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14-Nation Agreement On Supply Chain Resilience Opens Doors For India
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework’s (IPEF) Supply Chain Resilience Agreement (Pillar 2) is probably the fastest-concluded plurilateral economic cooperation agreement, which Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal signed on November 14. India along with 13 other countries (Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand,...
FDI Equity Inflows Contracted 24% In First Half Of FY24, Shows Data
NEW DELHI: Foreign direct equity investments into India fell by 24 per cent to $20.5 billion during the first six months of the financial year 2023-24 in comparison to a year earlier, according to data released by the industry department on Tuesday. While the government did not officially cite...
New Protocols Soon To Boost Shipments Of Fruits, Vegetables Via Sea
NEW DELHI: Despite the ban on wheat and restrictions on rice exports, India’s overall food exports are still going strong on the back of strong pick-up in shipments of fruits and vegetables. The government is developing protocols for transport of these products through sea to grab a larger share...
New Coal-Fired Power Plants May See Easier Lending Norms
NEW DELHI: The government is looking at easing lending norms for new coal-fired power stations as it doubles down on the most-polluting fuel to meet a sharp uptick in electricity demand, amid reports that France and the US are preparing to propose a ban on private funding for coal...
Banks Seek ITR Access Via NSDL To Vet Borrower Info
NEW DELHI: Lenders have asked the government for access to income tax returns through National Securities Depository (NSDL) to help validate declarations made during loan applications, people familiar with the development told ET. Banks speak of multiple instances when applicants have declared inflated or fake income details with forged...
Myanmar Military Junta Losing Vital Regions In Battle With Pro-Democracy Rebels
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The nearly three-year-old military government in Myanmar is facing the toughest challenge from the rebel groups so far. In a coordinated attack on military posts in the Shan state bordering China, pro-democracy fighters have captured several towns. The rebel assault that began on October 27...
Why Sacking Of A Single Man Is Rocking The Global Big Tech Operations?
By Anjan Roy Sam Altman has become globally known overnight not because of what he had achieved already, which was seminal, but because he was summarily sacked by the board of directors of the startup firm he had established. Sam Altman had become a legend at his young age...
Modi-Shah Trying Hard To Silence Tejashvi, Make Him Speak Against Nitish
By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi grows more desperate and aggressive by the day as he feels the perception of power slipping away from his vice-like grip. For Modi, retaining power and continuing to occupy the office of the prime minister has acquired such an obsessive dimension that...
Illegal Flow Of Cash And Kind Is A Warning For 2024 Election
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Illegal flow of cash, kind, and intoxicants intended to be used in elections has been rising exponentially since 2014. Within a month the seizures made a record worth Rs 1760 crore, and that too for election of only five states in the country, as against...
Assembly Results On December 3 Will Determine Congress’s Poll Strategy For 2024
By Sushil Kutty Votes will be counted for the Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh assembly elections on December 3. The record turnout, spearheaded by women voters, is keeping both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress on tenterhooks. Did Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “face” make a difference? The BJP says...
Crowd Behaviour At Narendra Modi Stadium Sullied India’s Image
By Tirthankar Mitra Victory or defeat is a part and parcel of any game. And cricket is no exception. The nation was saddened after the Indian cricketing 11 lost to an Australian side the final of the one day World Cup championship last Sunday. But there was one more...
Pakistan Govt Decision To Expel All Afghan Refugees Creates Tensions With Talibans
By Ashis Biswas Not surprisingly, influential political circles in Pakistan have slammed their caretaker government for recently ordering the expulsion of lakhs of Afghan ‘refugees’ at short notice. Their criticism, among other things, is predicated on the fear that India may take advantage of the sudden downturn in Pak-Afghan...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Using AI Tech In A Big Way In Assembly Polls Campaign
By Kalyani Shankar Artificial Intelligence technology has been widely used in the current Assembly poll campaign. It includes creating songs featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi in languages such as Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. These songs have gone viral on the internet. Additionally, AI-powered voice cloning tools have been utilized...
Hamas Is Isolated; It Is Now One-Sided Massacre By Israel In Gaza
By Girish Linganna After 45 days, the Israeli-Hamas war has reached a crucial juncture where the Hamas militants are progressively becoming more isolated from their supposed friends and well wishers and in the process, the promised assistance is not coming leading to a precarious situation of shortage of weapons...
Rules Of Origin For Medical Sector Remains Sticking Point In India-UK FTA
NEW DELHI: Finalising the rules of origin for the medical devices sector remains a sticking-point in the proposed free-trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK and the talks are on to iron out the differences, an official said. Huge potential is there in the medical devices sector in...
Retail Inflation For Agricultural, Rural Workers Marginally Up In October
NEW DELHI: Retail inflation for agricultural labourers and rural workers rose marginally to 7.08 per cent and 6.92 per cent in October, respectively, from 6.70 per cent and 6.55 per cent respectively in September 2023 due to higher prices of certain food items. Point to point rate of inflation...
Demand For Workspaces Eases On Global Downturn; Shift To Office Holds Hope
BENGALURU: The net leasing of Grade-A commercial office space in India will stagnate this financial year at 32-34 million square feet, with global uncertainties brewing caution among key tenant categories, according to the latest Crisil Ratings report. Major seven cities in India – Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai Metropolitan...
GDP Growth To Rise To 6.5 Per Cent In FY25: Goldman Sachs
NEW DELHI: India’s real GDP growth will rise to 6.5% in 2024-25 from an estimated 6.2% in 2023-24, aided by the government’s pre-election spending in the first half of 2024 and private investment in the later half, global investment firm Goldman Sachs said in a report on Monday. On...
