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Finance Minister Urges Mexican Firms To Partner With Startups And Academia
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday urged Mexican firms to explore collaborations with startups as well as academic institutions and take advantage of India’s business-friendly policies. In her address at Tech Leaders Roundtable at the Chamber of Commerce, Guadalajara, Sitharaman emphasised on opportunities and responsibilities for similar...
Infrastructure Projects Help In Boosting Tourism, Creating Jobs: Nitin Gadkari
PANAJI: Infrastructure projects like new expressways and facilities at tourist sites are helping boost tourism and create more jobs, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday. In a message to a conference organised by the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) in...
JSW Energy Arms Ink Pacts To Supply 1,200 MW Solar-Wind Power To Maharashtra Discom
NEW DELHI: JSW Energy on Friday said that its two arms have signed agreements to supply 1,200 MW of power to Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company. JSW Renew Energy Six Ltd and JSW Renew Energy Thirty Ltd, step-down subsidiaries of JSW Energy, have signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) with...
Infosys Shares Tumble 4.50 Per Cent Post Earnings Announcement
NEW DELHI: Shares of Infosys Ltd slumped 4.50 per cent on Friday morning after the company’s second quarter earnings failed to cheer investors. The stock tanked 4.50 per cent to Rs 1,880.80 on the BSE. At the NSE, it dived 4.44 per cent to Rs 1,880.65. The stock was...
Spying And Killings By Intelligence Agencies In Foreign Countries: What Is The Big Deal?
By Nitya Chakraborty The allegation by the Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau involving Indian diplomats of the high commission in the killing of the Sikh extremist Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, last year and also in the assassination attempt on another Sikh lawyer G S Pannun in USA, has...
India Needs A Fresh Look At Hunger And Poverty In The Country
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In view of the recent Global Hunger Index 2024 and UN’s Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024, Narendra Modi government must not continue turning its blind eye to the serious level of hunger and poverty in the country, and the alarm sounded must not be shouted...
Uttar Pradesh Bypolls May Witness Further Polarisation Of Voters
By Sushil Kutty Bahraich is Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s big test. How does he handle the crisis will be his ticket to success or failure in the 10 bypolls, and within the party? So far, he seems to be doing ‘ok’. Enforcing law & order at any...
GIFT City, India’s Sole International Financial Services Centre Attracts Global Investment
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav GIFT City, India’s sole international financial services center, continues to make significant strides in attracting global investment and fostering innovation. Recent developments by Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Anicut Capital highlight the growing confidence in GIFT City’s potential. Established in 2007, this ambitious project has...
Jharkhand Assembly Polls: Contest Between INDIA Bloc & NDA Heats Up
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Jharkhand Assembly elections are shaping up as a straight contest between the JMM-led INDIA bloc in the state and the BJP-led NDA. However, both coalitions are yet to finalise seat-sharing arrangements. The ruling INDIA bloc is grappling with seat distribution issues. As per sources,...
World Bank’s Claim Of Lifting Millions Out Of Poverty Is Conceptually Flawed
By Prabhat Patnaik Several international organisations are now engaged in the business of measuring what they call “poverty”. The World Bank has been in it for some time, but now we have a new measure of “Multidimensional Poverty” brought out by the UNDP and the Oxford Poverty and Human...
Hostilities Between South Korea And North Korea Reaching Boiling Point
By Tirthankar Mitra North and South Korea have been at war for decades. While periodic flare ups are not uncommon, the tensions between North Korea and South Korea are now seemingly boiling over. Neighbouring countries far and near sat up and took notice post a recent North Korean announcement...
IBC May Get A Voluntary Group Insolvency Mechanism Soon
NEW DELHI: India is proposing to introduce a “voluntary” group insolvency framework under the bankruptcy law. This will facilitate a joint resolution of stressed entities of a domestic corporate group, given the interconnected nature of their operations, people aware of the development said. The framework will be a part...
India Poised To Be Third Largest Economy By 2030, Rising Population A Challenge: S&P
NEW DELHI: India is poised to be the third largest global economy by 2030 but rising population presents mounting challenges in basic service coverage and growing investment needs to maintain productivity, S&P Global Ratings said on Thursday. It said emerging economies have high ambitions for the next decade and...
Direct Tax-GDP Ratio Hits 24-Year High Of 6.64% In FY24, Shows Data
NEW DELHI: The share of direct taxes in gross domestic product (GDP) rose to a 24-year high of 6.64 per cent during 2023-24 (FY24), while direct tax buoyancy improved to 2.12 compared to the preceding year, according to official data released on Thursday. Direct tax collections increased more than...
Apparel Exports In FY2025 Stitch Up A Rebound After Flat Decade
NEW DELHI: India’s readymade garment exports, which had remained at a low ebb, have registered a turnaround in the current financial year. In September the exports of readymade garments (RMG) rose 17.3% to $ 1.1 billion. For the first half of the financial year 2024-25 the exports have been...
Crude Oil Import Bill Up 12 Per Cent On Year In H1FY25
NEW DELHI: India’s crude import bill increased 12% during the first half of the current fiscal 2024-25 to $71.3 billion against $63.7 billion in the same period in FY24, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell showed. The country imported 120.5 million tonnes of crude oil during April...
In The Battle Of Attrition Between US And China In Dhaka, The Result Is 1:1
By Nitya Chakraborty Bangladesh is the diplomatic battleground of two super powers USA and China since the interim Government took over power on August 9 this year following the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League regime on August 5 last. In the last five weeks of the...
Violence On Women And Children Including Rape And Murder Must Be Stopped
By P. Sudhir Making a mockery of the BJP slogan of ‘Beti Bachao’ (save our daughters), the last few months have seen an exponential and very disturbing increase in incidents of horrific violence against women and children. Many of the cases include rape and murder of the victims. India...
