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Revanth Reddy’s Rise Is K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s Fall
By Sushil Kutty The Telangana Rashtra Samithi, founded by former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, transformed to Bharat Rashtra Samithi, a change brought about because KCR wanted a national role for the party and the Prime Minister’s post for himself. KCR proved to be overambitious and BRS couldn’t...
Narendra Modi And Rahul Gandhi – Never The Twain Shall Meet
By Harihar Swarup Many things have been said about the first verbal skirmish in Parliament’s 18th session between NDA Government and opposition, or more specifically between Leader of 0ppsition, Rahul Gandhi, and Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The most commonly heard comment is that opposition has finally found its voice,...
Progress Towards Decent Work For All By 2030 Faces Serious Roadblocks
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The progress towards achieving SDG 8 targets aiming at full and productive employment and decent work for all by 2030 is threatened by numerous roadblocks. Though global unemployment hit a historic low of 5 per cent, women and youth face higher unemployment rates. Informal employment...
National Doctors Day Is An Occasion To Introspect On Profession’s Contributions
By Dr Arun Mitra Every year First July is observed as the National Doctors Day to commemorate Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the second chief minister of West Bengal and a renowned physician, who was born and passed away on this day. This is a special occasion for us to...
Bruised Tories May Turn More Right By Joining Hands With Nigel Farage
By Arun Srivastava Amidst the euphoria of massive victory for Labour party in the parliamentary elections in Britain, there is certainly a bad news for its leader and now Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer that his arch bête noire Jeremy Corbyn has defeated Keir’s nominee with a huge margin...
Kerala CPI(M) Initiates Corrective Steps To Regain Lost Ground
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The first step towards reversing a setback in politics, as in life, is to admit that there has been a setback. The CPI(M), which heads the Left Democratic Front(LDF) in Kerala has just done that. The party has promptly initiated steps aimed at identifying the...
Contrasts Across The Atlantic For Now — But A Common Thread Exists
By Anjan Roy It is a tale of two cities: London and Washington. It is the tale of two politicians who have been thrown up from amongst the crowd of claimants and confusion. It is a tale of the current contrast. Rishi Sunak, Britain’s first Asian prime minister of...
New Labour PM Under Pressure To Deliver Change After Big Win
By Andrew Murray LONDON: Pressure is already being piled on new premier Sir Keir Starmer to adopt more radical policies after Labour’s general election victory today. In the most grudging landslide in parliamentary history, Labour assembled a huge Commons majority with half a million fewer votes than Labour secured...
Petroleum Product Exports To Europe Rebound By 10% In June
India’s export of petroleum products declined by 5% in June to 1.19 million barrels per day against 1.24 million barrels per day registered in May, data from energy cargo tracking firm Vortexa showed. On an year-on-year basis, exports fell over 8% in June. While exports to Europe rebounded by...
DVC Plans To Invest Rs 20,000 Crore In Solar Energy Projects By 2030
KOLKATA: Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) on Friday announced that it has planned to invest Rs 20,000 crore by 2030 to install nearly 4,000 MW of solar capacity, a top official said. The corporation, created for flood control and development in the Damodar Valley, envisions investment worth Rs 50,000-60,000 crore...
SAIL To Invest Rs 6,500 Crore Towards Capex In FY25: CMD Amarendu Prakash
NEW DELHI: Steel Authority of India Ltd will be investing Rs 6,500 crore towards capex during the current financial year as part of its Rs 1 lakh crore investment plan over the next few years, SAIL CMD Amarendu Prakash said on Friday. Speaking to mediapersons on the sidelines of...
India-Russia JV Delivers 35,000 AK-203 Rifles In First Phase
NEW DELHI: An India-Russia joint venture that was set up to produce the AK-203 assault rifles has completed its first phase with the delivery of 35,000 sets to the Indian Army and the facility at Amethi is now fully equipped to produce the rifles in large numbers. The Amethi...
FY24 Defence Production Grows 17% To Record High Of Rs 1.27 Trillion
India’s annual defence production hit a record high of almost Rs 1.27 trillion (Rs 1,26,887 crore) in FY24, growing 16.7 per cent over the previous year’s figure of almost Rs 1.09 trillion (Rs 1,08,684 crore), announced an official release issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Friday. This...
Government Sets Tall Targets To Broaden Workers’ Social Security Cover
NEW DELHI: In an attempt to provide social security and welfare to more workers, the labour ministry has fixed physical targets for FY25 for its three main flagship programs — employee pension scheme (EPS), National Career Services (NCS), and eShram, an official source said. In FY25, the ministry aims...
TRAI May Offer Some Leeway On Service Quality Rules To Telecom Companies
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is likely to relax some of the parameters in the proposed quality of service (QoS) rules that have been termed too stringent to meet by the industry. The regulator though has stressed that telecom operators must improve service quality, especially...
Budget 2024: Savings Account Interest Up To Rs 25,000 May Get Tax Exempt
NEW DELHI: The government is assessing a proposal to increase the tax-deductible amount on interest earned from savings accounts to ₹25,000, people familiar with the matter told ET. A suggestion in this regard was made by banks at a meeting with key finance ministry officials last week, they said....
Informal Entities Saw Post-Pandemic Rise In Internet Consumption: NSO
NEW DELHI: More than one in five enterprises within the expansive unorganised sector used the internet for entrepreneurial activities, such as taking orders or conducting transactions, during the October 2022-September 2023 period, revealed the latest Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE), by the National Statistical Office (NSO). The...
SEBI Issues Guidelines To Streamline Operations Of Credit Rating Agencies
NEW DELHI: Markets regulator Sebi has issued new guidelines to streamline operations and enhance the ease of doing business for credit rating agencies. The circular introduces specific timelines for dealing with appeals made by companies regarding rating actions carried out during periodic surveillance of ratings. These modifications will be...
