NEW DELHI: Stainless steel products maker Sai Swami Metals & Alloys Ltd will hit the capital market on April 30 to raise around Rs 15 crore from public investors. The initial public offering of the company will open for subscription on the SME platform of BSE on Tuesday and...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With second phase of Lok Sabha election 2024 held on April 26, the focus of election campaigns has shifted to the third phase election scheduled to be held on May 7. Significance of this phase of election is that a total of 285 out of...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a bruising battle for the mind of Kerala’s voters for 20 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 26. The poll campaign saw no quarters being asked for and none given. But the enthusiasm witnessed in the run-up to polling did not reflect in the...
By K Raveendran Gold prices have been scaling record levels and the momentum and magnitude of the price rises have been unprecedented. According to World Gold Council sources, while it took nearly a year for domestic prices to rise from Rs 50,000 per 10g to 60,000/10g, the next band...
By Sushil Kutty “Supreme Court dismisses all petitions seeking 100% verification of VVPAT slip” did not come as a shock. By the time the top court declared the verdict “reserved”, the jolt was a spent force. The big news was the Electronic Voting Machine was here to stay and...
By Anjan Roy The controversy over re-introduction of the inheritance tax, mooted by none other than yesteryears technology buff, Sam Pitroda, has landed the opposition Congress in a big dilemma in the current course of campaign for the Lok Sabha elections. However the furore created by the Prime Minister...
By Girish Linganna India’s space programme has been in the spotlight ever since the Chandrayaan-3 mission landed on the Moon’s southern hemisphere on August 23, 2023. The mission—costing a meager $75 million—covered everything, from the rocket launch to the propulsion system and the lunar lander and rover expenses. This...
By Harihar Swarup The central leadership of BJP including the party’s think tanks spent a lot of days in imparting some new dimensions to the election manifesto for 2024 Lok Sabha. The Sankalp Patra moved beyond traditional ideological promises to embrace new objectives like infrastructure development and enhanced service...
By James M Dorsey An Israeli ground offensive in the southern Gazan enclave of Rafah is a question of when, not if. Not because Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is oblivious to US and international pressure but because it could prove to be make or break for Israel’s embattled leader....
By K Raveendran The Election Commission has forfeited all claims to be the national guardian of constitutional democracy by soft pedalling on the complaints against alleged hate speech by prime minister Narendra Modi in what the whole country was watching as a litmus test for the independence and integrity...