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Net Exports Likely A Growth Push In Q2 Despite Drop In Goods Shipments
NEW DELHI: Net contribution of India’s foreign trade to its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) may have been positive in July-September FY24 quarter, despite merchandise exports shrinking in the period on a year on year basis, economists said. While in Q4F23 net exports helped boost the GDP, it dragged it...
The Curious Case Of Fake News About India Becoming Fourth Largest Economy
By Dr. Gyan Pathak During the election campaigns in November, anyone who can hear heard about “Modi Guarantee” even from the very mouth of PM Narendra Modi about making India a developed country by 2047. It was repeatedly claimed how India is developing fast under PM Modi, and become...
Free Food Grains To The Poor Are Unlikely To Win Elections
By Nantoo Banerjee It was very thoughtful on the part of the national government to provide free food grains to over 80 crore people under the poor and low income group in the country during the Covid pandemic season leading to long lockdown periods in 2020-21. The facility was...
Far Right Outsider Javier Milei Wins Presidential Elections In Argentina
By Satyaki Chakraborty In a big setback to the Left in Latin American region, Far Right outsider Javier Milei defeated the Left coalition’s Peronist economy minister Sergio Massa in a close contest in the Presidential elections held on Sunday November 19.Milei got around 55 per cent of the votes...
US President Joe Biden Facing Backlash In His Own Party Over Total Support To Israel
By Girish Linganna During President Biden’s high profile summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week, his national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, briefed him on an unrelated matter, namely, the escalating tensions in the Middle East. With less than a year remaining for the 2024 election, President Biden is...
Flying Start To Kerala LDF Govt’s People-Friendly Programme
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Nava Kerala Sadas, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government’s public outreach programme, has got off to a flying start. The huge turnout at the inaugural session of the people-friendly programme in Kasaragod is an indication of its popularity. The programme aims at reaching out...
Fiery Lok Sabha Member Mahua Moitra Gets Full Political Backing From Mamata
By Tirthankar Mitra With the 2024LokSabha elections inching closer, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee elevating party MP Mahua Moitra to the post of organisational district president of Krishna Nagar helped the West Bengal Chief Minister and the Party president reap multiple political dividends. Silencing her critics in the Opposition...
India Must Protect Autonomy Post IPEF Deal, Says GTRI
NEW DELHI: Negotiation phase for India is practically over at the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) with agreement on supply chains already signed and talks almost over on clean and fair economy. It must move cautiously now to protect space for the domestic policy action, according to a...
UK Stance On Agri GI Items Remains Hurdle In FTA Talks With India
NEW DELHI: The UK’s demand of a higher level of protection for its GI products from the agriculture sector under the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with India remains an unresolved issue as the talks for the pact are on to iron out differences, an official said. British GI...
IoT Stack On Lines Of Aadhaar, UPI In The Works
NEW DELHI: After the success of digital public infrastructure (DPI) such as Aadhaar, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), DigiLocker, etc, the government is planning a homegrown Internet of Things (IoT) stack based on open source tools and software. The plan, officials say, is to come up with a low-cost and...
Tesla, Auto MNCs Likely To Get Relief On Local Value Addition
NEW DELHI: In what can result in a major relief for Tesla and other multi-national car companies looking to import electrics in India at a specially-crafted and subsidised 15% duty regime that is being proposed, the government may exclude cost-heavy batteries, semiconductors, and even magnetic parts from the committed...
Penal Amount Hike On The Cards As RBI Likely To Revamp Framework
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may undertake a comprehensive review of its framework for penalties, according to a top regulatory source. These may include raising the penal amount; the feasibility of linking it to the size of regulated entities (REs), especially for systemically important entities, and repeat...
Israeli Genocide Is On In Gaza Strip As Super Powers Play Geopolitical Games
By Nitya Chakraborty The Israeli-Hamas war entered its 43rd day on Saturday as the battle has turned by now one sided with Israeli defence forces going all out in bombing the Gaza strip including the civilian areas and the hospitals in the name of eliminating the Hamas militants who...
Sachin Pilot Is Confident Of Big Victory For Congress In Rajasthan Polls
By Harihar Swarup A few months ago, the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi called a meeting to bring a truce between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin pilot. At the meeting, Gehlot is learnt to have remarked that he had...
Electoral Bond Verdict May Ultimately Hinge On Confidentiality Versus Anonymity Debate
By K Raveendran Confidentiality versus anonymity is a central issue in the consideration of the petitions against the electoral bond scheme as it exists today and may well have a bearing on the verdict by the five-member constitution bench under Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, which has reserved the...
Double Delight For Kerala Chief Minister P Vijayan
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is a double delight for Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who has successfully blunted the edge of a campaign of calumny against him and his government. In a major morale-booster to the LDF Government ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year, the Lokayukta...
‘Right To Strike’ Being Dragged To The Scaffold To Be Guillotined
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The workers’ ‘right to strike’ is being dragged to the scaffold to be guillotined, if possible, by 112thSession of the International Labour Conference (ILC) to be held in June 2024. The Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation, being uncomfortable by the dispute brought by...
Bangladesh At Political Crossroads With Wider International Ramifications
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury In the aftermath of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s significant visit to the United States earlier this year, there was widespread anticipation for a notable strengthening of relations between Delhi and Washington. However, there seems to have been an oversight by key policymakers in...
