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Desperate Congress Bid To Dictate Political Discourse In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is making a desperate attempt to dictate the political discourse in the run-up to the crucial Assembly elections. It is not difficult to understand why the UDF is doing that. All its earlier efforts to push the CPI(M)-headed Left...
Farmers Killing Themselves Despite Centre’s Claims Of ‘Doubled Income’
By Jag Mohan Thaken The tragic incident of suicide by two farmer brothers of Punjab on 23rd March, 2026 by jumping in front of a moving train has not only left behind a devastated family —their wives, two young daughters aged 8 and 10, and elderly parents with diminished...
Alarming Gear Shift In Climate Crisis As Energy Imbalance Intensifies
By Tirthankar Mitra There is a shift in climate crisis. It is not a headline temperature spike or a heatwave. The earth is now consistently absorbing more energy than it releases. The growing imbalance is a structural break in the planet’s physical equilibrium which is driven by human activity....
Govt Plans To Borrow ₹8.2 Trillion In H1FY27; Yields Seen Softening
MUMBAI: The central government plans to issue ₹8.2 trillion worth of government securities (G-Secs) in the first half (H1) of 2026-27 (FY27), the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday. The amount is lower than market expectations of ₹8.53 trillion to ₹8.85 trillion, dealers said. Bond yields are...
Defence Acquisition Council Clears Rs 2.38 Lakh Crore Defence Deals
NEW DELHI: India on Friday cleared a sweeping set of defence procurement proposals worth about Rs 2.38 lakh crore, with the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) granting Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for a range of platforms aimed at strengthening the operational readiness of the Air Force, Army and Coast Guard....
Government Steps In To Shield OMCs Via Big Duty Cuts
NEW DELHI: Amid the war in West Asia and impending Assembly elections, the government on Friday announced heavy relief for oil companies, cutting special additional excise duty on petrol and diesel by ₹10 per litre. In protecting consumers from a price rise, the government is likely to take a...
Fuel Duty Cuts May Punch Rs 1.7 Lakh Crore Hole In Revenues
NEW DELHI: The Centre’s excise duty cuts on petrol and diesel by Rs 10 each to cushion the oil marketing companies (OMCs) from making losses may cost the exchequer a staggering Rs 1.7 lakh crore if the duties remain at the current level throughout FY27. It may partly offset...
Moderate IPO Activity In February, In Line With Global Markets: SEBI Report
MUMBAI: Resource mobilisation from the primary market not only moderated in February, but was also the second-lowest in FY26, with 17 initial public offerings (IPOs) raising `4,650 crore. Mainboard activities remained subdued, reflecting cautious participation from large issuers, as per Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) monthly bulletin...
Twists And Turns In Naxalite Movement In Last Six Decades After 1967 Uprising
By Arun Srivastava The Naxalite movement, originating from a 1967 peasant uprising in Naxalbari, West Bengal, has witnessed numerous “twists and turns,” evolving from a localized armed insurrection into a fragmented insurgency and, in recent years, a shrinking threat experiencing mass surrenders and gruesome killings of cadres by the...
Central Subsidies Declined To 1.7 Per Cent Of GDP By 2024-25
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The data show that subsidies and transfers by the central government increased after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, peaking in 2022-23 at about 2.7 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), and then declining to 1.7 per cent of GDP by 2024-25. However, such expenditures...
India’s Trade Agreements Are Gender-Aware, Not Gender-Responsive
By R. Suryamurthy India’s trade negotiators have, over the past decade, begun to speak a new language—one that acknowledges women not merely as beneficiaries of growth, but as agents within it. Yet, as the fine print of the country’s recent free trade agreements (FTAs) reveals, this rhetorical shift has...
Akhilesh Yadav Makes Phoolan Devi’s Sister State President Of SP’s Women’s Wing
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav wants to revive the magic of bandit queen Phoolan Devi by making her sister Meenakshi Nishad as state president of the women wing of the party. It would be worth mentioning here that Nishad community belongs to OBCs and...
Modi Govt’s Faulty Policies Contributing To A Great Extent The Fall Of Indian Rupee
By Prabhat Patnaik Most Asian currencies have fallen significantly against the US dollar since the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran. Of these however the Indian rupee has been perhaps the worst performer, having fallen to as low as Rs. 93.73 by Friday March 20, from Rs. 91.01...
Where Soldiers Once Marched, Gen Z Now Orders Cappuccino In A Café In Tawang
By T N Ashok In Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, there is a café where coffee is excellent. The altitude is 10,000 feet. And beneath your chair, under riveted steel plates that once shook with the boots of soldiers retreating in the bitter winter of 1962, a stream murmurs through...
Election Observers Sent By National BJP To Bengal Under Fire By Locals
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: West Bengal unit of BJP is yet to get its act together even as Assembly elections are inching forward in West Bengal. The wraps over an unwieldy organisation in the state came off before the party’s national president, Nitin Nabin when he was in Kolkata...
Even After March 22 Municipal Poll Results, Socialists And LFI Are Fighting
By Pablo Castaño PARIS: Nearly all parties celebrated the results of France’s municipal elections, held on March 15 and 22. Above all, the contests confirmed just how muddled the country’s political situation is ahead of the 2027 presidential elections. The conservative party Les Républicains (LR) will govern the most...
India’s GDP Growth Above 7% In FY27 Despite Global Headwinds: Assocham
NEW DELHI: India’s economy is expected to maintain growth of above 7 per cent in 2026-27 (FY27), supported by strong domestic consumption and investment, even as global growth could slip below 3 per cent amid geopolitical tensions, industry body the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham)...
High Energy Prices May Impact FY27 Fiscal Position; Buffers Available: ICRA
NEW DELHI: Elevated global crude oil and natural gas prices amid ongoing developments in West Asia may influence the Government of India’s fiscal position for 2026-27, ratings agency ICRA said in a report today. The recent increase in energy prices, driven by geopolitical factors, has led to volatility in...
