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Centre Must Act Fast To Control The Violent Situation In Manipur Again
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Manipur is burning, and the heat of the flames is felt not only in the entire North-East, but up to New Delhi, the National Capital of India, where Union Minister of Home Amit Shah is busy in holding high-level meetings, with little action on the...
Modi-Shah Caution Against Bangladesh Infiltration In Jharkhand Is Ominous
By Arun Srivastava RSS and BJP have been consistently raising the issue of Bangladeshi infiltration but the manner in which they are putting it in the Jharkhand assembly elections, makes it obvious that they are working on some treacherous plot. More than merely being a design to polarise the...
Rich Nations Are Still Reluctant To Shell Out Enough Funds To Meet The Climate Challenge
By Asad Mirza The delegates at the on-going COP29 are expected to deliver news solutions to save the world from a climate catastrophe, but these expectations instead of focussing on climate warriors, should pressurise the developed world holding its purse strings tight, to loosen them and spend for what...
Hindu Preachers Mull Setting Up Sanatan Board On The Lines Of Waqf Body
By Sushil Kutty A Dharma Sansad was organized in Delhi at which “firebrand” Hindu religious preachers and ‘Hindu Sants’ called for the constitution of a ‘Sanatan Board’ on the lines of the Waqf Board. Fiery speeches with a call to destroy the ‘Waqf Board’ or the setting up of...
From Mahatma Gandhi’s Lap To Left Extremism – Barun Dasgupta’s Memoir Is Exciting
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: A recall of having taken baby steps clutching the fingers of Mahatma Gandhi and then wedded to Marxism will either be a rollercoaster life story or one spent in ideological confusion. But brought up in Abhay Ashram, Sodpur in West Bengal which the prophet of...
MDB Reforms, Bridging Digital Gap Among Top G20 Goals
NEW DELHI: The G20 Leaders’ Summit, slated to be held in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on November 18-19, is expected to move further on the key priorities of the grouping, as stated in the New Delhi Declaration of September 2023. The action points will likely include...
Joining RCEP Would Hurt India More Than FTA With China: GTRI
NEW DELHI: While many like Niti Aayog Chief Executive officer, Word Bank and some economists have renewed the call for India joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the new report said potential loss for the country from such a move would be more than what it could be...
Tatas To Buy Stake In Apple Partner Pegatron’s India Business
NEW DELHI: Tata group will buy into the India operations of Apple’s manufacturing partner Pegatron almost a year after acquiring the business of another supplier Wistron. The deal will make the company one of the biggest contract suppliers to the American electronics giant, along with Taiwanese giant Foxconn. Tata...
FPIs Continue Selloff With Rs 22K Crore Withdrawal In November
NEW DELHI: Foreign investors have pulled out Rs 22,420 crore from the Indian equity market so far this month, owing to high domestic stock valuations, increasing allocations to China, and the rising US dollar as well as Treasury yields. With this sell-off, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have recorded a...
India’s Smartphone Exports Surpasses $2 Billion Mark In October, Sets New Record
NEW DELHI: India’s smartphone exports have set a new benchmark, surging past the $2 billion mark in October — the highest monthly total ever recorded. This milestone, according to estimates from the Indian Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA), an industry body representing both global and domestic mobile device manufacturers,...
Dubai-Based Siblings To Transfer Jiohotstar.Com Domain To Reliance Free Of Cost
NEW DELHI: Dubai-based siblings Jainam and Jivika, the owners of jiohotstar.com domain, have decided to transfer it to Reliance “free of cost”, resting speculations on social media platforms. The story of the internet domain name, which grabbed a lot of attention on social media platforms in the recent past,...
Municipal Corporations Need To Impose Adequate User Charges To Provide Better Facilities: RBI Report
NEW DELHI: Municipal corporations need to impose adequate user charges for essential services like water supply and sanitation, to boost non-tax revenues and provide quality public services, according to a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) report. The ‘Report on Municipal Finances’ delves into the fiscal position of 232 municipal...
Enforce Odd-Even Rule To Encourage People To Shift To Natural Gas Or EV: IBA
NEW DELHI: Indian Biogas Association has suggested enforcement of the odd-even rule for four wheelers in Delhi NCR to check air pollution and encourage people to shift to electric vehicles or those based on compressed biogas (CBG) or natural gas. Under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) 4 (with...
CNG Retailers Want Price Hike, Government Wants To See Cost
NEW DELHI: City gas companies like Indraprastha Gas Ltd and Adani Total Gas Ltd are mulling an increase in CNG prices after supplies of cheaper input gas was cut for the second time in a month, but the government officials say the retailers must give a cost breakup to...
Retail Tomato Prices Drop 22.4 Per Cent On Improved Supplies: Government
NEW DELHI: Retail tomato prices declined 22.4 per cent month-on-month on improved supplies across the country, the Consumer Affairs Ministry said on Sunday. The all-India average retail price of tomatoes stood at Rs 52.35 per kg on November 14, down from Rs 67.50 per kg on October 14, according...
Brazil President Lula’s Proposal For Tax On Super Rich To Dominate Talks At G-20 Summit On November 18-19
By Nitya Chakraborty The 2024 G-20 Summit is taking place in Rio de Janeiro on November 18 and 19 in the background of two continuing wars in Ukraine and West Asia and the intensification of eco-political crisis in Europe. Moreover, the victory of Donald Trump in the November 5...
‘Bulldozer Justice’ Verdict Boosts Supreme Court’s Global Prestige And Credibility
By K Raveendran Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna’s tenure has had an eventful start with the Supreme Court delivering the landmark ‘bulldozer justice’ verdict that grabbed global headlines. That the verdict was delivered by a bench comprising Justices B R Gavai and K V Vishwanathan, of which the chief justice...
Centre Seriously Working For EPFO Reform Including Modernisation
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Centre is seriously working for Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) reform, which includes modernization of its database, centralization and other initiatives announced in the Union Budget 2024-25 to boost quality employment in the country through increased membership of EPFO. The reform agenda was recently discussed...
