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OPEC Vs IEA: Diverging Oil Demand Forecasts Signal An Uncertain Future
NEW DELHI: The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (Opec) outlook for global crude oil demand in 2024 is beginning to show signs of caution. After months of holding steady, the cartel has revised its projections for the second consecutive time, reflecting the uncertainty surrounding key economic players. Opec...
GST Council Moves Closer To Lower Tax On Insurance
NEW DELHI: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Monday broadly agreed to reduce the tax incidence on health and life insurance, but deferred the call on the extent of the relief and how it would be structured, to its next meeting in November. The Centre-state body at...
India And UAE Ink Key Energy And Petroleum Agreements To Strengthen Bilateral Ties
NEW DELHI: In a significant development for India’s energy security and bilateral relations, India and the UAE signed several crucial Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) during the official visit of Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, to New Delhi. These agreements are set...
M&A Deal Value Of Over Rs 2,000 Crore Comes Under Competition Act
NEW DELHI: The much-anticipated provision of the deal value threshold (DVT) under the Competition Amendment Act 2023, notified on Monday, seeks to capture mergers and acquisitions (M&As) where the deal value exceeds Rs 2,000 crore or where the target company has substantial business operations in India. The notification by...
Government Inks Rs 26,000 Crore Contract With HAL For Procuring 240 Sukhoi Jets Engines
NEW DELHI: The defence ministry on Monday inked the mega over Rs 26,000 crore contract with Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) for the procurement of 240 aero-engines to power the Sukhoi-30MKI jets, which will sustain the operational capability of the 259 such Russian-origin fighters in the IAF combat fleet. The 240...
Apple Set To Grab Biggest Bite Of Made-In-India Semiconductors
NEW DELHI: Apple has begun negotiations with Micron, the Tata Group and other chip manufacturers setting up plants in India for sourcing supplies worth $12 billion for the iPhones it produces in the country. The negotiations are significant because Apple’s requirement for semiconductors would touch this level by 2026,...
Jammu & Kashmir Poll Scenario Has Turned Bizarre With Large Number Of Proxy Candidates
By Dr. Gyan Pathak It is an open secret, but never admitted, that political parties in power often get some candidates contest elections to effect division in opposition votes to facilitate easy win for their own candidates. The “election strategy of the proxy” in Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing...
India Is Failing To Take Full Advantage Of China+ Strategy By Maintaining Barriers
By Subrata Majumder Narendra Modi Government is going hot with China on diplomacy through remarks by the external affairs minister Dr. S Jaishankar, but at the same time, the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is soft on the issue of allowing Chinese investment in India. The economic survey of 2023-24...
Rahul Gandhi In USA Spells Out What Defines An ‘Indian Leader’
By Sushil Kutty Will somebody tell Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi that ‘Devta’ is ‘God’ in many Indian languages and that is the only “true transparency” that he should see through? Rahul Gandhi is on a tour of the USA and some of his utterances...
Global Steel Use Between 2023 And 2035 To Rise To 2 Billion Tonnes From 1.764 Billion Tonnes
By Kunal Bose China, which is by far the world’s largest importer of iron ore required to run the BF-BOF segment of its giant steelmaking industry presents analysts with the riddle surrounding continuing arrivals of the raw material at Chinese ports in high volumes in the face of steel...
President Macron Lands France In Serious Political Turmoil By Surrendering To Far Right
By Satyaki Chakraborty President Emanuel Macron has landed France in a serious political crisis by appointing the conservative leader of a small right party Michel Barnier as the new Prime Minister after rejecting the candidature of the largest group of the national assembly Lucie Castets. President Macron took the...
Presumption Of Innocence Under UAPA: Meaning Of ‘Prima Facie’ Case
By Lakshmi Devi In the past month, there have been several decisions in which the Supreme Court of India has emphasised the right to life and liberty of undertrial prisoners. The court reiterated in several cases that “bail is the rule and jail is an exception”. One notable instance...
Pope Francis’s Asia-Pacific Visit Has Helped In Boosting Inter-Religious Harmony
By Asad Mirza Pope Francis arrived in Muslim-majority Indonesia on Tuesday last week , kicking off a four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific, the longest and farthest of the 87-year-old’s papacy. The head of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics touched down in the capital, Jakarta, for a three-day visit devoted...
Mexico Govt’s Proposed Judicial Reforms Invite Wrath From US Administration
By Kurt Hackbarth Following its landslide victory in Mexico’s presidential elections, the MORENA coalition is wasting no time in getting to work. Even before president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum takes office on October 1, the new Congress is taking up a package of constitutional amendments proposed by outgoing president Andrés Manuel...
Why Narendra Modi Must Meet Bangladesh Interim Head Dr. Md. Yunus In New York?
By Nitya Chakraborty Bangladesh Interim Head Dr. Muhammad Yunus has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for talks in New York in the last week of September when both of them will be attending the session of United Nations general assembly .So far, there has been no response from...
Retail Oil Price Decontrol In India Continues To Be A Big Sham
By Nantoo Banerjee The oil price decontrol — at first, the retail prices of petrol by the Manmohan Singh-led government in 2010 and, thereafter, diesel prices by the Narendra Modi-led government in 2015 – to link the local retail market prices with global price trends seems to be meant...
Congress Is Upbeat Before Haryana Assembly Polls Against Ruling BJP
By Kalyani Shankar Who will emerge victorious in Haryana’s upcoming assembly polls? Will the ruling BJP retain the state, or will the resurgent Congress seize the opportunity to win? The nation is watching as the results of the impending polls in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Jammu, and Kashmir will shape these...
Rahul Gandhi In Texas Fires From All Cylinders, The BJP Frets
By Sushil Kutty A big chunk of Texans now know that Rahul Gandhi is “not a Pappu”. On the contrary, Rahul Gandhi is “highly intelligent and highly educated.” And, as far as Rahul Gandhi is concerned, there is no BJP and RSS ‘Mohabbat Ka Dukaan’ franchise. Indian Overseas Congress...
