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UK Labour’s Massive Win Is A Positive Development For Europe
By Satyaki Chakraborty As expected, the Labour Party won a resounding victory in the general elections in Britain held on July 4 by capturing more than 410 seats out of the total of 650 seats, thereby ousting the Conservative Party from power after its fourteen years rule. The Tories...
First Session Of 18th Lok Sabha Has Been A Let Down For Narendra Modi
By Sushil Kutty Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi addresses the Prime Minister of India ‘Narendra Modi’ sans ‘Prime Minister’ and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started referring to Rahul Gandhi as ‘Balak Buddhi’. The mutual respect shown is extraordinary. If ‘Sansad TV’ was popular TV,...
Direct Fight Between BJP And Congress In Haryana State Polls Imminent
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With Indian National Congress (INC) saying no to alliance with Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for Haryana Vidhan Sabha Election scheduled to be held in September-October 2024, electoral battle in the state is set to be direct between the ruling BJP and the...
Four Assembly Bypolls In Bengal Have Special Significance For BJP
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: The four Assembly by-polls in West Bengal, one of which is scheduled to be held at Maniktala in Kolkata and the others to be contested at Bagda, Ranaghat Dakshin and Raigunj hold differing political significance to Trinamool Congress and the Opposition comprising BJP, Left Front...
Soon, Congress Internal Rejig To Address Lok Sabha Setback In 8 States
By Rahil Nora Chopra Major organisational reshuffle in the Congress will be undertaken soon. The party is looking forward to a round of fresh appointments at the AICC and state units, particularly where the party performed poorly, like Uttarakhand, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Gujarat. Of...
Presiding Officers Of Both Houses Of Parliament Must Function Impartial
By Rohin Bhatt When King Charles I demanded that the Speaker of the House of Commons produce five members for arrest during the Civil War of the 1640s, Speaker Lenthall famously proclaimed, “May it please Your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this...
Government Looks At Easing FDI Rules Further
NEW DELHI: The government is looking at a multi-pronged strategy to address the decline in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows. “Internal discussions are on for further liberalisation of FDI,” Rajesh Kumar Singh, secretary at the department of promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) said on Thursday, without elaborating...
Government To Diversify Socioeconomic Surveys, 13 More In 2024-2025 Alone
NEW DELHI: The country’s socioeconomic survey architecture is set for a major upgrade. Apart from the conventional surveys like those to track household consumption expenditure, labour force participation, and the annual survey of industries, a whole new set of activities is going to be surveyed on a periodic basis....
Model For Producer Price Index Ready, May Replace WPI
NEW DELHI: The country will have a Producer Price Index (PPI) to gauge the price pressures in the next few months, in addition to the extant consumer price index, and wholesale price index (WPI) may be on its way out. The model for the proposed PPI has been finalised,...
FMCG Deals On The Fast Track; M&As In Sector Hit $938 Million In H1, Highest In 4 Years
MUMBAI: The merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the domestic fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector has gathered pace in the first half of calendar year 2024, touching $938 million in terms of value — the highest in four years, data from Venture Intelligence showed. This comes at a time...
EU Banks Likely To Seek More Time For CCIL Trade Cut-Off
MUMBAI: Four foreign banks caught in a regulatory stalemate between European Union and Indian regulators are likely to make a request to their individual home authorities in the coming days to extend a deadline to trade with the principal local clearing house for government bonds. In upcoming quarterly updates,...
Senior CPSE Executives May Get Up To 100% Hike
NEW DELHI: The government is examining a proposal to significantly raise the compensation of senior executives at central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) with a turnover exceeding Rs 100 crore to retain top talent and bridge the gap with private sector peers, officials said. The increase, which could be as...
Centre Gives In-Principle Nod To Setting Up Coal-Based Thermal Power Plant In Uttarakhand
DEHRADUN: The Centre has given in-principle consent to TUECO, a joint venture of UJVN Limited and THDC India Limited, to set up a coal-based thermal power plant in Uttarakhand, according to an official statement. The Central Electricity Authority had previously recommended the supply of coal to Uttarakhand for the...
Banking, Power Sectors Outlook Bright On Economic Growth Prospects
MUMBAI: The positive outlook on the power and banking sectors leading to the recent rally in the benchmark indices is expected to sustain with substantial stimulus in the Budget to boost manufacturing activity in the country. The BSE Bankex rallied 8 per cent to 60,444 on Thursday against 55,998...
Steel Body Wants Merger Of Three Companies With SAIL For Synergy
The Steel Executives Federation of India (SEFI) has urged the steel ministry to merge state-run Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited (FSNL) and Nagarnar steel plant with the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), bringing together the expertise of each of these firms to form a...
Jetting Towards Tomorrow: Fighting At Himalayan Altitudes
BENGALURU: Despite the unsettled global geo-political climate, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) grew 11 per cent during the year-ending March 31, 2024, recording its highest ever turnover of Rs 29,810 crores. “As on March 31, 2024, the company’s order book stands in excess of Rs 94,000 crores with additional major...
Akhilesh Yadav Has Emerged As The Most Successful Leader Of INDIA Bloc In Lok Sabha Polls
By Arun Srivastava General election results in India have always been extraordinary and have thrown new set of political leaders. This year’s polls while were a moral victory for the INDIA bloc and marked the setback to communal politics, it also threw two young leaders, Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh...
Prime Minister Prachanda Is Finally Cornered In The Fluid Nepal Politics
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Nepal’s tumultuous politics is once again at it, threatening to replace the current government with a new one. The one-and-a-half-year-old government headed by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’ Prachanda’ has been pushed to minority after the former Prime Minister KP Sharma’s CPN-UML with 78 members...
