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Shinde’s Overpowering Dilemma Holds Up Government Formation
By Sushil Kutty The Mahayuti got a historic mandate, but there’s no government yet! Is it Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s obfuscation or Eknath Shinde’s “reluctance strategy” that is holding up Devendra Fadnavis’, who Modi said is his “param mitr”, appointment with the Chief Minister’s chair? Is it Eknath Shinde’s...
ICC Warrant Of Arrest Against Myanmar Junta Chief Is Positive For Rebel Forces
By Tirthankar Mitra International Criminal Court (ICC) has decided to pursue a warrant of arrest against Myanmar military leader General Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity. The atrocities committed against the Rohingya people have gone unpunished far too long. Leaving survivors in limbo, it sent a wrong message...
Trump’s Project 2025 Includes Large Scale Cutting Of Public Sector Jobs
By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON DC: Fouled up weather forecasts. Staff shortages slowing services. More workers dying of heat stroke on the job. More pollution, which leads to more asthma and unclean water. Cut down school lunches, with none in the summer. Veterans not getting VA health care. More hate...
GDP Growth Hits 7-Quarter Low Of 5.4% In Q2 As Manufacturing Slows
NEW DELHI: India’s economic growth slowed more sharply than anticipated in the July-September period of FY25, dropping to a seven-quarter low of 5.4 per cent, surprising analysts who had projected growth to hover around 6.5 per cent in the quarter. The deceleration in growth momentum, driven by an industrial...
Govt Capital Expenditure Drags Down Growth In Investment, Shows NSO Data
NEW DELHI: A slowdown in government capital expenditure at both central and state levels limited growth in capital investments to 5.4 per cent in the second quarter of FY25, down from 7.5 per cent in the previous quarter, according to data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on...
India Counters US-Led Charge Of “High Farm Support” At WTO
NEW DELHI: Five major agriculture producers led by the US have accused India of providing support to its rice and wheat producers far in excess to what the World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules allow, an allegation which has been rejected by Indian representatives in Geneva as baseless. The counter-notification...
RB(A)I Wants More Banks To Join Hunt For Mule Accounts To Curb Cyber Frauds
NEW DELHI: The central bank’s innovation arm is in talks with ten public and private banks to further the adoption of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool to detect rising cases of financial fraud through widely prevalent “mule accounts”, a top executive said. The Reserve Bank Innovation Hub’s (RBIH’s) platform,...
FPIs Turn Net Seller Of Bonds First Time Since Index Inclusion
MUMBAI: Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) turned net sellers of government securities under the fully accessible route (FAR) for the first time in November since their inclusion into the JPMorgan emerging market index. FPIs outflows were primarily driven by volatility in the rupee, narrowing interest rate differential between the US...
Exports Of India’s Medical Technology Industry Could Reach USD 20 Billion By 2030: CII
NEW DELHI: India’s medical technology industry is expected to touch exports of up to USD 20 billion by 2030 but the sector needs more government incentives and further ease of doing business to accelerate overseas shipments, industry body CII said on Friday. The production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for...
Fiscal Deficit At 46.5 Per Cent Of Full-Year Target At October-End: Govt Data
NEW DELHI: The Centre’s fiscal deficit at the end of the first seven months of financial year 2024-25 touched 46.5 per cent of the full-year target, government data showed on Friday. In absolute terms, the fiscal deficit — the gap between government’s expenditure and revenue — was at Rs...
Banks’ Credit To Industry Grows By Eight Per Cent In October: RBI Data
MUMBAI: Banks’ credit to industry grew by 8 per cent in October 2024 compared to 4.8 per cent in the year-ago period, according to the RBI data released on Friday. The Reserve Bank data also showed that credit to agriculture and allied activities registered a growth of 15.5 per...
Sentiments Of Realtors, Financial Institutions Remain Positive For Future Growth: Report
NEW DELHI: Real estate developers and financial institutions are upbeat about growth potential of the realty sector for the six months ending March next year, according to Knight Frank and NAREDCO. Real estate consultant Knight Frank and realtors’ body NAREDCO on Friday released ‘Real Estate Sentiment Index Q3 2024...
Sensex Rebounds 759 Points, Nifty Ends Above 24,100
MUMBAI: Benchmark Sensex rallied 759 points while Nifty closed above 24,100 on Friday following buying in frontline stocks Bharti Airtel and Reliance Industries. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 759.05 points or 0.96 per cent to settle at 79,802.79. During the day, it soared 880.16 points or 1.11 per cent...
Assembly Election Setback Shows Congress Has Critical Tasks Ahead
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Electorate of the country has been tossing Congress up and down for quite some time, and the trend is more pronounced in the last one and half year ever since Karnataka elections in May 2023 when people brought the Congress with overwhelming majority throwing the...
Rahul Gandhi’s Political Narrative Has To Be Finetuned To Meet BJP Challenge
By Arun Srivastava Merely an ideological rhetoric for fighting the rightist forces is not enough to motivate the people and build a robust and uncompromising public opinion against these forces, instead the struggle should have an indestructible ideological base. Rahul Gandhi has been consistently describing his new narrative, his...
Bitter Fight For The Udaipur Palace Is A Lesson For Sambhal And Ajmer
By Sushil Kutty Every human has a funny bone. But people fighting among themselves doesn’t bring smiles. The Royals of Rajasthan used to fight. And who hasn’t forgotten the Battle of Haldighati? Nowadays, there is the Battle for the mosque and the temple. There is Sambhal and Ajmer. There...
Uncertainty Over The Appointment Of New BJP State President Damages Party In Bengal
By Tirthankar Mitra Ruling Trinamool Congress and principal Opposition BJP camps in West Bengal are studies in contrast. Apart from the former being on a winning streak, party supremo Mamata Banerjee has the last word in TMC while dissenting voices are being raised in the state BJP unit seeking...
BJP Soon To Pick Nadda’s Replacement, Possibly From OBC, SC Community
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is proceeding and progressing with its internal organisational elections. By the end of this month, states are required to complete elections for booth, district, and division presidents. Following this, new presidents will be elected in half of the states by...
