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Kerala Budget Puts A Premium On Privatisation
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A budget that proclaims from the housetop out and out privatization for all the problems plaguing Kerala. That is the best description for the maiden budget presented last week by Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan who is also the Finance Minister. To put it in...
Ayatollah Khamenei’s Killing Has Temporarily Bridged Shia-Sunni Divide In Muslim World
By Asad Mirza The assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February 2026 has produced an irony as profound as it is unexpected – the killing of the world’s most prominent Shia leader by a US-Israeli strike has, at least momentarily, dissolved sectarian walls that decades of theological dispute and...
Kharif Sowing Delayed As Monsoon Deficit Widens To 42 Per Cent
NEW DELHI: Prospects of delayed kharif crop sowing and adverse impact on crop yield are looming large, as the southwest monsoon lost momentum after its onset earlier this month. Farmers in the rainfed regions of central India—especially Maharashtra (-82%), Jharkhand (-69%), Chhattisgarh (-67%), Madhya Pradesh (-48%) and Odisha (-47%)—are...
Draft Satcom Spectrum Rules Call For Layers Of Security Approvals
NEW DELHI: Merely getting a licence from the Department of Telecom (DoT) to provide satellite communication services will no longer be enough, companies will need security clearance even after assignment of spectrum to roll out their services, according to draft rules issued by the government. Satellite companies will get...
India-US Trade Pact Enters Crucial Week: July Tariff Deadline And Section 301 In Focus
NEW DELHI: India and the United States will hold ministerial-level talks this week to give final shape to the first phase of the proposed bilateral trade agreement, with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer set to meet Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi. “For the US trade...
Goods Exports Up 15 Per Cent In 2-And-A-Half Months Of 2026-27
NEW DELHI: Amid the West Asia conflict, goods exports rose nearly 15% during the first two-and-a-half months of the current financial year, sustaining the momentum seen during April. “Even now, if we see April, May and 14 days of June. I have data until June 14, it (exports growth)...
Indian Passenger Vehicle Makers Eye Opportunity In UK’S EV Market Via FTA
NEW DELHI: Domestic automakers Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra and Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles are looking to tap opportunities in the electric car segment in the UK, as India’s free trade pact with the country will allow duty-free exports for specified price segments under a quota system. As per...
BJP Top Brass’s Three-Year Plan To Achieve ‘One-Party, One-Nation’ Goal
By Arun Srivastava The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) strategy of fracturing regional parties serves as a quaternary-track political manoeuvre designed to secure long-term constitutional dominance, dismantle the opposition architecture INDIA bloc, give a shape to its long cherished desire to create Bharat free of active opposition and finally, consolidating...
NTA’s Mock Drill Deepens The Crisis Of Trust Around NEET
By K Raveendran There can hardly be a sharper symbol of institutional drift than the National Testing Agency conducting a mock drill a day before the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination. What should have been an assurance mechanism has instead become an admission of fragility. A mock drill is meant to...
Birthday Celebrations Of Indian Politicians Mirror The Latest Popular Trends
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers When Rahul Gandhi turned 56 this week, the celebrations were almost startling in their simplicity. There was a cake. There were party workers. There were photographs. His sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, posted a warm social media message calling him her “darling brother.” The day passed...
Israel Is Trying To Derail The Peace Process In West Asia Through US-Iran Deal
By Asad Mirza A fragile diplomatic breakthrough between Washington and Tehran has collided head-on with Israeli military aggression in Lebanon, casting a long shadow over what could have been the most consequential peace settlement in the Middle East in a generation. In the arc of modern Middle Eastern diplomacy,...
Narendra Modi-Trump Meeting At G7 Conclave Brought No Cheers To India
By Dr Arun Mitra After nearly 15 months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was invited as a special guest to attend the G7 meeting, since India is not a member of this group. During the event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump held a brief conversation. The...
BJP And Its Allies Are Spreading Rumours About Split In Uttar Pradesh SP
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Is BJP trying to divert the attention from the alleged loot of donations at Ram Temple at Ayodhya and spreading news about possible split in Samajwadi Party.? At a time when entire nation is watching developments in Ayodhya about great loot of the donations BJP...
The Angel, The Killer And The Tough Cookie – That Is How Trump Sees Modi
By T N Ashok By the standards of modern diplomacy, it was an unusual encounter. There were no bear hugs. No back-slapping theatrics. No clasped hands held aloft for the cameras as though two victorious prizefighters had just emerged from Madison Square Garden. The famous Trump-Modi choreography, perfected over...
Reliance Eyes Next Growth Wave Through AI And Satellite Internet
MUMBAI: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Friday unveiled a sweeping roadmap for Reliance Industries Ltd’s next phase of growth spanning artificial intelligence, satellite broadband, clean energy and consumer businesses, as its digital unit Jio Platforms filed draft papers for what could become India’s largest-ever initial public offering. Jio Platforms, the...
RBI MPC Minutes: Status Quo On Policy Rates, Cites Inflation Risks, Global Uncertainty
MUMBAI: Fears of inflation going out of control due to the West Asia conflict (which officially ended on Friday) and the impact on food prices because of the forecast of deficit monsoons have kept RBI’s monetary policy committee (MPC) members on a “wait and watch mode” at the June...
SEBI Board Brings Back Open-Market Share Buybacks; Eases Debt Listing
MUMBAI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday approved the re-introduction of open-market buybacks through stock exchanges, alignment of securitised debt instrument norms with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) securitisation framework, easing of intraday borrowing rules for mutual funds, and faster approvals for alternative investment...
India-UK Trade Pact To Open New Opportunities Beyond Commerce: Foreign Secretary
NEW DELHI: The India-UK free trade agreement will deepen ties far beyond trade and technology, creating new opportunities for businesses and people in both countries, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Thursday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced July 15 as the date...
