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British Government’s Order To Treat Extreme Misogyny As Terrorism Is Welcome
By Asad Mirza In a welcome and novel move, the United Kingdom government is planning to treat extreme misogyny as a form of terrorism. However, the approach to handle the issue raises concern as relating it to terrorism, may lead to further complications. The UK Home...
FATF REPORT RECOMMENDS SCRUTINY OF BANK ACCOUNTS OF POLITICIANS
STRONG MEASURES SUGGESTED FOR ROOTING OUT CORRUPTION IN INDIA By Tirthankar Mitra Corrupt politicians and officials have been the bane of India for decades. Even as this breed embed themselves in different political outfits stashing their ill-gotten gains at home and abroad, the recent recommendations...
IMPLICATIONS OF GOLD TOUCHING ALL-TIME HIGH OF $2500 AN OUNCE FOR TRADE
AFFORDABILITY ISSUES FORCE CHANGE IN CUSTOMER BEHAVIOUR, DESIGN TRENDS K Raveendran Gold has touched $2,500 an ounce for the first time ever, marking a historic milestone in the precious metals market, a development with profound implications both globally and particularly for India, where gold holds significant cultural...
J&K ASSEMBLY ELECTION IS A BIG TEST FOR THE MODI GOVERNMENT
CAN THE CENTRE ENSURE PEACEFUL POLLING WITH GOOD VOTER TURNOUT? By Sushil Kutty The Model code of Conduct is in force in Jammu & Kashmir. Also Article 370 stays abrogated. Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have no complaints. The two are happy that finally elections...
HARYANA OFFERS UNPRECEDNETED CHALLENGE TO BJP IN A DECADE
CONGRESS IS HOPEFUL OF UNSEATING THE RULING BJP IN THE STATE By Dr. Gyan Pathak With announcement of Vidhan Sabha Election in Haryana by the Election Commission of India on August 16, the political parties in the state are now coming to their specifics after theirs being...
INDIA MUST TAKE FRESH STEPS TO ENCOURAGE CHINESE INVESTMENT IN MANUFACTURING
MAKE IN INDIA PROGRAMME TO GET REAL BOOST DUE TO MORE FDI INFLOWS FROM BEIJING By Subrata Majumder Presently, Chinese investment is almost barred in India in the wake of security concern. All Chinese investments are subject to government approvals. They are not permitted through...
GROWING SCEPTICISM OVER DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINE CONFLICT
BIDEN PLAN SEEKS TO TRY AND PREVENT DIRECT INVOLVEMENT OF IRAN M A Hossain Recent peace talks in Doha, Qatar, in the ongoing tensions in the Middle East have reignited a glimmer of hope of a temporary respite. Led by mediators from the United States, Qatar, and...
MANY OF KAMALA HARRIS’S PROPOSALS FOR AMERICANS ARE WELCOME
DEMOCRATS ARE NOT READY FOR OVERHAUL OF HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM By Matt Bruenig WASHINGTON: The Democratic Party’s presidential nominee Kamala Harris unveiled many campaign policy proposals on August 16.. Some of the proposals are pro-people while a few others are not up to the expectations ...
RBI Flags Breach Of Regulations By Some NBFC-P2P Lending Platforms
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday flagged regulatory violations by some non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms, prompting it to revise the guidelines that include prohibiting credit enhancements and capping aggregate exposure at Rs 50 lakh. These violations included promoting P2P lending as investment products,...
Food Inflation Seen Peaked, May Remain Subdued
Food inflation, which stayed persistently above 6% for a year till June, may have seen the peak, economists said. The consumer food price index, which rose 9.36% on year in June, fell sharply to 5.42% in July, thanks to a favourable base. However, price pressures in this segment as...
Govt Eases Cross-Border Share Swap Rules To Woo Foreign Money
New Delhi: India eased cross-border share swaps, allowing issue or transfer of equity instruments of a local company in exchange for those of a foreign firm in a significant rejig of foreign investment norms. Investments by an overseas citizen of India (OCI) on a non-repatriation basis would not be...
FDI In Food Processing Industry Falls 30% To Rs 5037 Crore In 2023-24
The foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 30 per cent to Rs 5,037.06 crore in India’s food processing industry in the last fiscal year, shows the official data. In FY2023, the food processing industry saw FDI of Rs 7,194.13 crore. The Food Processing Industries Ministry submitted data to the...
Govt Initiates Anti-Dumping Investigation Into Steel From Vietnam
India has launched an anti-dumping probe into imports of hot rolled flat products originating in or exported from Vietnam after complaints that they were being sold at low prices, hurting the interest of the domestic steel industry. Indian steelmakers have been flagging cheap imports from China rerouted through Vietnam...
JPC to Probe Adani Group’s Market Manipulations Inevitable
By P Sudhir The latest revelations by the US based firm Hindenburg Research have raised serious questions about the role of SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch as chief of the regulatory body investigating the Adani group’s various contraventions of the law and manipulation of stock prices. According to the...
Bangladesh’s $47 Billion Ready-Made Garments Export Industry Badly Hit
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Bangladesh has been reeling under intense protests and violence for more than a month now. A controversial Bangladesh high court decision reinstating a government job quota system that came on June 5 instantly triggered protests that soon engulfed the entire nation. In the ensuing pitched...
Challenges Before India Becoming Hub of Industrial Manufacturing
By Dr. Gyan Pathak “The day is not far when India will be the hub of industrial manufacturing and the world will be looking towards it,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said in his independence-day speech, but the challenges before India on this voyage will not be easily navigable....
Modi’s 11th I-Day Address Turned Out to Be a Party Leader’s Speech
By Sushil Kutty “Have we got a centre-right coalition, have we got a right coalition, have we got a far-right coalition, or have we got a fascist coalition? I have seen all four printed, depending on who you read.” This was said of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, but...
Political Delicacies: Kharge Asks Congress to Prepare for Upcoming Assembly Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra With assembly polls in Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand coming up, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge held a meeting with all the party general secretaries, state unit chiefs and AICC state in-charges in New Delhi to chalk out future plans for the elections. He held discussions regarding organisational...
