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India Getting Ready With Digital Base As Part Of Labour Reforms
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is moving fast with its intention of implementing the next phase of labour reforms. Digital bases are being put in place, that may ultimately pave the way for smooth transition to new labour code regime, implementation of which is likely to be announced soon,...
Another Mandir-Masjid Dispute Is Disturbing Peace In Uttar Pradesh
By Sushil Kutty Five Sambhal residents, alive and kicking till yesterday (November 24), are now dead, from bullet wounds, in violence that raged at Sambhal in western Uttar Pradesh over a mosque-over-mandir dispute. This mandir is said to be that of ‘Bhagwan Kalki’, the next god avatar of Lord...
CPI(M) Win In Chelakkara Bypoll Is A Morale Booster For LDF In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Left Democratic Front (LDF) scored a morale-boosting victory in the Kerala by-elections by retaining its sitting Assembly seat, Chelakkara and increasing its vote share in Palakkad, a Congress stronghold. Expectedly, Congress candidate Priyanka Gandhi won from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency – her maiden election...
Modi And Bhagwat Are Patching Up After Maharashtra Victory
By Arun Srivastava Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attributing the BJP victory in bye-elections in his state to Narendra Modi and hailing him as the visionary leader leaves no space for any doubt that the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Modi have opted for cease fire in the...
Serious Differences Between BNP And Dr Muhammad Yunus Affect Bangladesh Interim Govt
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: In Bangladesh, interim Chief adviser to the caretaker regime, Dr Mohammad Yunus has tasted success in an entirely unintended manner: He has succeeded remarkably in bringing about a political unity of sorts. Defying conventional wisdom and analysis, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)...
New Climate Deal At COP29 Pledging $300 Billion Annually Till 2035 Is A Positive Development
By Asad Mirza Finally, it seems the developed world has realised its omissions and at COP29 meeting in Baku, most western nations agreed to a new Climate Fund to save the planet from catastrophic climate changes due to harmful emissions. However, India, Malawi, Bolivia, and Nigeria have rejected the...
Lower Middle Class And Poor Students Are Suffering Badly Due To Steep Rise In Education Costs
By Tirthankar Mitra Even as India aspires for inclusive growth and development, the rising cost of higher education in the country threatens to undermine this wish. Once considered a key to upward mobility, higher education is increasingly becoming out of reach to many middle class and lower middle class...
55% Of Indian Economy Continues To Grow Positively: Report
NEW DELHI: A major portion of the Indian economy, 55 per cent, is witnessing an upward trend despite fluctuations, recent report by HSBC Global Research. The report noted that the economy was falling into a moderate track following a period of rapid stock market gains and robust GDP growth....
More Sops Likely For Manufacturing Sector
NEW DELHI: The government has started internal discussions on ways to revitalise the manufacturing sector, with a new set of incentives, as the preparations for Budget FY26 is under way. While investments in a clutch of sectors are already being promoted via production-linked incentives, what is being looked at...
India-UK Bridge: Government Eyes Push To Roads, Renewables
NEW DELHI: Government is pitching roads, renewables and rapid transit projects for development under the India-UK investment bridge and is willing to tailor the design based on feedback so that there is greater participation from global investors. Representatives from the City of London Corporation, officials from Niti Aayog and...
New Bill Proposes Multiple Nominees For Bank Fixed Deposits To Ease Fund Distribution After Death
NEW DELHI: A crushing experience in the trail of destruction left by Covid was the inability of family members to freely withdraw and distribute money by breaking the bank fixed deposits (FDs) after the death of the prime earner, who, in many cases, was the sole account holder. The...
India Emerges As Major Hub For Global Capacity Centres
NEW DELHI: India has emerged as a major innovation hub with developers saying global capacity centres (GCCs) account for about half the fresh quality office property inventory in the country. Between Q1 2023 and Q4 2024, 124 new companies transacted GCC deals and took up office space for greenfield...
Mobile Industry Seeks Enhanced Air Cargo Handling Capacity
NEW DELHI: Mobile phone players want Indian airports to ramp up their existing cargo handling capacity to support a projected eight-fold increase in device exports to USD 180 billion by 2030, industry body ICEA said. India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) Chairman Pankaj Mohindroo told PTI that the turnaround...
India’s 26 Major Listed Realty Firms Sell Rs 35,000 Crore Worth Properties In Q2
NEW DELHI: India’s 26 major listed real estate firms have sold properties worth nearly Rs 35,000 crore during the September quarter with Godrej Properties reporting highest sales bookings. According to the data compiled from regulatory filings, the 26 major listed realty firms have reported a combined sales bookings of...
National Consumer Helpline To Roll Out AI-Based Features, Partners With 1,000 Firms
NEW DELHI: National Consumer Helpline (NCH) is set to introduce artificial intelligence-based features including speech recognition and multilingual chatbots as part of a major upgrade to its consumer grievance system. The helpline has also announced partnerships with over 1,000 companies to expedite complaint resolution. The new AI capabilities, dubbed...
Air India Express Increases Flight Operations From NE Destinations
GUWAHATI: Low-cost airline Air India Express has announced an increase in flight operations from three major destinations in the northeast – Guwahati, Agartala and Imphal – as part of its winter schedule. This is part of the airlines’ expansion of winter services across the country, it said in a...
Markets may react to Assembly polls outcome: Analysts
MUMBAI: Global factors and FII activity will dictate trends in domestic equity markets this week while assembly poll results of Maharashtra and Jharkhand may impact stocks on Monday, say analysts. Stock markets witnessed a spirited recovery on Friday with benchmark Sensex and Nifty notching the best single-day gains in...
Trinamool’s Sweeping Victory In Six Bypolls Has Given A Big Boost To Mamata’s Standing In INDIA Bloc
By Satyaki Chakraborty The sweeping victory of the Trinamool Congress candidates in the by polls held to the six assembly constituencies in Bengal on November 20, has surpassed even the wildest expectations of the TMC leadership. Out of the six seats, one Madarihat seat was with the BJP while...
