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Communist Party Of India Entering Its Centenary Year With A Legacy Of Glorious Struggle
By Krishna Jha In 2025, in December, Communist Party of India completes a glorious century of a revolutionary past. It was a continual process, involving every single moment, in past, in present and also in future. Through prolonged popular struggles, it has been moving on, with power, without power....
New French Prime Minister Francis Bayrou Is Facing The Same Fate As Michael Barnier
By Tirthankar Mitra France is struggling with political gridlock, economic uncertainty and public discontent. The new prime minister, Francis Bayrou has to run an obstacle race in this scenario. Bayrou is a seasoned centrist with decades of political experience. It is pragmatic on the part of President Emanuel Macron...
Govt Likely To Target FY26 Fiscal Deficit At 4.4% Of GDP To Support Growth
NEW DELHI: Concerned that aggressive fiscal consolidation could hinder growth momentum while private capital expenditure remains sluggish, the government is expected to set the fiscal deficit target at 4.4 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) for FY26 in the upcoming Budget. “Given rising geopolitical headwinds that may impact...
Investments, Consumption To Drive Growth In FY26 To 6.6%: India Ratings
NEW DELHI: Gradual improvement in consumption demand and investments from both the public and private sector due to monetary easing are expected to push India’s economy to grow a tad faster at 6.6 per cent in the financial year 2025-2026 (FY26) compared with the downward revised projection of 6.4...
SEBI Tightens Regulations For SME Listing, Widens UPSI Definition
MUMBAI: The board of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) took as many as 19 decisions on Wednesday, including tighter listing regulations for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), easier norms for REITs and InvITs, and a wider definition of unpublished price-sensitive information (UPSI). In a bid to curb...
Trump’s Reciprocal Tariff Plan To Open Talks For Market Access
NEW DELHI: As US president-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday asserted that the world’s largest economy would charge taxes (import tariffs) on India on a strictly reciprocal basis, experts here said the move would force open negotiations for greater market access between the two countries. While Trump talked of reciprocity,...
NPPA Ropes In Patent Office To Decide On Pleas For Price Cap Exemption
NEW DELHI: Drug companies seeking price exemption for their medicines and vaccines will have to face intense scrutiny as India’s drug pricing regulator has sought expertise from the Indian Patent Office to decide on applications seeking exemption from drug price norms. Recently, Intas Pharmaceuticals and Biological E had reached...
Survey Ship INS Nirdeshak Inducted Into Navy
NEW DELHI: INS Nirdeshak, the second ship of survey vessel (large) project, was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam on Wednesday, scaling up the capacity to conduct hydrographic study, aid in navigation, and support maritime operations. Built with over 80 per cent indigenous content, the ship is embedded...
Bihar To Host 2nd Edition Of Investor Meet On December 19-20
PATNA: After an impressive maiden show, Bihar will on December 19-20 host the second edition of Bihar Business Connect – the global investor summit that looks at boosting industrial and entrepreneurial growth in the state. The prestigious event, curated by the state’s Department of Industries, seeks to showcase Bihar...
Reliance Nippon Life Starts Negotiation With IndusInd Bank On Bancassurance Tie Up
NEW DELHI: Reliance Nippon Life Insurance, a subsidiary of debt-ridden Reliance Capital (RCAP), has initiated talks with IndusInd Bank for bancassurance partnership as the IIHL and RCAP deal has reached the final lap. Mauritius-based IndusInd International Holdings Ltd (IIHL), the parent entity of IndusInd Bank, won the bid to...
Tata Power-DDL Awarded Prestigious ‘Certificate of Merit in DISCOM Sector’
NEW DELHI: Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (Tata Power-DDL), a leading power utility supplying electricity to a populace of around 9 million in North Delhi, has been awarded with the prestigious ‘Certificate of Merit in the DISCOM sector’ at the 34th National Energy Conservation Awards (NECA) 2024. The award...
Sensex, Nifty Extend Losses Into Third Session On Foreign Fund Outflows
MUMBAI: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty stayed on the back foot for the third straight session on Wednesday as investors offloaded utility, capital goods and metal stocks amid foreign fund outflows. Besides, investor sentiment remained subdued ahead of the outcome of the US Federal Reserve’s policy meeting, scheduled...
Twin Bills For One Nation One Election Must Be Examined For Potential Risks
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The twin bills introduced in the Lok Sabah on December 17 seeking ‘one nation and one election’ – ie simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas of the States and Union Territories –contains provisions of too much centralization of the governance in India...
India Leads Central Bank Buying Of Gold In What Is Seen As A Strategic Move
By K Raveendran The Reserve Bank of India has accounted for nearly half of all gold purchases by central bank in October this year. According to the World Gold Council, RBI bought 48 percent of all the gold that the central banks bought that month, adding a whopping 27...
Israel And Hamas Nearing An Agreement On Ceasefire By Christmas
By Satyaki Chakraborty After months of deadlock, Israel and Hamas appear to be moving closer to a ceasefire 14 months into Israel’s invasion of Gaza. So far 45,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war that began on October 7 last year. Earlier also reports came out about possible...
Syria Developments Might Give Kurds New Opportunity To Bounce Back
By Manish Rai Shoresh Ismail Abdulla is the Minister of Peshmerga affairs in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). The Peshmergas are the military forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and one of the most capable forces in the region, which pushed back ISIS from its strongholds. Currently, Peshmerga...
Leader Of The Opposition Suvendu Adhikari’s Fortunes Are On Decline
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: A fountainhead of criticism and opposition to Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo, Mamata Banerjee leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari is on a backfoot. And to make matters worse, it is in his own backyard Contai where the state’s ruling dispensation’s most...
Centre Plans To Increase Financing For Renewable Energy Projects
NEW DELHI: Renewable energy minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday said he will hold a meeting with banks and the industry leaders in January to discuss increasing financing for renewable energy projects. “In coming days, I think somewhere in the month of January, I would meet the chairmen and MDs...
