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Akshay Shinde’s Encounter Killing By Thane Cops Is Mired In Confusion
By Sushil Kutty Everything about the Badlapur sexual assault case accused Akshay Shinde’s encounter-killing is confusing except the reality that Akshay sexually assaulted two kindergarten kids in the school where he worked as a sweeper. Now, after he was killed in an encounter inside a moving police/prison van, there...
Rival Alliances MVA, Mahayuti Brace For Maharashtra Assembly Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra The fight for Maharashtra assembly elections has commenced, with ruling alliance Mahayuti, comprising Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, BJP, and Ajit Pawar’s NCP, aiming to retain the power. While the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) of Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Sharad Pawar) and Congress,...
Defiant Kerala MLA Anvar Refuses To Mend His Ways
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Left Democratic Front (LDF)-backed Independent MLA P V Anvar seems to have lost his balance and sense of proportion. That is the unmistakable conclusion that can be drawn from the press conference Anvar addressed at Nilambur, the constituency he represents in the Kerala Assembly, the...
Removal Of Minimum Export Price Of Basmati Rice By Centre Is Welcome
By Tirthankar Mitra People on both sides of the Indo-Pakistan border have lot in common likings including sporting events in which players of the two countries pit their playing skills against each other together with tucking into a plate of fragrant basmati rice. Giving a leg up to Basmati...
Assessing Big Emergence Of BSW In Brandenburg Regional Elections
By Nick Wright BERLIN: A day before last Sunday’s vote for a new parliament in the east German state of Brandenburg, opinion polls had the ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the far-right AfD neck and neck. The SPD finished up on 30.9 per cent, with the AfD on...
Ministerial Panel Looks To Rework GST Rates On Over 100 Items
KOLKATA: The ministerial panel on GST rationalisation has discussed proposals to rework the rates on over 100 items, apart from merger of the 12% and 18% slabs, but has opted to analyse it in detail, before finalising its recommendations. West Bengal FM Chandrima Bhattacharya said the rates will be...
Steel Ministry Pushes For Merger Of Debt-Hit RINL With SAIL
NEW DELHI: The steel ministry is “actively working” towards the merger of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) with Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), said a senior government official, a development that comes in the backdrop of outgoing RINL chairman Atul Bhatt opting for leave till retirement amid worsening financial...
Pickup In Public Expenditure May Keep Growth Steady: Finance Ministry
NEW DELHI: After witnessing contraction in the first quarter of the current financial year (Q1FY25), the government is expecting public expenditure to pick up in the remaining quarters, even though there is a need for monitoring automobiles and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sales due to slowdown seen in...
Financial Restructuring, Govt Initiatives To Push Manufacturing Helping India Inc Sail Through Rough Seas
MUMBAI: As the world’s fifth largest economy, set to become third largest by decade’s end, India is on a high-growth trajectory, supported by favourable government policies, stronger banks, robust capital markets and a young population. Core sectors and various ancillary and consumer industries will benefit from this even as...
Share Of Self-Employed Women Increased To 67% In 2023-24: PLFS Data
NEW DELHI: Helping their families run household enterprises or operating small businesses is driving the surge of women in the labour force in the country. More than two out of every three working women have been categorised “self-employed” in the latest July-June 2023-24 Periodic labour Force Survey (PLFS). A...
India Set To Achieve GDP Growth In FY25 Says Finance Ministry
NEW DELHI: India is set to achieve 6.5-7 per cent GDP growth in the current financial year as indicated by the movements in high-frequency indicators till August, a finance ministry report said on Thursday. The recent developments analysed indicate strong foundations of macroeconomic stability in India with steady growth,...
India Aims To Integrate Scalable Food Security Interventions
NEW DELHI: India is seeking to integrate scalable food security interventions into existing government programmes while promoting local crop varieties, a top government official said on Thursday. Agriculture Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi outlined these priorities during a review of the implementation of the United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) country...
Jio-BP Inaugurates 500th EV Charging Station
NEW DELHI: Anant Mukesh Ambani, Director, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Murray Auchincloss, CEO, BP, on Thursday inaugurated the 500th Jio-BP pulse EV-charging station of Jio-BP. Jio-BP is a fuels and mobility joint venture between RIL and global energy giant BP. “The commissioning of the EV-charging station enables access...
ICRA Sees Room For Petrol, Diesel Price Cuts
NEW DELHI: A reduction in crude oil prices in recent weeks has improved margins on retail auto fuels, providing state-owned firms a headroom to cut petrol and diesel prices by Rs 2-3 per litre, rating agency Icra said on Thursday. The price of a basket of crude oil India...
Sensex, Nifty Reach Fresh All-Time High Levels In Early Trade
MUMBAI: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty hit fresh all-time high levels in early trade on Thursday amid a sharp rally in Asian markets and buying in IT stocks. The BSE Sensex climbed 202.3 points to reach an all-time record peak of 85,372.17 in early trade. The NSE Nifty...
Litmus Test For BJP’s Policies In The Crucial Third Phase Of J&K Election
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Election campaigns for all participating political parties in the ongoing Jammu and Kashmir Vidhan Sabha election has unquestionably centred round the chief issue – restoration of the abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution of India and the lost statehood of this Union Territory. The electoral...
BJP Is Clueless On How To Deal With Its Lok Sabha Member ‘Queen’ Kangana Ranaut
By Sushil Kutty BJP’s Mandi MP, actor Kangana Ranaut, is a raw nerve in the BJP’s thick skin and a bundle of apprehension for party president JP Nadda, who cannot seem to decide whether she is in-disciplinable or indispensable? Is Kangana Ranaut a “Congressi” at heart? For, she sounds...
Only A Steep Rise In Steel Consumption In India Can Boost Manufacturing
By Kunal Bose How has China become an awe-inspiring manufacturing powerhouse backed by crude steel capacity of 1.078 billion tonnes and aluminium smelting capacity of 45.19 million tonnes? Any number of dissertations on the subject analysing the economic and political factors propelling the country’s rapid industrialization since the late...
