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JNPA, DGS Ink Pact For Skill Training In Vadhvan Region
MUMBAI: Leading container port JNPA on Monday said it has signed an initial pact with the shipping regulator DGS for providing skill development training to locals and project-affected people in the Vadhvan region, where a new greenfield port is coming up through selected Maritime Training Institutes (MTIs). The facility,...
India Must Not Mix Up Border Issues With Economic Imperatives
By Nantoo Banerjee China’s sudden change of mind to uphold peace and tranquility with India at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and work for early resolution of outstanding issues should not be read beyond these words as framed at the joint declaration at the end of the 30th...
Coming Year 2025 Will Be Significant For India In Terms Of Diplomacy
By Kalyani Shankar What does the crystal ball reveal about the upcoming year 2025? The predictions are a mixed bag. Nostradamus, the famous French astrologer and seer, has made significant predictions regarding global affairs and India’s future for 2025. The 16th-century seer has predicted significant events that have shaped...
Veiling Current Misdeeds Behind Glorification Of The Past Not Acceptable
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address in the Lok Sabha during special discussion on the 75th anniversary of adoption of the Constitution of India is magnanimous glorification of the past asa sort of veil behind which he tried to conceal the present misdeeds under his rule...
Israel Expanding Its Presence Within Syria At A Faster Pace With U.S. Help
By Asad Mirza The fall of Assad-regime in Syria has given birth to antagonisms amongst its earlier allies like Iran, Turkey, and Russia. On the other hand, the leverage gained by Israel, ostensibly on American support, does not augur well for the region. The striking developments in Syria over...
A Week After Indian Foreign Secretary’s Talks, Dhaka Regime Still To Take Follow Up Steps
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Now that Indian Foreign Secretary Mr. Vikram Misri’s trip to Dhaka is done and dusted, it can be safely asserted that during the somewhat tense bilateral exchanges that followed , despite their poor governance in dealing with the recent anti-Hindu riots, there was no noticeable...
Arvind Kejriwal Is Upbeat On Delhi Assembly Elections As He Releases The Final AAP List
By Sushil Kutty Pre-poll ablutions for the Delhi assembly elections are in full swing with the Aam Aadmi Party first off the block along with Delhi’s YouTubers and social media influencers who aren’t consuming the aftermath of the Maharashtra assembly elections, the Winter Session of Parliament and the brouhaha...
India’s Flagship ELI Scheme For Decent Job Creation Has Not Taken Off Yet
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India’s flagship Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme announced in the Union Budget 2024-25 for decent job creation in the country did not take off even in mid-December 2024. Union Ministry of Finance is busy in making next Union Budget 2025-26, which will be tabled on...
Trump 2.0: India’s Real Concern Lies In Domestic Distortions, Not Tariffs
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik On November 30, Mr. Donald Trump posted a threat on his social media, warning that if BRICS countries abandon the US dollar, they would face a 100% tariff. This is not a new threat; similar warnings have also been directed at other regions, including nearshore...
Ex-CJI’s Pandora’s Box And The Sacred Line Between Judicial Principles And Faith
By K Raveendran It was former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju who a month ago raised an alarm about former CJI Chandrachud’s role in unleashing the controversy surrounding the Places of Worship Act, 1991, which has manifested in the form multiple demands for the survey of mosques, claimed to...
South African Communists Break Electoral Alliance With African National Congress After 30 Years
By Satyaki Chakraborty The politics in South Africa underwent a significant change on Thursday December 12 when the general secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP) Solly Mapaila announced the decision of his Party to fight solo in the local elections in the country in 2026 breaking the...
Turkish Delights And Strike Back By The Empire In Syria
By Matein Khalid The dramatic events of last week in Syria have only boosted President Erdogan’s role as the preeminent regional powerbroker in the heart of the Arab Levant as Turkish armed/financed Sunni militias engineered their collapse of the 54-year-old Assad dynastic tyranny in Damascus. Syria is once again...
Upendra Baxi’s Latest Book ‘Of Law And Life’ Is A Fascinating Story Of Scholarship And Activism
By Saquib Rasool Rudyard Kipling famously writes, “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” This quote perfectly captures the book under review. The book titled Of Law and Life: Upendra Baxi in Conversation with Arvind Narrain, Lawrence Liang, Sitharamam Kakarala, and Sruti...
Credit Costs For Banks, NBFCs, MFIs Expected To Significantly Rise
MUMBAI: Credit costs for banks have largely bottomed out and are likely to rise significantly, impacting banking profitability, ratings agency CareEdge said. It expects bank credit costs to rise from an all time low of 0.50% of banks’ loan book in the current fiscal. Senior director Sanjay Agarwal did...
Switzerland Withdraws MFN Status In Tax Treaty From India
NEW DELHI: Switzerland has decided to withdraw the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status granted to India, a move that will have significant tax implications for Indian companies operating in the European nation. This decision comes after an adverse ruling from the Indian Supreme Court regarding a tax dispute involving...
Care Ratings Pares Down India’s FY25 GDP Growth Forecast To 6.5%
NEW DELHI: On the back of a contraction in corporate profitability, public capital expenditure, and sluggish urban consumption, CARE Ratings on Friday revised downwards its gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for FY25 to 6.5 per cent from 6.8 per cent estimated earlier. “This downward adjustment reflects slower GDP...
SEBI Mulls Guardrails For Retail Algo Trades To Address Regulatory Gaps
MUMBAI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed measures to regulate algorithmic (algo) trading by retail investors, introducing new checks and balances for stock brokers and exchanges. Currently, algo trading is dominated by institutional investors, who have “direct market access”, potentially giving them an edge over...
Telecom Gear Sales Under PLI Scheme Top Rs 68,700 Crore: DoT Secretary
NEW DELHI: Telecom equipment sales have crossed ₹68,700 crore under the Centre’s production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for the telecom sector within three and a half years of its launch, said Neeraj Mittal, secretary, department of telecommunications (DoT). “The telecom PLI scheme as on October 31, 2024, saw a...
