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Mainstream Liberal Media In U.S. Having Appraisal What Went Wrong With Kamala Harris
By Sushil Kutty After the election of Donald Trump and the defeat of Kamala Harris, the owner of the Los Angeles Times is looking to balance opinion pieces in his newspaper. This, when the Washington Post and the New York Times, continue to go for Trump’s jugular, criticizing his...
Western Agencies Are Active In Fanning Separatism In North East Of India
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Foreign policy hawks who gleefully remind the world how the mightiest country in the world, the US considers fast progressing India as its strategic defence partner in the Indo-pacific region, may face an acid test soon. Belying their rhetoric, the apparent Washington-Delhi bonhomie was not...
Trump’s Win Ignites Bitcoin Boom, India Watches From The Sidelines
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Bitcoin has been rising over the past few weeks and it is currently trading at above $90,000. With the $92,000 level breached, Bitcoin seems headed for the $100K mark. Bitcoin has surged 36.33% in 1 month, over 20% in 7-day and 3.45% in 24 hours....
Trump’s Health Secretary Pick Robert Kennedy Jr. Is A Hazard To American Lives
By Mark Gruenberg and C.J. Atkins WASHINGTON DC: Will Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Republican president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the giant Health and Human Services Department, be—in the words of the warning on cigarette packages—a hazard to your health? Off both his past stands against vaccines, against fluoridation...
Indian Economy In ‘Sweet Spot,’ Predicts 2024 Growth Of 7.2%, Says Moody’s
NEW DELHI: The Indian economy is in a sweet spot, with a mix of solid growth and moderating inflation, Moody’s Ratings said in its latest global macro outlook published on Friday. The rating agency has projected 7.2 per cent growth for India for 2024. It is followed by 6.6...
After Rs 1.2 Lakh Crore FII Outflow, CLSA Shifts Focus Back To India From China
MUMBAI: Brokerage firm CLSA has decided to reverse its earlier move from India to China, citing growing concerns over China’s economy and investor sentiment. This change comes after Rs 1.2 lakh crore in foreign institutional investor (FII) outflows from India in recent months, which has affected the Indian market....
Railways Floats Rs 20,000-Crore RFP For Camera In Coaches
MUMBAI: In a move aimed at making train travel safer, Indian Railways has floated a request for proposal (RFP) to install closed circuit television (CCTV) surveillance cameras in coaches. According to industry sources, the initial value of the project will be Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 crore for installation...
Imports For Top Electronics Companies Dip On Rising Local Tide
KOLKATA: The thrust on ‘Make in India’ and component localisation has led to a decline in imports by major electronic firms such as Samsung, Apple, Whirlpool, Dixon and Havells – possibly for the first time ever. The combined import value of eight electronics firms, that also include LG Electronics,...
India Inc Capex Slows Down Marginally To Rs 9.4 Trillion In FY24: Care Ratings
The aggregate private capex in the financial year 2024 (FY24) slowed down marginally to Rs 9.4 trillion as compared to Rs 9.5 trillion in FY23, a study conducted by Care Ratings on the annual statements of 1,074 listed non-financial companies showed. The top five sectors in which private capex...
All Indian Firms Plan To Boost Investments In GenAI: NTT Study
A recent study by NTT DATA reveals that Indian organisations are planning to increase investments in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). This shift marks a transition from initial experimentation to a focus on long-term use cases aimed at enhancing business performance, compliance and safety. Globally, 99% of organisations surveyed indicated...
PSBs Bet On Corporate Loan Book Expansion, Infra Loans
MUMBAI: Large public sector banks, such as State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Canara Bank and others are looking at expanding their corporate loan books, especially in sectors such as infrastructure, energy and others. For example, State Bank of India’s corporate loan book grew by 18.35% year-on-year in...
NITI Aayog’s WEP Partners With Urban Company To Empower Women
NEW DELHI: NITI Aayog’s Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) has partnered with Urban Company to empower women salon and beauty parlour owners, an official statement said on Friday. According to the statement, WEP, under its award-to-reward initiative, launched the pilot to support women MSMEs to scale up their businesses in...
Centre Urges States To Fill 663 Vacant Posts In Consumer Forums
NEW DELHI: The Union government on Friday directed states to accelerate the appointment process for 663 vacant positions across state and district consumer commissions, expressing concern over mounting vacancies that threaten to undermine consumer rights protection. Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare, who reviewed the situation with state government officials,...
Mercedes-Benz India To Hike Prices By Up To Three Per Cent
NEW DELHI: German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz on Friday said it will hike prices of its vehicles in India by up to 3 per cent on its entire model range in the portfolio from January 1, 2025, citing a rise in input costs, inflationary pressures and higher operational expenses. Prices...
Left Coalition’s Sweeping Victory In Sri Lankan Elections Is A Major Event In South Asia
By Nitya Chakraborty Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake has led his leftist coalition of 21 parties National People’s Power (NPP) to power in the island nation with a massive victory in the elections to Parliament held on Sunday, November 14. With most of the ballots counted by Friday morning,...
Severe Air Pollution In Delhi Shows Graded Response Action Plan Ineffective
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Air pollution in the National Capital of India is neither a new phenomenon nor the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). Every year at this season, air quality in Delhi turns severe, and in some places severe plus. A Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) is...
Regime Change: Shah’s Secret Parleys With Sharad Pawar At Adani’s Home
By Sushil Kutty “Oh the games people play now/every night and every day now/Never meaning what they say, yeah/Never saying what they mean…” Politicians play games and grabbing power is the name of the game if elections don’t throw up a clear verdict. A BJP-Ajit Pawar government was formed...
Second Trump Term Is Set To Witness Major Destabilisation Of U.S. Bureaucracy
By Anjan Roy It’s a contradiction in terms. You are creating a new department or agency to study and carry out paring of the size of the government. That’s what the US president-elect, Donald Trump, is up to. And who is to co-lead it, none other than Elon Musk,...
