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COP29 Agreement Has Left Many Gaps In The Final Agreement Needing To Be Tackled
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The UN Climate Conference (COP29), world’s largest climate conference that brought together nearly 200 countries in Baku, Azerbaijan, wrapped up with a hard-fought agreement on climate finance but uncertainties over the climate crisis mitigation still looms large. Tripling finance to developing countries from $100 billion...
Mamata Overrules Abhishek Plan On TMC Revamping Through ‘New Wave’
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Buoyed by a clean sweep in the November 13 by-elections to six assembly constituencies, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has reposed faith on veteran leaders. It puts on ice for the time being, the party’s unofficial number two, chief minister Banerjee’s nephew, Abhishek Banerjee’s rejig...
Increasing Share Of Unpaid Workers Among Labour Force Is Ominous
By Krishna Jha Indian economy, which is passing through one of its worst phases in history, seems set to get another major hit in the coming days. The rating agency Crisil has said the GDP growth is likely to fall to 6.8 per cent in FY25 from 8.2 per...
Lessons Of Bhopal Gas Tragedy Should Have Been A Part Of Our Constitutional Ethos
By Navsharan Singh On this Constitution Day November 26 how do we reflect on the world’s worst industrial disaster in Union Carbide, Bhopal as we approach the 40th anniversary of this carnage on December 2 and 3? It is a tragedy every Indian is familiar with, but over the...
How Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders Proved Right On His Pre-Poll Views?
By David Moscrop NEW YORK: As the United States — and the world — prepares for another Trump administration, revisiting the question of whether Bernie Sanders could have defeated him in 2016 may seem unproductive. Eight years ago feels like ancient history. Yet reframing the question “Would Sanders have...
100% FDI In Insurance May Attract Global Firms, Boost Competition: Experts
NEW DELHI: It has been nearly a quarter of a century since the Indian insurance sector was liberalised. Despite the presence of 27 life insurers, 34 non-life insurers, one domestic reinsurer, and ten foreign reinsurance branches, the need for a greater number of players — particularly specialised ones —...
Govt May Opt For Staggered Roll-Out Of Social Security Code
NEW DELHI: The government may not roll out all provisions of the Code on Social Security (CSS) in one go, given the industry’s concerns of the “financial burden” from the implementation of a few provisions designed to help platform and gig workers, official sources said. The CSS, one of...
India And EU Discuss Free Trade Agreement, Security, And Strategic Cooperation
BRUSSELS: India and the European Union (EU) held their 5th Strategic Partnership Review Meeting in Brussels, with a focus on advancing key initiatives such as the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), investment protection, and cooperation on global issues. The meeting on November 22, 2024, co-chaired by Tanmaya Lal, Secretary (West)...
Govt Invites Bids For 20 MSME Technology Centres With Public Private Partnership
NEW DELHI: The government has sought requests for proposal (RFPs) for setting up 20 MSME Technology Centres under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode. For the first time, private players will partner with the industry to provide technological, incubation, and business advisory support. Establishing these centres will create additional capacity for...
Govt Moves To Fill 59% Vacant Independent Director Posts At CPSEs
NEW DELHI: About three in five independent director positions on the boards of various central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) are lying vacant, prompting the Centre to step up efforts to fill in the posts, people aware of the details said. As many as 441 of 750 independent or non-official...
India-Russia Trade Hits USD 66 billion In 2024; Target Of USD 100 billion By 2030 On Track: Russian Envoy
KOLKATA: A senior Russian diplomat on Wednesday said bilateral trade between the two countries has reached a record USD 66 billion in 2024, marking a fivefold increase over the past five years, with a 9 per cent rise in the first eight months of this year. The envoy said...
ICRA Revises Down Volume Growth Forecast For Cement Industry To 4-5 Per Cent For FY25
NEW DELHI: Rating agency Icra has revised down its volume growth forecast for the cement industry to 4-5 per cent at 445-450 million tonne for the current fiscal on account of sluggish construction activity. In July this year, Icra had forecast a year-on-year volume growth of 7-8 per cent,...
Chennai To See Around 450 Global Capability Centres By 2030: CBRE
NEW DELHI: Chennai is estimated to have around 450 Global Capability Centres (GCCs) by 2030 as against 250 centres now because of supply of premium office space and availability of skilled talent, according to CBRE. Real estate consultant CBRE on Wednesday released a report titled, ‘Tamil Nadu: The Epicentre...
Govt Says e-Daakhil Portal Rolled Out Across India; To Soon Launch e-Jagriti
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday said the ‘e-Daakhil portal’ — an inexpensive, speedy and hassle-free mechanism for filing consumer complaints — has been rolled out successfully in all states and union territories. The government is also working for launch of e-Jagriti, which will further streamline case filing, tracking,...
India Has Taken Robust Measures To Regulate Fintech Industry: Finance Ministry Official
INDORE: Concrete steps have been taken to regulate the fintech industry in India as per the Financial Action Task Force’s recommendations to tackle money laundering and terror financing, a central government official said on Wednesday. India is among the few countries that are working on FATF recommendations to regulate...
INDIA Bloc Has To Vigorously Focus On Seven Assembly Elections In 2025 And 2026
By Nitya Chakraborty The last round of the state assembly elections of the country in 2024 along with the by polls ended on November 20 with the results declared on November 23. The massive victory of the BJP led Mahayuti in Maharashtra polls has given a new confidence to...
A Modi Trump Card Might Come To The Aid Of The Embattled Adani Group In U.S.
By K Raveendran The Supreme Court has settled for good the question whether the addition of ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’ in the Preamble of the Constitution was in order. It was immaterial that the Constitutional amendment to do this was passed during Indira Gandhi’s Emergency. The court’s decision could not...
Killings Of Four During Sambhal Violence Is Now Wrapped In Mystery
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Killings of four on November 24, 2024 during people’s violent protest in Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh and subsequent police firing is now wrapped in mystery. A selective leak of the Postmortem report has ruled out ‘police firing caused deaths’, though the report is not made...
