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Did Amit Shah Deliberately Target Ambedkar? The RSS Believes So
By Arun Srivastava The situation has gone out of hand. The tiger nurtured by the RSS has tasted blood. And RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat giving the impression he can goad the monster is nothing but a blinkered attempt to fool the people. The RSS claim that it’s a cultural...
Tripura’s Tribal Body Faces Fund Crunch, Will 16th FinCom Take Up Cause?
By Rabindra Nath Sinha Will the 16th Finance Commission, which has begun its exercise, be more sympathetic to India’s tribal areas than its predecessor? Will the commission, mandated by the Constitution and whose recommendations hold good for five years, devise ways to alleviate the chronic fund crunch of these...
Can Revised EU Product Liability Directive Serve As Blueprint For India?
By Harsh Gour On December 8, 2024, the European Union (EU) implemented the revised product liability directive (Directive (EU) 2024/2853). This brings in a significant change in product liability rules. This update expands on the concepts outlined by the 1985 guideline. Nonetheless, it amends them to handle the difficulties...
UK Economy Seeking To Strike A Balance Amidst GDP Decline
By Tirthankar Mitra Consecutive monthly decline in GDP marking the first back to back contraction since the Covid-19 lockdown are signals to UK economy policymakers to clear the decks for a precarious balancing act. This is necessary to stabilise short-term economic performance while fostering long-term growth. Systemic vulnerabilities are...
States Seek Higher Interest-Free Capex Loans, Increased Borrowing Limit
JAISALMER: State finance ministers urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday to increase allocations for the 50-year interest-free loans to states for capital expenditure and to raise their borrowing limits in the upcoming Union Budget for 2025-26. “We have asked the Centre to raise states’ borrowing limit to...
India Raises Issue Of Non-Tariff Barriers With EU
NEW DELHI: India has said that the non-tariff barriers are impeding trade with the European Union and has called for addressing the long-pending issues as a confidence building measure. The issue of the barriers Indian exports face in the EU was raised by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal...
Defence Ministry Signs Rs 7,629-Crore Deal With L&T For Additional K9 Vajra Artillery Guns
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Friday signed a Rs 7,628.70 crore contract with Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) for the procurement of additional 155 mm/52 calibre K9 Vajra-T self-propelled tracked artillery guns for the Indian Army. Announcing the contract, an MoD release stated that the procurement...
India Signs $350 Million Loan Agreement With ADB To Expand Manufacturing Sector
NEW DELHI: The central government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a USD 350 million policy-based loan under the second subprogram of Strengthening Multimodal and Integrated Logistics Ecosystem (SMILE) program. The Ministry of Commerce & Industry in an official statement stated that this policy-based loan aims to expand...
Digital Competition Law Unlikely Before Second Half Of FY26
NEW DELHI: A proposed digital competition law to regulate large players is unlikely to be finalised before the second half of the next fiscal, as the government intends to have comprehensive inter-ministerial consultations due to the complexity of the subject matter, people aware of the development said. The idea...
Rupee Recovers From All-Time Low, Gains 10 Paise To 85.03 Against US Dollar
MUMBAI: The rupee saw some recovery from its all-time low level and appreciated 10 paise to close at 85.03 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, on softening of the US dollar index and a potential intervention by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Forex traders said the rupee...
Bihar Has Potential To Become Major Growth Engine: Minister
PATNA: Bihar Industries and Tourism Minister Nitish Mishra on Friday asserted that the state is poised to play a key role in the country’s growth engine, as he announced a record Rs 1.8 lakh crore investments across sectors, more than triple the amount received at its maiden investor meet...
Six Entities Pay Rs 3.49 Crore To Settle Front-Running Trade Case With SEBI
NEW DELHI: Six entities, including Samir Kothari and Jitendra N Kewalramani, has settled with Sebi in a case pertaining to the suspected front-running of trades by paying ` 3.49 crore towards settlement charges. The other entities that settled the matter with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)...
CREDAI Urges Central Govt To Reconsider 18% GST On FSI Charges
LUCKNOW: The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) has urged the Central Government to reconsider its proposal to impose an 18% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Floor Space Index (FSI) and additional FSI charges paid to local authorities for real estate projects. CREDAI warned that...
HC Upholds Award Of Tender To Adani Group To Redevelop Dharavi Slums
MUMBAI: In what came as a big relief to the Adani group, the Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by UAE-based Seclink Technologies challenging the Maharashtra government’s decision to cancel its 2019 bid for the redevelopment of Dharavi slums and issue a fresh tender in 2022....
Centre’s New Agri Policy Would Reincarnate Three Aborted Farm Laws
By Dr. Soma Marla The Union Ministry of Agriculture recently circulated a new draft for a policy framework concerning agricultural marketing. Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, additional secretary in the ministry, proposed the draft to revamp the existing framework. According to the government, the proposed universal tax on agricultural produce will...
Humanity Needs Urgent Protection From Onslaught Of Artificial Intelligence
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Things in the course of development of Artificial Intelligence have come to such a pass that the General Secretary of the United Nations António Guterres had to warn the world about the impending danger to the entire humanity. And any delay in putting in place...
Parliament Fracas A BJP Plot To Arrest And Jail Rahul Gandhi
By Arun Srivastava It is a disease called ‘Rahulphobia’, which afflicts the Gujarat duo. The phobia is a proven strategy to defame Rahul Gandhi and possibly send him to jail. On Thursday, the Makar Dwar of Parliament saw violent scenes, unprecedented in the history of parliamentary democracy in India....
Can The Congress Be Revived In UP Without Samajwadi Party’s Support?
By Pradeep Kapoor Can the Congress be revived in Uttar Pradesh to challenge BJP in 2027? This is the question agitating senior leaders and Congress workers. Especially after the manner in which INDIA partner Samajwadi Party performed in the recent by-elections for nine seats. Senior Congress leaders and Congress...
