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Tax Cuts For Foreign Bond Buyers Soon, 20% Levy On Interest Earned Likely To Go
NEW DELHI: India is preparing to roll out new measures aimed at attracting more foreign money into the country, with key decisions likely to be taken as early as this week. According to Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, the Union Cabinet is expected to discuss a major...
May Services PMI Hits 6-Month High- External Demand Rebounds, Input Cost Inflation Eases
NEW DELHI: India’s services sector expanded at its fastest pace in six months in May. The HSBC India Services PMI rising to 59.8 from 58.8 in April amid stronger demand and higher new business inflows. The HSBC India Composite PMI Output Index, which tracks both manufacturing and services activity,...
Cockroach Politics And The Limits Of Public Anger
By K Raveendran Public anger has a strange way of finding symbols. Sometimes it gathers around a saintly figure in a white cap, sometimes around an unlikely political label that sounds almost like a joke until it begins to speak for a generation. The overwhelming response from Gen Z...
Mamata Banerjee Facing Her Toughest Battle In Keeping Her Elected MLA’s Together
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Post poll political violence between the rank and file of bitter political rivals – the BJP and the TMC –continues even after a month of declaration of results on May 4, 2026. Former CM Mamata has been alleging that the BJP is intimidating their leaders,...
SP-Congress Combo Has The Potential To Defeat BJP In 2027 Assembly Polls In Uttar Pradesh
By Arun Srivastava The electoral future of the Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh in the context of the 2027 assembly polls, hinges on their ability to mobilize Dalits and OBCs. By aggressively championing a caste census and articulating a credible “social justice” narrative, both parties have...
59 Of 80 TMC MLA’s Elect Ritabrata Banerjee As Leader Defying Party Choice
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: More things change, the more they remain the same Trinamool Congress Legislature Party has split, but it continues to consider Mamata Banerjee as its leader. This was stated in a letter to state Assembly Speaker, Rathindra Bose on Wednesday signed by 59 MLA’S seeking Ritabrata...
CPI(ML)-Liberation Takes Harder Line Against BJP Govt In Bengal Compared To CPI(M)
By Indrani Chakraborty KOLKATA: CPI(ML)-Liberation, a constituent of the Left Front in West Bengal has taken a stronger line against the new BJP government in the state headed by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, compared to the leader of the LF CPI(M). The party is actively opposing the new BJP...
The Great Divide In Indian Summer – Rich Relax In AC Rooms While Poor Labour Work In Heat
By T N Ashok India has always known summer. It has known the fierce loo winds sweeping across the Gangetic plains, the cracked earth of Bundelkhand, the shimmering mirages of Rajasthan and the annual ritual of waiting for the monsoon clouds to appear over the horizon like a cavalry...
ICJ Recognition Of Right To Strike By Workers Gives A Big Boost To Indian Trade Unions
By Jeffrey Vogt On May 21, 2026, the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ’) delivered its advisory opinion in Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87, holding by a ten is to four votes margin that the right to strike of workers and their organisations is protected under the...
Former Bangladesh Interim Head Dr. Muhammad Yunus Held Responsible For Deaths Due To Measles
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: A shocking bureaucratic failure on part of the interim government led by Dr M Yunus has led to the present medical crisis in Bangladesh as an outbreak of measles continues to kill people, devastating both urban and rural areas. This is not merely an opinion...
Market Experts Discount Return To Pre-War Oil Prices As Unlikely
By Nigel Green Oil prices are unlikely to return to pre-war levels in the short to medium term at least, a shift that could keep inflation elevated, delay interest-rate cuts, and reshape investment returns across global markets. Oil prices rose on Monday after Israel ordered troops to push deeper...
Why Trump Isn’t Worried About The Midterm Polls In November This Year?
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: The US President Donald Trump keeps saying he’s not worried about the midterms. He says it the way a card player says he’s not worried—when he’s already seen the other guy’s hand. Asked about his flailing Iran war ceasefire negotiations and whether they affect...
Centre To Replace WPI With Producer Price Index, New Series From June 15
NEW DELHI: The government plans to phase out the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) over the next five years and introduce a more comprehensive Producer Price Index (PPI) covering output, input and services prices, saying the move will provide a more accurate measure of inflation trends in the economy. Speaking...
Petrol, Diesel Fare Hikes Likely To Add Fresh Inflationary Pressure: Crisil
NEW DELHI: Crisil in a report, highlighted that the rise in petrol and diesel fares is likely to add fresh inflationary pressures to India’s economy as increased transport and manufacturing costs are expected to feed through to consumer prices in the months to come. Petrol and diesel prices have...
Banking Reform Panel Likely To Get 3-4 Months To Chart Roadmap For Next Phase Of Sector Overhaul
NEW DELHI: The government is set to soon constitute the proposed High-Level Committee on Banking for Viksit Bharat, with the aim of receiving its report within three to four months and initiating a new phase of comprehensive banking sector reforms. Sources said the terms of reference for the committee...
Solar DCR Rule Takes Effect; Rooftop Installations Face Higher Costs
NEW DELHI: India’s domestic content requirement for solar cells is set to increase rooftop solar system costs by up to Rs 30,000 for households. Industry experts weigh the impact on consumers, project economics, and the country’s expanding solar manufacturing capacity. Households planning to install rooftop solar systems may have...
Weak Monsoon Forecast Raises Fresh Concerns For India’s Rs 3 Lakh Crore Microfinance Sector
MUMBAI/CHENNAI: Just as the microfinance sector appears to be emerging from a prolonged asset-quality stress cycle, a weaker monsoon forecast threatens to create fresh challenges. With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) downgrading its southwest monsoon forecast to “below normal” — potentially the weakest in 11 years — concerns are...
Poll Results Were Out In Bengal A Month Ago, But Political Violence Is Still Continuing
By T N Ashok The dust may have settled on the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election, but the political war has only intensified. Defeated former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has launched perhaps the most serious challenge yet to the legitimacy of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s sweeping victory, alleging that...
