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Indian Industry Ready To Adjust To Any Regime In USA After November Prez Polls
By Subrata Majumder Come November 5, global futurists are scrambling to anticipate how a second term of Trump’s Presidency bode for the world and India. According to the latest opinion poll by New York Times, Kamala Harris has marginal edge over Trump. But, it does not foretell the demise...
Monkey Pox Virus Is Emerging As A Real Threat To Developing And Poor Nations
By Nilanjan Banik Kaala Pani, a web series on Netflix is a gripping tale about the outbreak of a lethal disease and a deadly health epidemic creating an atmosphere of chaos and fear. What makes the storyline more interesting is that it tests the ability of the administration to...
What’s Wrong If Rahul Wants Tribal, OBC, Dalit, Muslim Miss India?
By Sushil Kutty Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s call for a caste census and his remarks on caste — not casteist remarks — have sparked “a heated debate” with BJP leaders going for his larynx in a concerted move to silence him on caste census, accusing the LoP of...
Pakistan Seeks Rescheduling Of US$ 12 Billion Debts As Crisis Worsens
By Tirthankar Mitra It is no secret that Pakistan is a debt burdened country. In his previous term Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif publicly acknowledged that even friendly countries look at Pakistan as a country always “begging for money.” His more recent contention is that he has broken the begging...
Centre Decreases Public Grievances Redressal Time From 30 To 21 Days
NEW DELHI: The Centre has reduced redressal time of public grievances, raised on a dedicated portal, to 21 days, from the existing 30 days. In an order mentioning revised guidelines, it has suggested appointment of dedicated officers to handle complaints besides emphasising “whole of the government approach. “This means...
GDP Growth Rate Likely To Decline To 7.1% In Q1, Say SBI Economists
MUMBAI: Economists at the country’s largest lender SBI on Monday joined other watchers forecasting a slip in the economic growth and estimated India’s real GDP growth to come at 7.1 per cent for the June quarter. The economists said the growth in gross value added (GVA) will fall below...
RBI To Launch Unified Lending Interface To Transform Lending Space: Governor
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will launch the Unified Lending Interface (ULI) nationwide in due course, aiming to transform India’s lending sector, similar to how the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) revolutionised the payments ecosystem, Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Monday. The new platform will provide lenders consent-based...
India, Singapore Pledge To Cement Ties In ’Emerging Areas’
India and Singapore on Monday pledged to reinforce their ties in emerging areas such as digital connectivity, fintech, green economy, green hydrogen, skill development and food security. In the second meeting of their ministerial roundtable held in Singapore on Monday, sustainability, healthcare, connectivity and advanced manufacturing were discussed, according...
Natural Gas Imports Up 7% In April-July On High Demand
NEW DELHI: India’s import bill for natural gas surged by 7% to $4.6 billion during the first four months of the current fiscal year, compared with $4.3 billion in the same period a year ago, due to a rise in consumption particularly by the city gas distribution (CGD) companies...
Sensex Rallies 600 Points
MUMBAI: Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged nearly 1 per cent on Monday, propelled by intense buying in metal, IT and consumer durable stocks amid hopes that the US Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates soon. Renewed Foreign fund inflows and buying in frontline stocks HDFC...
India Adds Record 15 GW Solar Capacity In January-June: Report
NEW DELHI: India has registered record solar installations of about 15 GW during the first half of 2024 as “developers raced” to complete delayed projects, a report by Mercom Capital said. The country added 3.89 GW of solar capacity during January-June 2023, the US-based research firm said in its...
RBI Constantly Working On Policies, Platforms To Make India’s Financial System Strong
BENGALURU: Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday said the central bank is constantly working on policies, systems, and platforms to make the country’s financial sector strong, nimble and customer centric. Addressing the RBI@90 Global Conference on ‘Digital Public Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies’, Das recalled various initiatives being taken...
Over 23 Lakh Government Employees Under NPS Get Option To Choose Unified Pension Scheme
NEW DELHI: The just-announced Unified Pension Scheme for central government employees will be available only for those who are currently subscribers of the New Pension Scheme (NPS), including retirees. The new scheme guarantees employees 50 per cent of their average basic pay over the last 12 months before retirement...
GST Taxpayers Without Valid Bank A/c To Be Barred From Filing GSTR-1 From September 1
NEW DELHI: GST taxpayers who do not furnish bank account details to GST authorities will be barred from filing outward supply return GSTR-1 from September 1, GST Network (GSTN) has said in an advisory. As per GST Rule 10A, a taxpayer is required to furnish details of a valid...
Amit Shah’s Attack On Congress May Not Help BJP In J&K, Haryana
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India bloc’s political moves in Jammu and Kashmir have utterly upset the Union Minister of Home and BJP leader Amit Shah, especially the seat sharing announcement between the National Conference and the Congress, which prompted him to sharply attack Congress on the politically sensitive issue...
U.S. Fed’s Message Signals The Ushering In Of A Lower Policy Rate Regime
By Anjan Roy The US Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, has given a clear message from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that the American central bank is all set to enter a rate reversal cycle. The Federal Reserve at long last would usher in a regime of lower policy...
Hema Panel Report On Malayalam Film Industry: Cleansing Drive Must
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The release of the Hema Committee report on the problems plaguing the Malayalam film industry has exposed its ugly underbelly. It is a gory tale of sexual exploitation, illegal bans, discrimination, drug and alcohol abuse , wage disparity and in many cases inhuman working conditions....
Modi Has Shown Fine Diplomatic Acumen In Dealing With Zelenskiy
By Sushil Kutty So India is a “big country” with a “big influence” on the Russian economy and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wants India and Indians to “change their attitude” towards Russia. For then, there will be peace as Russian President Vladimir Putin will then end the...
