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After Resilient FY26, War Clouds India’s FY27 Growth Outlook
NEW DELHI: The Indian economy demonstrated resilience in FY26 amidst high US tariffs and geopolitical developments, with estimates indicating a robust real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 7.6%, according to official advance estimates. Upward revisions of growth estimates for FY26 and FY27 by major rating agencies boosted confidence....
BJP’s Election Manifesto For Assam Tries To Outshine The Congress
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Congress announced five guarantees to Assam voters on Sunday March 29, and two days later on March 31, BJP has released its manifesto and gave 31 promises. A special feature of the BJP’s manifesto is its comparison of achievement of NDA and UPA rule...
Delhi’s Cinematic Homecoming: Caught Between Ambition And History
By T N Ashok There is a particular irony embedded in the story of film festivals and India’s capital. For decades, Delhi was the centre-piece of the nation’s most prestigious cinematic gathering. The Vigyan Bhavan echoed with the chatter of international directors. The Siri Fort Auditorium complex, built in...
UP Congress Leaders Reach Out To Jailed Mohd Azam Khan’s Family
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Is Congress trying to win over the support from Samajwadi Party leader Mohd Azam Khan and his followers in Rampur and other neighbouring areas? The recent meeting of UPCC president Ajay Rai and other leaders with Tanzeen Khan, the wife of the incarcerated Mohd Azam...
Government On A Razor’s Edge In Denmark
By Tirthankar Mitra An election result can be numerically decisive, it can also be hollow. The recent election result in Denmark is a case in point. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen remains at the centre of power. But the authority that once underpinned her leadership has visibly thinned. She leads...
Bab El-Mandeb May Prove To Be The Gate Of Tears For US-Israel Camp
By Asad Mirza The war against Iran has threatened global supplies of oil and natural gas, sparked fertiliser shortages and disrupted air travel. Iran’s grip on the strategic Strait of Hormuz has shaken markets and prices. The United States and Israel continue to strike Iran, whose retaliatory attacks have...
IIP Growth Rose To 5.2% In February As Manufacturing Output Climbs
NEW DELHI: India’s industrial production grew 5.2 per cent in February, up 10 basis points from an upwardly revised three-month low of 5.1 per cent in January, according to data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday. The marginal improvement was driven primarily by a recovery in...
WTO Meet Ends Without Consensus On E-Commerce Duty Moratorium
NEW DELHI: The World Trade Organization’s fourteenth Ministerial Conference (MC14) concluded on Monday in Yaounde, Cameroon with members failing to resolve the contentious issue of extending the moratorium on customs duties on electronic commerce, such as digital downloads and streaming. In May 1998, WTO members agreed for the first...
Centre’s Fiscal Deficit Narrows To Rs 12.5 Lakh Crore In April-February Of FY26
NEW DELHI: The government of India’s fiscal deficit narrowed to Rs 12.5 lakh crore or 80.4% of the FY26 during April-February of FY2026 from Rs 13.5 lakh crore, or 86% of the actual in the year-ago period despite capex growing by 15% year-on-year during this period. A mere 1%...
Rupee Slips Past 95 Per Dollar; Benchmark Bond Yield Exceeds 7%
MUMBAI: The rupee was volatile in Monday’s session, touching an intraday low of 95.24 per dollar as large corporations exploited arbitrage opportunities between onshore and offshore markets, while importer demand for the greenback reversed the currency’s initial advance. The benchmark 10-year government bond yield, too, breached 7 per cent...
Insolvency Bill Gets Lok Sabha Nod To Cut Resolution Delays
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Monday approved a clutch of amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy code (IBC) that will significantly reduce resolution timelines, and pave the way for structural reforms in the decade-old law. The IBC (Amendments) Bill proposes new frameworks to handle complex cases, aligning with...
Petrol, Diesel Levies Need Drastic Cuts For Inflation Control, Economic Growth
By Nantoo Banerjee The central excise duty cut on petrol and diesel oil to help petro-fuel producers and marketeers partly cover their losses on account of the rising crude oil import prices is an internal government matter. It is not meant to have any impact on retail prices which...
India Faces Multi-Layered Set Of Risks At The Onset Of FY2026-27
By Dr. Gyan Pathak On the very onset of the Financial Year 2026-27, beginning from April 1, 2026, India faces a multi-layered set of risks, given its position as a major energy importer with strong trade, investment, and remittance linkages with the West Asia region, which has turned into...
Four Weeks Of Israeli-American War On Iran: Remaking Of The World
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: It began, as these things often do, with the language of certainty. Targeted strikes. Decisive blows. A crippled nuclear program and a supreme leader dead. Washington and Tel Aviv declared the opening salvos of their campaign against Iran a strategic masterstroke — a...
Battle Royale For Kerala Assembly: UDF Majority, Or LDF Hat-Trick?
By Kalyani Shankar After a decade in the Opposition, the Congress party is striving to regain its influence in Kerala ahead of the 2026 elections. The Congress-led UDF wants to snatch power, bolstered by strong results in past Lok Sabha elections and local body polls. The ruling CPI(M) is...
Shah’s Chargesheet Against Mamata: Doomed Move To Sway Bengalis
By Arun Srivastava As Union Home Minister, Amit Shah has brazenly criminalised Indian politics under the saffron Raj. Now, the tone and tenor of his chargesheet against West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo, Mamata Banerjee, which he unveiled on March 27 in Calcutta, provides ample clue towards...
Will PM Modi’s Much-Hyped Visit Boost BJP’s Poll Prospects In Kerala?
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Kerala are over the moon in the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to pep up the party’s election campaign. Understandable. They think it will give a big boost to the party’s chances of winning a couple...
Samajwadi Party Launches Mission 2027 With Huge Rally In Western UP
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The successful launch of Mission 2027 by the Samajwadi Party assembly election campaign at a massive rally at Dadri on Sunday boosted the morale of leaders and workers in Western UP, considered to be stronghold of ruling BJP. The selection of the venue at Dadri...
