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Asset Monetisation Scheme 2.0 With Rs 2-Lakh Crore Annual Target On The Cards
NEW DELHI: With the current National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) programme ending in March this year, the Centre may announce its next phase with annual asset monetisation goals of Rs 2 lakh crore for the next 4-5 years, to mobilise capital for investments and re-investments. The government had set an...
Petroleum Minister Sees Chances Of Higher Oil Imports From The US
NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday welcomed US president Donald Trump’s statement after assuming office to ramp up oil and gas production by the world’s largest economy, and “export American energy all over the world.” “There is a possibility of more energy purchase between India and U.S.,” minister for petroleum...
IDBI Selloff Picks Up Pace As Suitors Get Data Access
NEW DELHI: IDBI Bank’s potential suitors have been granted confidential data access to carry out due diligence on the lender after a 12-month hiatus, during which their applications underwent government scrutiny, said people familiar with the matter. The development marks a step forward in the disinvestment process, through which...
US Global ‘Supplemental Tariffs’ To Target Trade-Surplus Countries
NEW DELHI: After assuming office as the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump laid out an “America First Trade Policy”, which includes imposing global “supplemental tariffs” to address what he termed “unfair and unbalanced trade”. He also threatened a 100 per cent tariff on BRICS nations, including...
SEBI Proposes Pre-Listing Trading For Initial Public Offerings
MUMBAI: In a bid to curb grey market activity, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is working on a regulated trading mechanism that would enable investors to sell shares once they are allotted in an initial public offering (IPO), chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch said on Tuesday. Buch...
Bridgestone India Expects Seven-Eight Per Cent Growth In Replacement Demand In 2025
MUMBAI: Bridgestone India is expecting around seven-eight per cent growth in the replacement demand this calendar year after seeing a disruption owing to multiple factors in 2024, a top company executive has said. The Indian arm of the Japanese tyre company Bridgestone Corporation also said that along with increasing...
Chemical Industry Seeks Tweaking In Customs Duties In Budget
NEW DELHI: The chemicals industry has sought tweaking in customs duties in the forthcoming Budget on certain products such as Polyethylene Terephthalate and Polyvinyl Chloride with a view to cut imports from China and boost domestic manufacturing. China is currently the world’s biggest exporter of key products like Polyethylene...
BlueVerse To Unveil Sustainable Vehicle Washing Solutions
NEW DELHI: BlueVerse, a DPIIT-recognised start-up, will showcase its innovative automated vehicle washing solutions at the Bharat Mobility Summit 2025, taking place from January 17 to 22 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. Visitors can explore BlueVerse’s revolutionary technologies at Stall No. three, Hall No. nine. Aligned with India’s sustainable...
Rupee Falls 14 Paise To Close At 86.59 Against US Dollar
MUMBAI: The rupee pared initial gains and settled for the day lower by 14 paise to 86.59 (provisional) against US dollar on Tuesday, tracking heavy sell-off in the domestic equity market and a recovery in the US dollar index. Forex traders said the dollar weakened from its 109 levels...
Markets Rally In Early Trade Amid Mixed Global Equities
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty began the trade on an optimistic note on Wednesday mainly due to buying in index heavyweights Infosys and HDFC Bank amid a mixed trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 366.49 points or 0.48 per cent to trade at 76,204.85. On...
Beijing Scores Diplomatic Victory In Myanmar Via Regional Ceasefire
By Satyaki Chakraborty China has scored a major diplomatic victory in Myanmar by helping the conclusion of a truce between the ruling military junta and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in the provinces bordering China. The MNDAA rebels took control of large areas around the border by...
Voter List Manipulation Is A Serious Issue In Delhi Election
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Voters list manipulation has become a serious issue in Delhi Vidhan Sabha election, more so after the publication of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituency wise number of electors as on January 17, 2025. Shrinkage of number of electorates in ‘one in five’ Vidhan Sabha constituencies compared...
Donald Trump Keeps His Promises But His Friend Narendra Just Forgets
By Sushil Kutty There’s a lesson for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in President Donald Trump’s inaugural address on the morning he took the oath to become the 47th President of the United States: Make sure, you keep the promises made to the electorate. President Trump himself did not wait,...
Productivity Of Workers Is More Important Than Duration Of The Shift
By Arun Srivastava Corporate sector pitching for an increase in the working hours and paying less wages, disproportionate to the value of their labour, sends a terrifying message that character of the Indian economy is experiencing changes and has come full circle to acquire the silhouette of the capitalist...
Trump’s Second Presidency Is An Opportunity To Review UK-U.S. Special Relationship
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Donald Trump’s presidency is an opportunity to challenge Britain’s “special relationship” with Washington and the NATO war machine. Both Trump and his liberal opponents present his movement as one disrupting these old alliances. Trump derides allies for not pulling their weight and even talks of...
French Socialists Ditch Leftwing New Popular Front By Dealing With President Macron
By Harrison Stetler PARIS: French Prime Minister François Bayrou comfortably survived his first confidence vote on Thursday, a little over one month after the veteran centrist became France’s prime minister. The January 16 vote, called by the left-wing force La France Insoumise (LFI), came two days after Bayrou’s inaugural...
How Mark Zuckerberg Fell For The Republican Right After His Liberal Period
By Paris Marx NEW YORK: Until pretty recently, if you thought of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, you’d probably come up with a flesh-and-blood automaton whose mission to connect the world turned into the upending of political systems and poisoning of our information environment — not to mention that weird...
India’s Nouveau Riche Are On A Foreign Spending Binge
By Nantoo Banerjee Indians are travelling abroad like never before. Last year, over 30 million Indians travelled abroad, mostly on leisure trips. The number is nearly 15 percent more than that in 2023. The total expenditure rose by 25 percent. Rich and upper middle-class Indians are also increasingly sending...
