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Bengal BJP Leadership’s Record Dismal In Achieving New Membership Target
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Leadership of West Bengal unit of BJP is nervous lest it gets a rap on the knuckles from its national leadership for failing to fulfil the quota for party membership. The state leadership is in doubt apprehending that people believing in its ideology would be...
Bangladesh Media Turns Against Dr. Muhammad Yunus For His Confused Views
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: It is not often that an interview given by a country’s leader to a foreign media creates a major political controversy at home. But a recent interview given by Dr Mohammad Yunus, Chief Adviser to the caretaker Bangladesh administration, has done just that, generating a...
Madhya Pradesh Citizens Made A Major Contribution In Drafting Constitution
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Stalwarts like Dr Harisingh Gour, HV Kamath, Seth Govind Das and Raghu Vira were among the luminaries from Madhya Pradesh who contributed to the making of the Constitution of India which was passed on November 26, 1949. That way, November 26 is being observed...
Three Communist Parties In India Must Work For A Left Consolidation With A New Narrative
By Dr. Sobhanlal Dattagupta and Bhanudeb Datta KOLKATA: The Left in India is at present passing through a crisis which is unprecedented since independence. In contrast to the steady concentration of power in the hands of the Right, the rapid decline of the Left over the years is extremely...
U.S. Fossil Fuel Giants Eye Permanent Control Of Europe’s Energy Supply
By John Wojcik WASHINGTON DC: While much of the world has long recognized that the U.S. has been fighting a proxy war against Russia by arming Ukraine to the teeth, proof of a new twist in that story emerged recently from no other a source than the savagely pro-business...
Food Inflation To Moderate In Coming Months: Finance Ministry
NEW DELHI: A bumper kharif harvest will lower food inflation in the coming months and India’s short-term economic outlook is cautiously optimistic, the finance ministry aid in a report on Monday. “Bright agricultural production prospects make the inflation outlook benign, despite existing price pressures in select food items. Early...
GDP Likely Grew At 6-Quarter Low Of 6.3% In Q2FY25: Economists
NEW DELHI: India’s economic growth likely slowed down to a six-quarter low of 6.3% in Q2FY25, mainly due to a moderation in growth of both manufacturing and services sectors, going by the median of poll among 18 economists. In Q1 of FY25, the gross domestic product (GDP) had grown...
S&P Global Cuts India’s FY26 GDP Growth Forecast To 6.7% From 6.9%
NEW DELHI: Credit ratings agency S&P Global on Monday pared down its growth forecast for India to 6.7 per cent in FY26 from the earlier estimate of 6.9 per cent. However, in its latest quarterly economic update for Asia-Pacific, the rating agency maintained its growth forecast for the current...
TotalEnergies Pauses Investments In Adani Group After Bribery Charges
MUMBAI: Coal-to-airports conglomerate Adani group started the week navigating conflicting signals from its global investors. While French energy giant TotalEnergies on Monday announced a pause on new investments citing corruption allegations by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Florida-based GQG Partners expressed its confidence in the group, emphasising...
NFRA Moves To Extend Company Audit Rules To Limited Liability Partnerships
NEW DELHI: The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) on Monday recommended that the auditing standards proposed for companies be made applicable to limited liability partnerships (LLPs) as well, according to a press statement. The decision to make these recommendations to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs was made during its...
India’s GenAI Ecosystem Soars With 6 Times Growth In Q2FY25 Amid Global Slump: Nasscom Report
NEW DELHI: India’s Generative AI ecosystem has grown remarkably amid a global downturn, recording an impressive 6 times growth in quarterly investments driven by B2B and productivity solutions, according to a report by IT industry body nasscom. Nasscom on Monday released the “Generative AI Tracker: Tech Industry Activity in...
Coal India Floats Tender Seeking Bids From Private Players For E-Auction
KOLKATA: Despite having switched to its internal e-auction platform in January this year, Coal India Ltd (CIL) has floated a tender seeking bids from private service providers to conduct e-auctions of the dry fuel for its subsidiaries over the next two years, officials said on Monday. This move has...
About Seven Per Cent Workforce Growth Expected In H2 Driven By Logistics, E-Comm: Report
MUMBAI: With 59 per cent of employers planning to increase headcount in October-March FY25, 7.1 per cent workforce growth is expected during the period, driven by logistics, e-commerce, and manufacturing sectors, a report said. According to TeamLease Services ‘Employment Outlook Report for October 2024 to March 2025’, an additional...
India’s Economic Outlook For Coming Months ‘Cautiously Optimistic’: Finmin Report
NEW DELHI: India’s economic outlook for the coming months is ‘cautiously optimistic’, with agriculture likely to benefit from favourable monsoon conditions, increased minimum support prices and adequate supply of inputs, the finance ministry said in a report. “Bright agricultural production prospects make the inflation outlook benign, despite existing price...
Edible Oil Body SEA Urges Govt To Lift Ban On Commodity Futures Trading
NEW DELHI: Edible oil industry SEA on Monday called on the government to lift a ban on futures trading in key agricultural commodities, including crude palm oil and soyabean, citing significant financial impact on its members. The ban, first implemented in December 2021 on seven agricultural commodities, has been...
US Indictment Of Adanis For Bribing Indian Officials Will Have Little Impact On The Group
By Nantoo Banerjee If bribery is a common practice in business, and often viewed as the normal way of doing business in many countries, including India, there is little too sensational about the US Department of Justice indictment, last week, against India’s US$37-billion infrastructure conglomerate Adani group head Gautam...
BJP’s Big Win In Bypolls In Uttar Pradesh Boosts Yogi’s Standing In Central Leadership
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh by-elections results have not only boosted the morale of BJP in the state but also consolidated the leadership of chief minister Yogi Adityanath at both state and central level. With victory in seven out nine assembly seats for NDA, UP Chief Minister Yogi...
Delhi Citizens Must Demand Firm Actions On Ensuring Clean Air Before Polls
By Kalyani Shankar Why do the residents of Delhi experience pollution every year while the ruling class blames it on stubble burning in the neighbouring states of Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh? Can’t they find a permanent solution instead of debating who will pay for the burning machines and...
