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Neoliberal Economy Of India Is In Deep Crisis Under Narendra Modi Government
By Krishna Jha Corporate capitalism in India is today in the grip of crisis. Economy keeps falling deeper. Data predicts further sliding to be a four year low of 6.4 per cent in 2024–25, mainly on account of a poor showing in the manufacturing and services sectors, according to...
U.S. Intel Chief Tulsi Gabbard’s Coming Meeting With Narendra Modi Has Crucial Importance
By Nitya Chakraborty United States of America’s Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard will be visiting India early next week in the concluding part of his tour of the Asia Pacific nations including Japan and Thailand. This will be the first visit to India of such a high...
Issue Of Separate Kosal State In Odisha Gets A Fresh Impetus
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The issue of a separate Kosal state in Odisha has got a fresh impetus after senior BJP leader Jayanarayan Mishra called the merger of Odisha’s western region named Kosal with the state a ‘historic blunder’, though the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJP) has accused the...
Pakistan Army’s Claim Of Successful Conclusion Of Hostage Crisis Has Many Gaps
By Sushil Kutty Pakistan Army’s Operation Jaffar Express Clean-up came to a successful conclusion: All the Baloch ‘dehshatgars (terrorists)’ were eliminated in one fell-swoop with not a single body of the killed terrorists to show! Pak Army’s Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) told the media. And if that...
Muslim Students In India Are Still Not Getting Proper Educational Opportunities
By Arun Srivastava Character and quality of education and health are the basic indices to comprehend the true nature of empowerment and growth of a community. Otherwise too it is known fact education is the Most Powerful Weapon which you one use to change the world. Education provides the...
Trump’s Tariff Hike On Steel And Aluminium Will Have Little Impact On Chinese Industry
By Kunal Bose Long before Donald John Trump became President of the US for the first time in 2016, he invited the sobriquet maverick for the unconventional way he conducted his business and politics. The world is having a full taste of that in his second term as President...
‘Queen Of The Ring’ Film Portrays Exciting Journey Of Women’s Wrestling
By Chauncey K. Robinson NEW YORK: Just in time for Women’s History Month comes the wrestling biopic Queen of the Ring, which provides an epic rollercoaster ride through the journey of sports legend Mildred Burke. The movie is packed to the brim with wrestling lore through the scope of...
Food Prices Cool February Inflation To 3.61%; IIP Rises To 8-Month High In January
NEW DELHI: A sharp deceleration in food price rise helped moderate India’s retail inflation to a seven-month low of 3.61 per cent in February, triggering hopes of another repo rate cut as this would be the final official price gauge print before the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the...
Bank’s Asset Quality To Deteriorate Moderately In FY26 And FY27: Moody’s
MUMBAI: Global Rating agency Moody’s on Wednesday said the asset quality of Indian banks may deteriorate moderately up to 3.0 per cent in the next 12-18 months after substantial improvements. But the rating agency kept the outlook for the banking system “stable”. The system-wide non-performing loan (NPL) dropped to...
IRDAI Has Taken A Few Bold Steps; It Has To Sprint Now
CHENNAI: The three-year stint of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) chief Debasish Panda saw a healthy tilt towards consumer protection. Panda’s tenure is scheduled to end on Thursday. His big moves — capping premium hikes for senior citizen health policies at 10%, increasing surrender value for...
Private Sector In India Stays Positive Despite Slight Dip In Confidence, Survey Finds
NEW DELHI: Private sector companies in India remain optimistic about demand conditions over the next 12 months, according to a private survey released on Wednesday. New projects, product differentiation, advertising and tech investment are some of the key reasons behind this confidence, the survey mentioned. The HSBC India Business...
US Tariffs Unlikely To Dent Steel Companies As Exports Share Low
NEW DELHI: The 25% tariffs imposed by the US on its steel and aluminium imports are unlikely to significantly impact the Indian steel industry, said a senior steel ministry official. These tariffs come into effect from Wednesday. “India exports less than 100,000 tonnes of steel to the US, so...
Modi Govt Has To Come Clean On Tariff Concessions Dictated By President Trump
By K Raveendran President Trump’s repeated assertions that India has agreed to reduce tariffs “way down” have sparked a predictable wave of denials from New Delhi, underscoring the fraught and often opaque nature of trade negotiations between the two countries. While Trump’s tendency to make exaggerated or even unverified...
Bihar Assembly Polls: Rahul Not To Play Second Fiddle To Lalu
By Arun Srivastava As part of his pan-India vision, Rahul Gandhi has executed his ambitious programme to weed out BJP’s sleeper cells within Congress ranks and hand over the functioning of the party into the hands of the ideologically-oriented young leaders. Usually, seasoned leaders are entrusted with the task...
Pakistan Army Is In A Big Mess Over Handling The Crisis Of Hostages Taken By Baloch Liberation Forces
By Sushil Kutty Wednesday afternoon the Pak Army was planning a “full-scale operation” to free Pak Army personnel taken hostage by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in a train. This, after claiming that security forces had “rescued over 100 civilian hostages” when the reality was the BLA had already...
Archaeological Survey Of India Is Losing Its Autonomy Of Research Under BJP Govt
By Swarati Sabhapandit In India, archaeological practices and conservation are regulated by a network of bureaucratic mechanisms, legal authority, and disciplinary conventions. The primary institution at the helm of these practices is the Archaeological Survey of India. Founded in 1861 by Alexander Cunningham, the ASI’s bureaucratic framework was firmly...
In Present America, Hindutva Groups Have Aligned Fully With Trump’s MAGA Base
By Pranay Somayajula WASHINGTON DC: On the evening of January 19, 2025, the American Hindu Coalition — a pro–Donald Trump group whose stated mission is to “build a stronger America through Hindu Enlightenment Principles” — joined forces with several right-wing Latino organizations to host a joint Hindu-Latino inaugural ball...
India Imposes 150 Per Cent Tariff On American Alcohol, 100 Per Cent Tariff On Agriculture Goods: White House
WASHINGTON: The White House has voiced strong concerns over high tariffs imposed by several countries on American goods, calling for more balanced trade. On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt specifically pointed to India, Canada, and Japan, criticising their steep tariff rates on US products. Speaking at a...
