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India Should Open Way For Developing Nations: WTO
PARIS: While acknowledging unprecedented disruption of multilateral trading system, WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Tuesday raised the issue of China-backed investment facilitation. While India is opposing this, Okonjo-Iweala wants New Delhi to support the move. “We spoke about issues of reform, about issues that India is interested in, like...
Assam Chief Minister’s Arms Policy May Throw North-East Into Terrible Chaos
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The most vocal Hindutva face in the North-East India, the chief minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma, having shown penchant for igniting communal fire in the past, now seems to have decided on playing with even more terrible fire of arms conflicts, if his new...
In Trump’s America, It Is Now A No Holds Battle Between Executive And Judiciary
By T N Ashok WASHINGTON: A never-ending dispute is on. Who is most powerful among the five pillars of democracy? The government, the executive, the judiciary, the legislature and the media. We can bunch the government and the executive in one group. The other three branches are important as...
LDF Confident Of Winning Nilambur By-Election
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The stage is set for a prestigious and no-holds barred contest in the by-election from Nilambur constituency to the Kerala Assembly. The by-election has been necessitated by the exit of PV Anvar from the Left Democratic Front (LDF). The last date for filing of nominations...
The Reformed Criminal Laws Put A Cosmetic Patch On India’s Witness Protection
By Piyush Rewatkar The Supreme Court of India, in a catena of decisions spread over decades, has emphasised for the Witness Protection Scheme and the setbacks caused by the lack of it in offering a fair trial. However, the said plea has always been overlooked by the legislative wing...
Combination, Convergence, Compounding Are 3C Framework Of Emerging Technology
By Indrani Chakraborty The World Economic Forum on June 3 Tuesday released from Geneva a new report examining how emerging technology combinations are reshaping industries and how business leaders can harness these insights to guide investment, build capabilities and position ecosystems strategically. It also offers valuable insights to policy-makers...
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Budget Bill’ Is A Disaster For Black Workers In America
By LaToya Parker and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad NEW YORK: The U.S. House recently passed a massive Trump budget bill that will cut trillions in taxes for the ultra-wealthy while eviscerating Medicaid, SNAP, and other services for working Americans. It has now moved to the Senate. This bill has been called...
Manufacturing PMI Drops To Three Month Low Of 57.6 In May
NEW DELHI: India’s manufacturing activity highlighted the weakest improvement in operating conditions since February with the seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) falling from 58.2 in April to 57.6 in May. The headline figure was nevertheless well above both the neutral mark of 50.0 and its...
Marginal Adverse Impact On Vegetable Crop From Early Monsoon, May Rains
NEW DELHI: The early arrival of the southwest monsoon coupled with hugely surplus rains month in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat last month has had a marginal adverse impact on the horticultural crops such as onion and tomato. But overall horticulture production being robust, the agriculture-sector value addition in the...
Thermal Power Investments On The Upswing After Long Torpor
NEW DELHI: A renewed push to thermal power seems to have finally ended sluggishness in the sector. While the pace of construction has accelerated for a clutch of units including ultra super critical ones, state-run NTPC and leading private players such as Adani Power, Tata Power have scaled up...
State-Run General Insurers May Need Rs 17,000-Crore Capital To Meet Solvency Norms In FY26: ICRA
The three public sector general insurers, excluding New India Assurance, may require a capital infusion of Rs 15,200-17,000 crore by March 2026 to meet the regulatory solvency ratio of 1.50x, given their weak profitability, according to Icra. The solvency ratio measures an insurer’s ability to meet its long-term obligations...
Free Trade Pact With Oman Soon: Piyush Goyal
NEW DELHI: The negotiations on the free trade agreement (FTA) between India and Oman could be concluded very soon, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday. “I think you will see some good news very soon on the Oman FTA,” the minister told reporters here when asked...
Israel Is All Set To Take Over Gaza, West Bank Area
By Nantoo Banerjee Gaza’s Hamas militants face an unmitigated disaster as Israel is all set to take full control over Gaza strip after a gap of almost 20 years. Simultaneously, Israel seems to be gearing up to annex a substantial portion (Area C) of West Bank ignoring protests from...
Narendra Modi Led NDA Stands More Consolidated After First Year Of His Third Term
By Kalyani Shankar As Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government approaches its first anniversary in his third term on June 9, the ruling BJP claims that India has made some significant strides in the past one year. His supporters argue that since Modi came to power in 2014, India has...
Pro-Trump Nawrocki Wins Presidential Elections In Poland Adding To Woes Of EU
By Satyaki Chakraborty For European Union, its political woes are showing no signs of abating as the June 1 Presidential runoff results in Poland showed that the populist right opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki backed by the Law and Justice Party(PIS) won defeating his pro-European rival Rafal Trzaskowski in a...
BJP’s Sindoor Politics Is Weakening Within India, Faces Stiff Resistance
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The days immediately following the launch of Operation Sindoor began with certain advantage to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party BJP, both within India and abroad. However, the advantage soon started weakening with their launch of Sindoor Politics that is now facing open political...
U.S.-China Bonhomie At Geneva Talks Over: Washington Again In Aggressive Move Against China
By Asad Mirza At the recently concluded Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth urged US allies in Asia to boost defences fast, saying America is shifting its strategy to counter growing threats from China. During his speech at the 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue, US Defence Secretary Pete...
President Trump Going All Out To Boost Cryptocurrency Market In USA
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Former US President Joe Biden considered regulating crypto currency just like many level headed presidents and prime ministers of other countries because US intelligence reports revealed that the crypto currency was largely used by the underworld to stash money earned by beating the...
