and...
India Should Adopt Dual-Track Trade Strategy At WTO: Expert
NEW DELHI: India should adopt a dual-track approach, upholding the core principles of the multilateral system while selectively and strategically engaging in plurilateral initiatives that serve its interests, say experts. They said the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is relevant as countries are benefiting from its rules. These issues were...
Manufacturing Sentiment Improves In Q4 Despite Rising Cost Pressures: FICCI
NEW DELHI: India’s manufacturing sector remained resilient in the January-March quarter of 2025-26 despite rising input costs and disruptions linked to the West Asia crisis, with 93 per cent of manufacturers reporting higher or stable production levels, up from 91 per cent in the previous quarter, according to the...
