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Centre Plans Rs 8,097 Crore Equity Infusion In RINL
NEW DELHI: The Centre is planning to infuse ₹8,097 crore as equity capital into the ailing Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) to keep it operational, marking its second rescue package in as many years, sources said. The privatisation plan for RINL — also known as Vizag Steel — has...
Bengal Poll Has Turned Into A Knock-Out Game Between Mamata And Modi-Shah Duo
By Nitya Chakraborty West Bengal is set for the second and final phase of polling on April 29 in 142 seats out of the total of 294 in the state assembly. After the holding of the first phase of polls on April 23 in 152 seats, PM Narendra Modi,...
West Bengal Is Tense Before Second Phase Of Election
By Dr. Gyan Pathak On the eve of the second phase of West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election to be held on April 29 the situation, has become very tense, after ECI deployed an “encounter specialist”, as described by BJP as poll observer who threatened family members of a TMC...
India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Has Some Positive Features
By R. Suryamurthy The recently concluded free trade agreement (FTA) between India and New Zealand has been celebrated with the familiar vocabulary of modern trade diplomacy—“historic,” “transformational,” “once-in-a-generation.” Such language, now almost ritualistic in trade announcements, seeks to convey inevitability and ambition in equal measure. Yet, when one turns...
23 Million Gig Workers By 2030 In India But Protection Of Rights Is A Big Issue
By Nisha Singh By 2030, India will have over 23 million gig workers. Most of them will have no formal contract, no social security and no guaranteed income. This is not a future risk. It is already the reality. India is in the middle of a structural shift in...
Why World’s Richest Film Industry Is Courting India?
By T N Ashok From Amrish Puri’s terrifying villain in Temple of Doom to Irrfan Khan’s Oscar-adjacent brilliance, Indian actors have long graced Hollywood sets. Now, with 1.4 billion potential ticket buyers and a homegrown film industry that routinely out-muscles foreign competition, Hollywood’s courtship of India has become less...
India-New Zealand Free-Trade Agreement Sealed, To Kick In By December
NEW DELHI: India and New Zealand on Monday signed a comprehensive free-trade agreement (FTA), which will come into effect by the end of the year. Under the deal, India will gain 100 per cent duty-free market access, a $20 billion foreign direct investment (FDI) commitment over 15 years, and...
RBI Eases Risk-Weight Trigger For Unrated Big-Ticket Loans, Tweaks Norms
MUMBAI: The threshold for applying a 150 per cent risk weight on unrated exposures to corporates and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) has been raised to ₹500 crore from the ₹200 crore proposed earlier, according to the final directions on Basel III capital charge for credit risk under the standardised...
AI-Driven Efficiencies Compress Deal Values Across India’s IT Services Sector
NEW DELHI: India’s top IT services companies are beginning to face a clear shift as artificial intelligence starts to push down the value of their traditional business. Executives across the sector say AI-led efficiencies are compressing deal sizes and lowering billing rates, even though overall demand for technology services...
Energy-Driven Economic Shocks Must Be Offset By Productivity Gains: CEA
NEW DELHI: West Asia’s instability and the economic shock from higher energy prices have to be offset through gains in productivity and competitiveness elsewhere in the economy, said Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran on Monday. Nageswaran said the fiscal and inflationary consequences of energy disruptions fall hardest on...
NCS Portal Registrations Decline In FY26 Amid Centre’s Digital Push
NEW DELHI: Registrations on the labour ministry’s National Career Service (NCS) portal fell significantly in 2025-26 (FY26) across categories, according to data from the Ministry of Labour and Employment. The NCS portal, the government’s digital platform connecting jobseekers and employers, receives registrations from jobseekers, employers, government departments, placement organisers,...
Japan’s Pro-India Takaichi Is The World’s Most Powerful Lady
By Nantoo Banerjee Only six months in power, Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has emerged as the world’s most powerful woman reshaping the country’s domestic social and economic policies and international relations, taking a hard line on China. Takaichi has taken a firm stance on China suggesting...
Rahul Gandhi As LOP Is Now More Popular And Articulate In Debates
By Kalyani Shankar Has Rahul Gandhi become a credible Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha since his appointment in June 2024? With nearly two years passed, how effective has he been? Has he held the government accountable and changed his party’s approach to budget reviews? Has he...
Kejriwal To Boycott The Court Of Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma
By Dr. Gyan Pathak AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s writing a letter to the Justice of Delhi High Court Swarna Kanta Sharma informing her that he would not participate further in the proceeding of her court in the CBI’ liquor policy case citing a loss of confidence, has just brought...
West Asian Nations Are Redefining Defence And Security Architecture
By Asad Mirza The old framework of rigid alliances in West Asia is giving way to overlapping security partnerships, strategic hedging, internal military modernization, and new calculations shaped as much by technology and economics as by traditional geopolitics. West Asia’s defence and security architecture is undergoing one of its...
Seven AAP MP’s Defections Will Not Boost BJP In Punjab In 2027 Polls
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: “Saam, Daam, Dand, Bhed” is an ancient Indian strategic phrase for achieving goals or resolving conflicts by any means necessary, often translated as “Persuasion, Bribery/Price, Punishment, and Division”. It represents a four-step approach ranging from diplomatic dialogue to the calculated use of force and...
Matua Votes Are Of Concern For BJP In Second Phase Of Bengal Polls
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Several BJP candidates in Nadia and North-24-Parganas are harbouring grave doubts about their electoral success after Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured members of Matua community that they will be given Indian citizenship and adding for good measure that ‘this is Modi’s guarantee”. The prime minister...
New Low In Congress Feud For The CM’s Post In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The shocking tussle for the Chief Minister’s post in Congress in Kerala even before the result is out, has plumbed a new low. The supporters of senior leader and one of the aspirants for the CM’s post, Ramesh Chennithala, have kicked up a fresh controversy...
