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ADB Pegs India FY27 Growth At 6.9 Per Cent Supported By Reforms, Trade Deals
NEW DELHI: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday raised India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast in FY27 by 40 basis points (bps) to 6.9 per cent compared to its December 2025 forecast of 6.5 per cent. It cited robust domestic reforms, rising consumption and investment, even as...
Inflow In Equity Mutual Funds Surges 56% To Rs 40,450 Crore In March Despite Market Volatility
NEW DELHI: Equity mutual funds witnessed a net inflow of Rs 40,450 crore in March, marking an increase of 56 per cent from the preceding month, reflecting sustained investor confidence despite market volatility and heightened geopolitical tensions. This was the highest monthly net inflow after July 2025, when the...
Qatar Vows To Remain Reliable Energy Supplier To India
PORT LOUIS: India on Friday intensified its diplomatic and economic outreach amid the West Asia crisis, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar voicing concern over escalating tensions, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri engaging Qatar to secure energy supplies, and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal coordinating with Gulf partners to restore...
Chinese President Xi Jinping Launches Major Offensive On Taiwan Before May Summit With Trump
By Nitya Chakraborty After getting political and diplomatic advantage from the latest US-Iran ceasefire, China has started its preparation for hosting the U.S. President Donald Trump in its crucial summit in Beijing on May 14 and 15 this year. Earlier the summit was scheduled for March 31 and April...
U.S.-Iran Peace Talks Will Be Protracted One Facing Too Many Roadblocks
By Asad Mirza With no side caring for the other side’s core demands, the proposed two-week ceasefire in the Israel–US war against Iran, which started on April 8 appears to be facing big problems with neither party agreeing to the other party’s demands. Iran is ignoring the 15-point plan...
Bengal’s Last Mile: A Fish Tale, A Missing Voter, And Two National Leaders
By T N Ashok Let the record show that the fate of one of India’s most consequential state elections now rests, at least symbolically, on the humble rohu. Not on unemployment. Not on industrialization. Certainly not on the ₹75,000 crore in central government projects allegedly gathering dust in Mamata...
Nitish Kumar Seeks To Play Active Role In Bihar Politics Even After Resigning Cm Position
By Arun Srivastava On March 5, the day, Nitish Kumar filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha in Patna, accompanied by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, he tweeted, “I seek to become a member of the Rajya Sabha in the elections being held this time. I want to assure...
Bengal Is Witnessing High Gear Digital Campaign By All Political Parties
By Tirthankar Mitra In the new millennium, digital space has emerged as a key war zone in the electoral battle. Digital campaigns have a definite edge as people are more likely to look at the screen of their mobile phones than stand and state at the graffiti thereby delaying...
As Nitish Becomes Rajya Sabha MP, All Eyes On New Government In Bihar
By Rahil Nora Chopra Bihar’s longest-serving Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has taken oath as a Rajya Sabha MP, thus paving the path for a new government in the state, signalling a major and important transition in its political landscape. The formalities of appointing a new Chief Minister and forming...
RBI Proposes One-Hour Delay In Digital Transactions Above Rs 10,000
MUMBAI: To curb rising fraudulence in digital payments, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in a discussion paper released on Thursday, has suggested measures such as introducing a requirement of one hour delay for digital payments worth more than ₹10,000 to be credited to a beneficiary’s account. Among the...
Uttar Pradesh Will Reach One Trillion Dollar Economy Before 2035: Assocham Secretary-General
NEW DELHI: Assocham Secretary-General Saurabh Sanyal said here on Thursday that Uttar Pradesh will reach the one trillion-dollar economy before 2035, looking into the way it was progressing as far as investment was concerned. Sanyal was in the city to participate in the Uttar Pradesh Manufacturing Conclave organised by...
West Asia Oil Shock Threatens India Despite Robust Buffers: World Bank
NEW DELHI: Prolonged periods of elevated oil prices can significantly impact the Indian economy, even though there were ample buffers to cushion shocks due to prevailing geopolitical uncertainties, World Bank economists said on Thursday. Speaking at an event hosted by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), Aurelien...
India Turned Crises Into Opportunities For Growth: Shaktikanta Das
NEW DELHI: With global risks tilted to the downside due to frequent geopolitical shocks, India’s experience offers a model of navigating volatility through structural reforms, policy discipline, and innovation, Principal Secretary-2 to the Prime Minister of India Shaktikanta Das said on Thursday. The global economy has been grappling with...
Energy Security In Focus As India Activates Gulf Diplomacy
NEW DELHI: Amid the conflict in West Asia, which has come to a brief pause following a temporary ceasefire declared recently, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to visit the United Arab Emirates from April 11 to 12 to review bilateral ties, the Ministry of External Affairs...
Ceasefire Agreement Is Fragile But Islamabad Talks Must Be Used For Stable Peace
By Nitya Chakraborty All nations in the globe except perhaps Israel have welcomed the ceasefire agreement for two weeks between U.S. and Iran announced by President Donald Trump on April 7 evening US time and later endorsed by the Iranian government. The ceasefire is fragile – Israel has bombed...
US-Iran Ceasefire At The Last Minute Exposes The Vulnerability Of Trump
By Anjan Roy The American era has ended on April 7 night US time with the Trump administration toddling its way into a ceasefire agreement with Iran. The day before, American president Donald Trump had threatened to wipe out to extinction a civilisation — Iran’s. Most ironically, the day...
How India Is Writing Its Own Template For Women’s Political Power
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers When New Delhi announced cabinet approval this week for a fresh package of constitutional amendments to operationalise women’s reservation in Parliament, it did so quietly. The implications are anything but. On Thursday April 9, the Union Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared the 131st...
Constitutional Rights Of Voters Have Been Dispensed With In Bengal By Election Commission
By Nilotpal Basu For anyone who has avidly studied the Indian Constitution and the role of judiciary in the constitutional scheme to translate the spirit of the freedom struggle, what has come from the Supreme Court is shocking. One of the judges who was part of the three-member bench...
