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IMF Cuts Global Growth Outlook Citing Fallout From Iran War, Expects Higher Inflation
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cautioned that the ongoing Iran conflict has disrupted global economic momentum, lowering growth prospects and increasing inflationary pressures worldwide. In its latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF cut its global growth forecast for 2026 to 3.1 per cent from the 3.3 per...
Reserve Bank Of India’s Monetary Policy Focuses On Growth
In the monetary policy announced by the Reserve Bank during the first week of April, the central bank delivered a strong message by keeping the repo rate and other policy interest rates unchanged, and simultaneously maintaining its stance as ‘Neutral’ (or status quo). This signals that, despite rising crude...
India May Go Slow On Trade Deal Till US Mid-Term Polls
NEW DELHI: India is likely to stall for time in its trade negotiations with the US when negotiators meet in Washington soon, as it wants the upcoming US mid-term elections to provide clarity on the American legislative landscape, sources have said. Following the US Supreme Court’s invalidation of reciprocal...
India Inc Bets On Mid-Level Talent; Expects Moderate Salary Hikes: Report
MUMBAI: Amid concerns over attrition, India Inc expects hiring to remain focused on mid-level roles, with salary hikes likely to stay moderate at around 5-10 per cent in 2026-27, a report said on Tuesday. Hiring demand is expected to be concentrated at the mid-level, with 49 per cent of...
ECI Caused Miscarriage Of Democracy In West Bengal
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Election Commission of India (ECI) has caused miscarriage of democracy in West Bengal, which is rejoiced by the Union Government of India led by PM Narendra Modi and RSS-BJP clan, lamented by millions of voters whose names were deleted from the electoral roll under Special...
Modi’s Economic Management Is On Test As 2026 Monsoons To Return With A Bit Risk
By R. Suryamurthy A below-normal monsoon after nearly eleven years is not merely a meteorological deviation. It is an economic stress test, and a politically consequential one, for a government that has anchored its narrative in macroeconomic stability, inflation control, and calibrated welfare support. The India Meteorological Department’s projection...
Arms Race Major Contributor To Climate Chaos In Present World
By Dr Arun Mitra As the temperature around the globe is rising, melting of glaciers, ever increasing typhoons, irregular & untimely rains leading to increase in sea level effecting our day to day life, the climate change has entered to climate crisis and now climate chaos. Hasan Abdullah author...
Resource Competition With China Is A Major Factor In Trump’s Iran War
By Guy Laron NEW YORK: On the morning of February 23, 2026, Benjamin Netanyahu called Donald Trump from Jerusalem with intelligence that would change the course of their war on Iran. Senior Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei himself, were scheduled to gather at a compound in Tehran...
After Big Meetings By Modi And Shah, BJP Workers Are Upbeat In Bengal Poll Battle
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: The mood of the BJP rank and file in West Bengal is certainly upbeat after the electoral rallies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah in the recent days, barely eight days before the first phase of polling scheduled n April...
Mandatory PNG: Convenience Or Compulsion?
By Raju Kumar BHOPAL: In recent days, the steps taken by the central government to promote Piped Natural Gas (PNG) have sparked a fresh debate. Reports from several places suggest that LPG consumers are being issued notices to shift to PNG within 90 days, failing which their LPG connections...
Retail Inflation Rises To 3.4 Per Cent In March On Higher Food, Fuel Prices
NEW DELHI: India’s retail inflation rose to 3.4 per cent in March from 3.21 per cent in February, driven by an uptick in food and fuel prices, according to data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday. This marks the first full month of data since the...
Women Account For 26 Per Cent Of India’s Credit, Portfolio Hits ₹76 Trillion
BHUBANESWAR: Women now account for around 26 per cent of India’s total credit system, with their outstanding portfolio expanding nearly five-fold — from ₹16 trillion in 2017 to ₹76 trillion in 2025, reveals a new report anchored by premier policy think tank Niti Aayog. According to the joint report...
Non-Finance Private Firms’ PAT Growth Slowed To 31.6 Per Cent In FY25: RBI
MUMBAI: The non-government non-financial (NGNF) private limited companies’ profit after tax registered a double-digit growth of 31.6 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in FY25, as compared to 51.9 per cent in FY24, according to the latest data by the Reserve Bank of India. “Despite the rise in costs, operating profit...
India Meteorological Department Flags Weakest Rainfall In A Decade
NEW DELHI: India is likely to receive below-normal southwest monsoon rainfall in 2026, with precipitation estimated at 92% of the Long Period Average (LPA), the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its long-range forecast. The projection carries a model error margin of ±5%, with the LPA for the June–September...
Labour Ministry Inks Pacts With Two Firms To Strengthen NCS Portal
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Labour and Employment on Monday signed initial pacts with Porter and Gigin Technologies to expand employment opportunities and strengthen digital job matching through National Career Service (NCS) portal. Porter is expected to generate large-scale logistics and driving opportunities and targets creation of over 30...
Prices Are Fast Shooting Up Fanning Inflation
By Nantoo Banerjee The country is experiencing a significant surge in commodity and transportation costs following geopolitical tensions in the Persian Gulf region and a weak Indian Rupee. Retail prices of daily essentials are rising rapidly. The prices of edible oils, pulses and packaged foods, including drinking water, have...
Industrial Unrest Begins In India, Spread In Several States Across Delhi-NCR
By Dr. Gyan Pathak As the Union Government of India have slowly been rolling out provisions of new labour codes, towards their full implementation from April 1, 2026, an industrial unrest has just erupted today April 13, 2026 in Noida in Uttar Pradesh, and then spread in Delhi-National Capital...
Viktor Orban’s Defeat In Hungary Elections Is A Big Boost For EU Against Trump
By Nitya Chakraborty The big defeat of the Prime Minister Victor Orban in the national elections in Hungary held on Sunday is a big boost to the European Union in its protracted battle with the U.S. President Donald Trump over the future course of Europe. Orban who ruled Hungary...
