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SEBI Chief’s Integrity Has Been Questioned in New Hindenburg Report
By Krishna Jha A giant size corruption story is again at our threshold. Defeating all the claims by the government led by Narendra Modi about his fight against corruption, its untruth has been brought to light, and that too with blinding clarity. US based short seller Hindenburg is back...
Gaza’s Death Toll Climbs Past 40,000 As Israeli Destruction Continues
By Ceren Sagir GAZA’S death toll climbed past 40,000 today as international mediators held a new round of talks on a ceasefire and the release of hostages. In its most recent detailed report on the dead, Gaza’s Health Ministry said that of the 40,005 Palestinians reported killed, nearly 16,500...
Telecom Players’ Arpu Growth Falls To 7.5% In Fy24, Shows Govt Data
The Average Revenue Per User (Arpu) earned by India’s telecom players rose 7.5 per cent in FY24, as compared to nearly 20 per cent in FY23, according to the latest government data. The yearly telecom sector performance indicators report released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on...
Stringent Safety Norms For Construction Electric Vehicles From October 1
The Centre is set to impose stricter safety standards on electric construction equipment as the industry prepares for a green transition. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has proposed new rules that will require all electric construction vehicles, including dumpers and excavators, to meet stringent safety standards...
India Close To Being Top Medicine Exporter To US
India’s pharma and medical device industry is expanding its footprint in the key markets of US, UK and Italy gaining market share at the expense of its competitors, according to data analysis by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. India is the third largest import source of medicine put...
Exports Shrink 1.5% In July, Trade Deficit Widens To $23.5 Billion
India’s merchandise trade deficit rose to the highest level in nine months in July on the back of high crude imports and a contraction in overall goods exports after three straight months of positive growth. Exports contracted 1.47% on year to $33.98 billion in July, while imports rose...
Govt Committed To Big Reforms That Will Accelerate Growth And Progress, Develop India By 2047: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked the 78th Independence Day by emphasising his government’s commitment to economic reforms and attracting global investment. Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Modi highlighted that the reforms are driven by conviction rather than compulsion, aiming to boost economic growth and...
Bangladesh Still Unstable, Showing No Clear Political Direction
By Nitya Chakraborty Eight days have passed since the ouster of from power in Bangladesh on August 5 following the mass upsurge led by the students and other opposition parties against the 15 year rule of the Awami League Government led by her. Much has been written about the...
BJP Gives Itself Away By Dubbing Campaign Against Adani As Attack On India
By K Raveendran By suggesting that the alleged Hindenburg offensive against the Adani group is an attack against India, the ruling party is, though inadvertently, acknowledging the sway the group has on the Modi government. This assertion not only underscores the influence wielded by Adani but also serves to...
Youth Employment Is Back To Pre-Covid Level, But Crisis Persists
By Dr. Gyan Pathak For the global youth between 15 and 24 years of age, employment rates have stabilized back to their pre-COVID-19 crisis trendlines, but unemployment rate stood at 13 per cent in 2023,according a new ILO report titled “The Global Employment Trend for Youth (GET for Youth)...
Kolkata Doctor’s Brutal Rape And Murder Stirs Up Political Storm
By Tirthankar Mitra Rape and murder of a woman doctor pursuing a postgraduate course at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last week has struck a raw nerve in West Bengal. Crimes against women in this state have hit the headlines during both the Left Front regime and the...
Kolkata Rape-Murder Leaves INDIA Bloc Fighting Perception Battle
By Sushil Kutty West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in denial mode and is not bothered about the changing public perception of her following her handling of a rape-cum-murder of a Kolkata trainee-doctor. Her INDIA bloc partner, Samajwadi Party Supremo Akhilesh Yadav, has not yet issued...
India Is Looking For Big Rise In Aluminium Production Based On Bauxite Reserves
By Kunal Bose India presents a unique case for bauxite. Though not as enormously large as they are in Guinea and Australia, bauxite resources (reserves plus deposits underneath to be explored) in India are big enough to sustain a large aluminium value chain. In fact, if anything unlike the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Wayanad Visit Belies The Hype
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi did the right thing by visiting the landslide-struck Wayanad. That the Prime Minister chose to make promises of all help is also welcome. But it is also true that hopes that the PM would sanction interim relief before waiting for the State...
Bangladesh Interim Govt Head Dr. Md Yunus Is An Institution Builder
By Harihar Swarup When the protesting students approached Dr. Muhammad Yunus to head interim government in Bangladesh, the Nobel laureatehad several examples he could turn to while weighing his options. While French philosopher Jean-PaulSartredeclined to be a leader of the 1968 students’ movement, Russian author Alekxander Solzhenstein refused to...
RBI Clears Tata Capital’s Conversion Into NBFC Investment Credit Company
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cleared the conversion of financial and investment services provider Tata Capital Limited (TCL) into a non-banking finance company (NBFC)–investment credit company (ICC) from a NBFC–core investment company (CIC). This comes after Tata Capital merged Tata Cleantech Capital and Tata Capital Financial Services...
CPI Inflation Down, But Road Ahead Could Be Bumpy: SBI Report
New Delhi: India’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation dropped to 3.54 per cent in July 2024, its lowest in nearly five years, largely driven by a decline in vegetable prices. However, despite this positive development, the State Bank of India (SBI) has cautioned that the path forward may be...
Food Inflation Falls To 13-Month Low To 5.42%
Retail food inflation dropped sharply to a thirteen-month low to 5.42% in July, compared to 9.36% in June largely because of base effect, while prices of pulses and cereals prices continued to be at elevated levels. The consumer food price index (CFPI) rose by 2.81% sequentially in July, 2024....
