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Cabinet Okays 1,500 Crore Incentives To Boost UPI Payments
MUMBAI: The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved an incentive scheme to promote low-value BHIM-UPI transactions, focusing on payments made to merchants. The Rs 1,500 crore initiative, running from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, aims to boost digital adoption among small businesses. Under the scheme, person-to-merchant (M) transactions...
Let Us Secure Farmers’ Future Through Reform And Unity
It’s time to end the agitation. Let’s Focus on Real Solutions for Indian Farmers.Indian agriculture stands at a defining moment. The image of a farmer sowing seeds in the fertile fields of Punjab or harvesting crops in the sun-drenched plains of Maharashtra reflects the soul of the nation. Over...
India Focuses On Core Trade Issues For Faster FTA Outcomes
NEW DELHI: India is focusing on core trade issues such as import duty and non-tariff barriers in the proposed Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) for faster outcomes from these negotiations, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said on Wednesday. He said this approach is important as sometimes it takes “so much time”...
Telangana Presents Rs 3.05 Lakh Crore Budget For 2025-26
HYDERABAD: The Congress government in Telangana on Wednesday presented a budget of nearly Rs 3.05 Lakh Crore for 2025-26, with over Rs 56,000 Crore for the implementation of the party’s ‘six poll guarantees’, while expecting to raise Rs 64,000 Crore through open market loans. The budget estimates revenue expenditure...
Vodafone Idea Shares Jump Over 5 Per Cent As Company Rolls Out 5G Services
NEW DELHI: Shares of Vodafone Idea on Wednesday jumped over 5 per cent after the firm launched its 5G services in India, starting from Mumbai with five more cities up next. The stock climbed 5 per cent to Rs 7.46 on the BSE. At the NSE, it rallied 5.21...
Sun-days Co Launches First Eyewear Store In Capital
NEW DELHI: Luxury eyewear brand Sun-days Co has officially opened its doors at Omaxe Chowk, Chandni Chowk, offering a premium shopping experience for fashion-forward consumers. The new store features a curated collection of over 60 globally renowned brands, including Ray-Ban, Prada, Gucci, Kuboraum, and Philipp Plein, catering to both...
Narendra Modi’s Latest Comments On Relations With China Mark His Maturity And Vision
By Nitya Chakraborty Narendra Modi has been heading the Indian government as the Prime Minister since 2014. He has made so far many observations about the delicate India-China relations in the last nearly eleven years, but his observations on this issue made to the American journalist cum researcher Lex...
Supreme Court Judges’ Manipur Visit Sets A New Precedent Of Great Import
By K Raveendran ‘The planned visit of a six-member team of Supreme Court judges to Manipur this weekend to provide legal and humanitarian support to the victims of the ongoing violence sets a new precedent. Coordinated by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), the visit marks a rare instance...
Sonia Gandhi’s Accusation Of Systematically Undermining MGNREGA Justified
By Dr. Gyan Pathak When Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi was accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha on March 18, 2025 of systematically undermining MGNREGA scheme, she was speaking an irrefutable truth. PM Modi, in fact, does not strengthen this...
Decoding Martyrdom Of 24 Year Old Bhagat Singh On March 23, 1931
By Krishna Jha “Revolution is the inalienable right of mankind. Freedom is the birthright of all. The labour is the real sustainer of the society. …To the altar of this revolution, we have brought our youth as incense, for no sacrifice is too great for so magnificent a cause....
U.S. Economy Hit By Recessionary Fears In 2025 As Tariff War Of Trump Impacting
By T N Ashok WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday declined to rule out the possibility of recession hitting the US economy shortly. “There are no guarantees” when it comes to a potential recession hitting the United States. “Like who would have predicted COVID?” Bessent told NBC’s...
Pakistan’s Ailing Economy Getting Big Boost From Russian Assistance
By Ashis Biswas Pakistan is urgently seeking financial and other help from Russia and China, even as it faces a double-edged threat to its own territorial security from the Balochistan Liberation Army and Afghanistan-based Talibans. Present indications suggest that the response from Russia has been more encouraging in recent...
Sunita Williams Makes A Huge Splash In India On Her Return To Earth
By Sushil Kutty NASA astronaut, Indian-American Sunita Williams, smiled and waved on returning to Earth from somewhere in Space where she was stranded for 286 days. No, Sunita Williams didn’t stop in Space to gaze at the sky all around her but because she didn’t have control of the...
Israeli Massacre In Gaza Has Exposed Once Again The Dark Side Of Netanyahu
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Words wilt in the face of the fresh murderous horrors being unleashed on the people of Gaza by the depraved state of Israel once more. Cynically breaking a ceasefire agreement it had itself signed up to, Netanyahu and his cohorts massacred more than four hundred...
WPI Inflation May Shoot Up In March On Higher Metal Prices, Fed And Tariff Concerns
NEW DELHI: India’s wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation rose marginally to 2.38 per cent in February on higher global commodity prices and is expected to increase further in March on higher metal prices, stated a report by Barclays. “While inflation in manufactured products rose and deflation in fuel &...
India, New Zealand Set Tight Deadline For Free Trade Agreement
NEW DELHI: India and New Zealand have set a deadline of 60 days to wrap up discussions on their Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and a goal to grow bilateral trade 10-fold in the next 10 years. “I look forward to, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, signing that agreement...
Domestic Steel Prices Rise But Looming Global Trade War Sparks Concerns
KOLKATA: Domestic steel prices have seen an increase over the past couple of months in anticipation of a safeguard duty, but a looming global trade war is likely to weigh as threat of import rises and prospect of export flounders. Data from BigMint showed that in March 2025, hot...
India’s Coddled Billionaires Feel The Pain Of US Tariffs
There’s still two weeks to go before US President Donald Trump’s April 2 deadline for imposing reciprocal taxes on imports. But New Delhi already seems to have gone into damage-control mode, anticipating the worst. Over 24 hours last week, two of India’s largest wireless carriers, whose billionaire owners were...
