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Congress-Samajwadi Party Rift Delays Seat Sharing For Uttar Pradesh Bypolls
By Arun Srivastava When will Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav come to learn the tricks of the real politik is not known, but one thing is absolutely clear that with an inflated ego, he will certainly mutilate the electoral prospect of the INDIA bloc not only in his home...
Population Emerging As Next Big Complex Political Issue In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only a few weeks ago on September 17, Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah had said that India will soon begin Census exercise. Now, TDP leader and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu has planned legislation to encourage people to ‘have more children...
Irrespective Of Earlier Differences, Arab Nations Are Closing On In Support Of Iran
By Asad Mirza As the threat of a direct conflict between Israel and Iran grows, several Gulf countries are reportedly working actively to prevent potential Israeli attacks on Iran’s oil facilities. According to reports, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar, are lobbying Washington to stop Israel from attacking Iran’s...
Retired Lt. Gen Zamiruddin Shah Is Respected, He Should Not Have Given An Inciting Speech
By Sushil Kutty Lt. Gen (Rted.) Zamir-Uddin Shah, who was Deputy Army Chief and after retiring from the Army, Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University from 2011 to 2017, wants Indian Muslims to build a steely resolve to fight to survive in Modi & Yogi’s India. And quite like the...
French Govt’s 2025 Budget Proposals Lead To Big Protests From All Groups
By Tirthankar Mitra French economy is between a rock and a hard place over its 2025 budget proposal aiming to implement 60 billion euros in spending cuts and tax hikes. It has sparked widespread debate across the political spectrum. The criticism cutting across the political divide raised deep concerns...
Hamas Decapitated, But Netanyahu Vows To Keep Killing Palestinians
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: Israel has no excuses left for carrying on with its genocide of the Palestinian people. With the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in combat—the supposed “mastermind” of Oct. 7—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his extremist government are left with few justifications to explain...
Why BRICS Summit At Kazan Is Crucial For Both Narendra Modi And Vladimir Putin?
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attending the summit of the expanded BRICS block at Tatarstan city of Kazan in Russia on October 22 to 24 to be hosted by President Putin. This summit is of crucial importance for both the Indian PM as also the President...
Centre Getting Ready For An Early Roll Out Of Labour Codes
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Centre is getting ready for an early roll out of the four labour codes while the joint platform of the 10 Central Trade Unions has threatened fresh nationwide agitation, including strike action, if the Union government goes ahead with its roll out plan. Union Ministry...
Indian Judiciary’s Ills Are Too Deep-Seated To Be Addressed Through Symbolism
By K Raveendran The unveiling of the new statue of Lady Justice, with eyes wide open and a copy of the constitution in hand, has sparked animated debate across legal and public domains. Its design is a striking departure from traditional representations: the blindfold has been removed, and the...
Waqf Claims Skyrocket As Amendment Bill 2024 Goes For The Jugular
By Sushil Kutty Over 9 lakh acres of India is Waqf owned and “once Waqf, always Waqf” is the unwritten code, brought to India straight from Heaven. Hence, AIUDF Chief Badruddin Ajmal cannot be blamed for claiming land on which India’s new Parliament building stands as Waqf. Prime Minister...
INDIA Bloc Launches Poll Campaign In Jharkhand With Total Unity And Confidence
By Arun Srivastava With less than a month left for holding of the assembly election in Jharkhand, the INDIA bloc is gearing up to frustrate any attempt by Narendra Modi and his lieutenant Amit Shah to repeat Haryana results in this tribals dominated state. Members of the Jharkhand Mukti...
FTC Chair Lina Khan Is The Most Hated Official By Wall Street Honchos
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: When you’re on the enemies list of some of America’s biggest right-wing tech and media billionaires, you must be doing something right. That’s exactly where Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan finds herself these days. Venture capitalist and pharma kingpin Mark Cuban, Fox broadcasting...
Government May Halve Spectrum Lease Tenure To 10 Years
NEW DELHI: The department of telecommunications (DoT) is considering reducing the tenure of spectrum leased to telecom operators through auctions to 10 years from the current 20 years. This is being evaluated as the life cycle of technology is getting shorter and the value of spectrum getting eroded over...
Big Deals Continue To Elude Big Four IT Service Firms
BENGALURU/MUMBAI: The top four Indian IT services firms —TCS, Infosys, Wipro, and HCLTech — saw year-on-year decline in their total contract value (TCV) during the July-September period, due to the absence of mega deals and continued lumpiness in large deals. Further, geographically, revenue contribution from North America continued to...
Moderate Pick-Up In Exports Predicted For H2
NEW DELHI: India’s merchandise exports in the first half of FY25 rose at a modest rate of 1%, owing to slowdown in global demand, decline in oil prices, higher logistics costs for exporters, and of course, declining competitiveness in certain segments. The outlook for the second half is however...
Rate Cut At This Stage Could Be ‘Risky, Premature’: RBI Governor
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das cautioned on Friday that cutting the policy rate at this juncture could be “very premature” and “risky” in light of an uptick in the latest headline inflation reading, something that could persist until the next print, as well. “… (A)...
Rajnath Singh Urges Private Defence Firms To Make India Technology Hub
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called upon private defence firms on Friday to move forward from “participation” in defence production to “taking the lead.” He assured private companies of the government’s full support in making India an innovation and technology hub, and one of the strongest countries in...
Homebuying Decision May Be Impacted If Mortgage Rates Cross Nine Per Cent: FICCI-Anarock Survey
MUMBAI: Nearly 90 per cent of respondents feel that their decision to buy residential properties will be significantly impacted if mortgage rates exceed 9 per cent, according to a survey conducted by FICCI and Anarock. Industry body FICCI and real estate consultant Anarock on Friday released their joint ‘Homebuyer...
