MUMBAI: The USD 8.5 billion merger between Reliance and Disney helped the overall deal activity in the March quarter of 2024 reach a nearly two-year high, a report said on Tuesday. The overall number of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments, inched up to 427 from...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Delhi High Court’s remark on the third plea, after rejection of the two earlier, seeking removal of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is significant. The petitioner deserved to have “heavy costs” imposed on him since the petition was filed for “publicity”. The earlier two pleas...
By Arun Srivastava In Bihar, a resurgent left has been primarily responsible for catching the imagination of the proletariat, dalit, EBC and Muslims and motivate them to rally behind the secular Mahagathbandhan in 2020 assembly election, notwithstanding the RJD claim of being the face of the backwards and downtrodden...
By Sushil Kutty The allegation is the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies “cheated their way” to power and then left Maharashtra in shambles. How much did the subterfuge to bring down the Maha Vikas Aghadi cost Maharashtra is another question. The Congress is asking this though the question...
By Satyaki Chakraborty The Supreme Court’s order on April 5 granting bail to former Nagpur University professor Dr. Shoma Sen in the Bhima Koregaon case is a blatant exposure of how the National Investigation Agency of the centre keeps people undertrial for years even after failing to produce any...
By Ashis Biswas Assam Chief Minister Mr Himanta Biswa Sarma leads a charmed life : confounding his numerous opponents, the operationalisation of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has hardly raised a ripple in the state so far. First reports may not be conclusive, but latest Assam media accounts suggest that...
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau of the Liberal Party and the opposition leader Pierre Poilievre of the Conservative Party are giving poll speeches and interviews for the Canadian Federal Elections, expected to be held before 20 October 2024. However, the Chinese social media app WeChat...
By Girish Linganna On February 7, one day before Pakistan was set to have its national elections, there were two bomb explosions near where political candidates have their offices in Balochistan. These bombs killed at least 24 people. So far, no one has said they are the ones who...
By Zo Haderekh TEL AVIV: Opponents of far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held giant demonstrations this weekend on the six-month mark of the war in Gaza to demand his resignation and an immediate ceasefire. Organizers estimated some 100,000 people were in attendance at the main rally in Tel Aviv....
MUMBAI: Headline profit growth is expected to be muted in the March quarter earnings season as good performances from automobile manufacturers, banks, and pharmaceuticals will be offset by modest numbers from the metals & mining pack. A weak discretionary spends environment, together with the spillover of furloughs from the...