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Eastern States Like Bengal, Odisha Pitching For More Large Investments For Industry
By Kunal Bose One state may call it business summit and another investor meet. But the commonalities in the publicity campaign preceding such conclaves – some states do it annually and some others like West Bengal have opted for once in two years – are striking. States big and...
TROPEX-25 Exercises Signal The Mighty Unified Strength Of Indian Navy
By Aritra Banerjee In a rare and powerful display of naval strength, India’s two major naval forces—the Western and Eastern Fleets—came together during the ongoing TROPEX-25 exercise. This marks a major shift in India’s approach to maritime security, showing that the country is prepared to respond to threats in...
Damascus Should Realise That The Only Way Forward Is Talks
By Manish Rai Turkey’s proxy groups like the Syrian National Army (SNA) which is also part of a coalition of Syrian opposition groups led by Hayat Taheer Al-Sham (HTS) have been attacking the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in North Syrian since December 2024. In particular, fierce fighting along...
Complaint filed against Kejriwal for Sports University corruption
Parvesh Verma, the BJP’s candidate in the New Delhi assembly constituency, filed a complaint with the anti-corruption bureau against Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of being involved in alleged corruption linked to the Delhi Sports University. Verma, the former BJP MP, will take on Arvind Kejriwal...
Khalistani elements incited Manipur communities: Centre
A banned Khalistani outfit led by Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who was designated as a terrorist by India in July 2020, has been accused of inciting Muslims, Tamils, and Christians in Manipur to secede from India, according to a background note prepared by intelligence agencies. This note was included in...
Middle class celebrates tax break: No tax up to Rs 12 lakh
Middle Class Celebrates Major Tax Break: No Tax on Income Up to ₹12 Lakh inance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the Union Budget 2025-26 today, introducing significant tax reforms aimed at bolstering the spending power of the middle class and stimulating economic growth. pivotal change is the elevation of the...
Is Narendra Modi Ditching Proposed Visit Of President Putin To India At The Prodding Of Trump?
By Nitya Chakraborty What is happening to the proposed official visit of the Russian President Vladimir Putin to India early this year? Is the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to the Russian President to visit India given at the BRICS summit at Kazan on October 22 still valid? Doubts...
Economic Survey 2024-25 Signals Present Turmoil To Continue Next Fiscal
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The key narrative of the Economic Survey 2024-25is that India’s real GDP growth in the financial year 2025-26 is expected to be between 6.3 to 6.8 per cent, suggesting a sluggish economic condition for the country in the next financial year. Since India’s GDP growth...
China’s Latest AI Model DeepSeek Poses A Challenge To Indian Developers
By Anjan Roy The sudden emergence of a Chinese AI model has upset the settled world of Western AI industry. The Chinese had released its indigenously developed AI machine in the third week of January 2025. What followed thereafter is anarchy. Technology majors of America suffered market capitalisation loss...
PM Narendra Modi Invokes Maa Lakshmi To Win Delhi Polls For The BJP
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sucking up to the gods ahead of his government’s second budget of his third term. The god he chose, but, of course, ‘Maa Lakshmi’, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. Somebody spoke of a ‘Hindu goddess’, which is ridiculous because monotheistic...
Administrative Mismanagement And VVIP Focus Contributed To Stampede
By Arun Srivastava There is no more ambiguity. The lid on the stampede tragedy at the Mahakumbh in which more than hundred pilgrims died according to unofficial reports, though the Uttar Pradesh government put the figure at thirty, has been taken off. At least three reasons are said to...
Cross-Firing In Buffer Zones Halted – Manipur Situation “Somewhat Better”
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: “Somewhat better in recent days” is what regular Manipur watchers say, perhaps, for the first time in 21 months since the outbreak of ethnic violence in the north-eastern state on May 3, 2023 between Meiteis and Kuki tribals. The reference is obviously to the...
Will Rahul Gandhi’s Dalit-OBC-Muslim Outreach Reap Dividends In Delhi?
By Rahil Nora Chopra With the assembly elections in Delhi moving towards a triangular electoral battle, the BJP, Congress and AAP have been locking horns head-on. Meanwhile, the AAP vs. Congress battle is also heating up. Congress MP and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi...
In Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Libertarianism And Authoritarianism Combine
By Carolin Amlinger Oliver Nachtwey WASHINGTON: In the history of modern states, no person has been able to convert their wealth into such global political influence. By buying Twitter, now rebadged X, Elon Musk has already hoisted himself into the US government. In doing so, he has made himself...
Microsoft Cloud Computing Biz To Grow Slowly Amid Shortage Of Data Centres
Microsoft Corp. said its cloud-computing business will continue to grow slowly in the current quarter as the company struggles to build enough data centers to handle demand for its artificial intelligence products. The Azure cloud division will grow at as much 32 per cent in its fiscal third quarter,...
IRDAI Caps Senior Citizens’ Health Premium Increase At 10% Per Annum
MUMBAI: Following multiple reports of health insurance companies significantly increasing premiums for senior citizens upon renewal, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) on Thursday issued a directive that mandates insurers to not revise health insurance premiums for senior citizens by more than 10 per cent annually,...
Rs 1000-Crore Fund For Climate-Resilient Farming Likely
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to announce the launch of a Rs 1,000 crore fund by Nabventures, a subsidiary of Nabard, for the benefit of startups in agriculture and allied sectors, working on climate-smart agriculture. Officials said the focus of Nabventures fund – II would be...
Urban Monthly Per Capita Expenditure Highest In Telangana, Kerala Tops In Rural Segment
NEW DELHI: Among 18 major states, the difference between urban and rural average monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) of households is the lowest in Kerala, followed by Punjab, Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Bihar, data from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2023-24 report released on Thursday showed. The difference...
