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Decoding The Historical Democratic National Convention In Chicago
By Debabrata Biswas from Boston A little over a month ago Democratic Party leadership was gripped with the idea that president Joe Biden might not be the best candidate to represent their party in the Presidential race against Donald Trump, with many dreading what they thought could be a...
Massive Protests Sweep Indonesian Cities As The President Prepares For Transition
By Tirthankar Mitra Dynastic politics have been the bane of many countries in South East Asia. Indonesia is in the throes of political unrest as thousands of protestors have taken to the streets as President Joko Widodo prepares to hand over his reins to his successor, Prabowo Subianto in...
French Left Has A Historic Responsibility To Retain Unity And Expand
By Julian-Nicolas Calfuquir France’s parliamentary elections went better than expected for the Left. While polls predicted victory for Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National, her defeat in the July 7 runoff votes was a relief for the left-wingers who rallied against her. Their Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) alliance took 193...
India’s Bioeconomy To Hit $300 Billion By 2030 Under New BioE3 Policy
New Delhi: India’s bioeconomy has seen exponential growth, ballooning from $10 billion in 2014 to a staggering $130 billion in 2024, with expectations to triple to $300 billion by 2030. This surge is largely attributed to the recently unveiled BioE3 (Biotechnology for Economy, Employment, and Environment) Policy, aimed at...
India-GCC Trade Hits $162 Billion, Growing Ties In Energy, Defence, And Tech
New Delhi: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) now contributes 15% to India’s total trade, with bilateral trade between India and the region reaching USD 162 billion last year, said Aseem R Mahajan, Joint Secretary – Gulf, Ministry of External Affairs. Addressing the ‘India MENA Business Dialogue: Bridging Economics, Fostering...
OPEC+ Output Cut May Push Indian Refiners To Crude Oil Supply From Americas: US EIA
NEW DELHI: Rising consumption of liquid fuels in India, which is expected to touch 6.6 million barrels per day (mb/d) by 2028, and declining crude oil exports from West Asia due to production cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies (OPEC+) could force Indian refiners...
Indian Steel Sector To See $2.70 Billion Investment In Digital Technology By 2030
KOLKATA: Indian steel industries’ investment in digital and process technology is forecast to touch $2.70 billion by 2030, according to a report of industry body, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and consultant Deloitte on Tuesday, August 27. The report, titled “Automation, Digitalisation and Technology Integration...
RINL And IOCL Sign 5-Year MoU For Supply Of Hydraulic And Lubricating Oils From 2024 To 2029
NEW DELHI: At a simple program held at Main conference hall in administrative building of RINL, the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, today, RINL signed a MoU(memorandum of understanding) with M/s. IOCL for the supply of hydraulic and lubricating oils & greases for a period of 5 years...
India Inks Another Deal For 73,000 Assault Rifles From The US
NEW DELHI: India has now inked another contract for the import of an additional 73,000 SiG Sauer assault rifles from the US, which will add to the 72,400 such guns bought earlier for frontline Army troops, amid the continuing military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh. “The SiG-716 `Patrol’...
TRAI Asks Top Regulators To Apply Whitelist Norms By September 1
NEW DELHI: To tackle the problem of spam messages and calls, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), various sector regulators, and government agencies to implement the mandatory whitelisting or registration of internet links, Android application packages (APKs) and call...
Oil And Gas PSUs Carry Out A Third Of Annual Capex In April-July
NEW DELHI: Public-sector oil and gas companies have spent over Rs 38,419 crore as capex in the first four months of the current financial year 2024-25, nearly 32.4% of the annual capex target of Rs 1.2 lakh crore, provisional data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell showed. The...
SEBI Rights Issue Plan May Hit Merchant Bankers’ Revenue
MUMBAI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)’s proposal to overhaul the rights issue process to boost its appeal as a fundraising route is likely to pose a serious threat to revenue streams of merchant bankers. One of the key changes suggested by the regulator is the elimination...
India To Sign High Seas Treaty In September, Joining Global Effort To Protect Ocean Biodiversity
NEW DELHI: India will sign the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, shortly known as High Seas Alliance, next month, Cdr P K Srivastava, Scientist, Ministry of Earth Sciences, said today. The Cabinet of Ministers cleared India to sign the agreement last month, and the actual signing will take place...
Poor Return From Large Banks Is Driving Away Depositors
By Nantoo Banerjee Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s advice to government-controlled banks to launch special drives to step up deposit mobilization to catch up with the demand for loans may give a wrong impression that the public sector bank (PSB) management does not know the basic principles of banking....
Modi-Shah Duo Sidelined By RSS In Choosing Strategy On Bypolls In Uttar Pradesh
By Arun Srivastava The war of supremacy that has been raging inside the saffron ecosystem, for quite time between the RSS leadership and the Gujarat Lobby led by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, came out for the first time in public domain with Modi-Shah duo withdrawing the list of...
Sunita Kejriwal Emerges As A Prominent Leader Of Aam Aadmi Party
By Kalyani Shankar Whoever thought the low-profile Sunita, wife of Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal, would emerge as an acceptable leader in the Aam Aadmi Party? Her increasing involvement is particularly significant after her husband has been jailed for a liquor scam since March 21 this year.. She has become...
INDIA Bloc In Urgent Need Of Reframing Its Political Strategy In Jharkhand
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Champai Soren’s changing of his political loyalty form Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) to BJP, as it has been reported that he will join BJP on August 30, is certainly a significant development before the Vidhan Sabha election due by the end of this year. BJP...
Action Against Anil Ambani Does Little To Repair Damage To Regulatory Oversight
By K Raveendran Industrialist Anil Ambani has been barred from the securities market for a period of five years for perpetrating what SEBI describes as a ‘fraudulent scheme’ that led to diversion of funds from a group company. SEBI’s move, ostensibly a robust response to alleged fraudulent practices involving...
