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INDIA Bloc Partners Have To Do Lot Of Rebuilding After Maharashtra Defeat
By Kalyani Shankar The aftermath of the recent election results in Maharashtra and Jharkhand has led to cracks within the Opposition coalition known as the INDIA alliance. Following these disappointing results, some partners in the INDIA bloc, such as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Trinamool Congress, are...
AAP’s Going Solo Decision In Delhi Assembly Polls Makes Sense
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s ruling out any possibility of alliance with Congress and INDIA bloc partners, BJP rank and file’s morale has got little boost , though the party is still struggling to find out a matching strategy to dislodge AAP...
Is Shrikant Shinde, Son Of Eknath Becoming Deputy CM Under Devendra Fadnavis?
By Sushil Kutty Is there a trade-off — BJP’s Chief Minister in exchange for the Deputy Chief Minister post to Eknath Shinde’s son Shrikant Shinde, who will then serve under Fadnavis? Everybody in the building will be happy and UBT Sena’s ‘dynast’ Aditya Thackeray’s allegation of “total anarchy” in...
Ceasefire In Lebanon Is A Welcome Relief In The Midst Of War In Middle East
By Asad Mirza The ceasefire in Lebanon apart from giving respite to the beleaguered Lebanese, will also be a litmus test for the Hezbollah on whether it can continue to flourish as a political and militant outfit in Lebanon or not. It would not be wrong to say that...
On 40th Anniversary Of Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Victims Are Still Deprived Of Their Due
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: On December 3, 2024, it will be forty years since the lethal Methyl Iso-Cyanate gas spewed out from the Pesticide-manufacturing plant of American transnational Union Carbide Corporation on the outskirts of Bhopal, killing thousands and maiming lakhs. For the gas victims of the city,...
Syria’s Reigniting Civil War Has Been Kept Simmering By The NATO Powers
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Reignited civil war in Syria is down to destabilising shockwaves from Israel’s wars of aggression in the Middle East and the malign role of NATO powers in shielding the jihadist forces in Idlib now terrorising Aleppo. There is no ignoring the overlapping alliances which shape...
Pressure Mounting After GDP Dip But RBI May Hold Its Ground & Rates
MUMBAI: The sharp decline in gross domestic product (GDP) growth — at a seven-quarter low— in the second quarter of the financial year has added pressure on the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to consider lowering rates in its meeting beginning this Friday. However, economists...
Growth Seen At 6.1-6.8% For FY25 On 7-Quarter Q2 Low
NEW DELHI: A sharper-than-anticipated slowdown in economic expansion in the second quarter has prompted economists to slash their forecast on India’s growth for fiscal 2025. Citing risk to the economic outlook and the likelihood of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India in February, they now predict...
100% Tariff On BRICS Countries If Dollar Countered: Trump
NEW DELHI: US President-elect’s Donald Trump has threatened nine country BRICS bloc with 100% tariffs if they went ahead the plan to counter US dollar’s prominence in global transactions as a reserve currency, by creating alternatives. Trade experts, however, called the move not only counter-productive, but also impractical. India...
Growth In Bank Credit To NBFCs Declines Sharply To 6.4 Per Cent: RBI
MUMBAI: The growth in bank credit to non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) declined sharply to 6.4 per cent in October compared to 18.3 per cent in the year-ago period, dragging down the growth of overall credit to the services sector, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) sectoral deployment...
Govt Likely To Double EPF Monthly-Wage Cap To Rs 30,000 Per Month
NEW DELHI: The government is likely to raise the wage ceiling for mandatory inclusion of workers under Employees’ Provident Funds (EPF) and the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) schemes soon. The move will bring nearly 10 million of more employees under the ambit of the social security net. Currently,...
Huge Import Opportunities For UK Apparel Firms In India: AEPC
NEW DELHI: Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) on Sunday said huge import opportunities are there for British apparel firms in India and they should participate in large numbers in the upcoming mega textile show here next year. Bharat Tex 2025 will be held here from February 14-17, 2025, at...
Security Leadership Summit 2024 Explores the Future of Security in India
NEW DELHI: The 19th Security Leadership Summit, hosted by Central Association of Private Security Industry(CAPSI) andAssociation of Private Detectives and Investigators(APDI), commenced at PHD House, New Delhi, bringing together prominent leaders, policymakers, and industry experts to envision the future of security in India. The two-day summit, themed “Surakshit Bharat...
Coal Production Rises 7.2 Per Cent In November, Dispatches Up By Nearly 4 Per Cent
NEW DELHI: India’s overall coal production rose by 7.2 per cent to 90.62 million tonnes (MT) in November compared to 84.52 MT in the same month of last year, the coal ministry said in a statement on Sunday. The coal output in the April-November period of the current fiscal...
FDI Inflows Jump 45 Per Cent To USD 29.79 Billion In April-September 2024
NEW DELHI: Foreign direct investment in India rose by 45 per cent year-on-year to USD 29.79 billion in April-September this fiscal on healthy inflows in services, computer, telecom and pharma sectors, according to government data. FDI inflows were at USD 20.5 billion in April-September 2023-24. In the July-September quarter,...
FPIs’ Selling Spree Continues In November At Rs 21,612 Crore
NEW DELHI: Foreign investors pulled out Rs 21,612 crore (USD 2.56 billion) from the Indian equity market in November, mainly due to the rising US bond yields, strengthening dollar and expectation of a slowdown in the domestic economy. While the sell-off continues, the quantum of net outflow significantly reduced...
Govt Defence Of Adani Betrays Desperation To Protect Corporates From Scrutiny
By K Raveendran The defence mounted by the Adani Group, both by its leadership and by the Indian government, in the face of damning allegations of corruption and irregularities levelled by U.S. authorities, raises serious questions about the interplay between corporate interests and political power in India. While the...
India Falls Into A Vicious Circle Of Wage And Growth Decline
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Slowing down of GDP growth to seven quarters low of 5.4 per cent during second quarter of the financial year 2024-25 and contraction of the wages during the same period for the first time since the pandemic (March 2021) shows that India has fallen into...
