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Investors Lap Up 50-Year Bond; Insurers, Pension Funds Line Up To Grab A Share
MUMBAI: The government’s auction of the first 50-year bond evoked a strong demand from investors on Friday as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) received bids worth Rs 40,200 crore (4x) for these ultra-long bonds, against the notified amount of Rs 10,000 crore. The RBI set a coupon rate...
Remembering The Icon Of Indian Journalism Nikhil Chakravartty On His 110th Birth Anniversary
By Nitya Chakraborty Nikhil Chakravartty, a pioneering figure in Indian journalism for more than four decades of the last century, is being deeply missed by sections of the media fighting hard to protect the hard-won freedom of the press against the onslaughts of the Narendra Modi government. In the...
Concerns Expressed Were Too Serious In The Electoral Bond Case
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Concerns expressed during the final three days hearing on petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Electoral Bond Scheme case were too serious to be resolved immediately, and hence the Bench hearing the case decided not to announce the verdict instantly at the conclusion of...
Mahua Moitra’s Harassment By BJP-Led ‘Ethics Committee’ Is A Shame
By Arun Srivastava Never before in the history of parliamentary functioning the prolocutor of any legislative panel has come under such blistering criticism of character assassination and misogynistic perversion as Vinod Kumar Sonkar, the chairman of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee. There is no apparent reason to suspect the...
China-Israel Relations Are Changing Substantially In The Wake Of Gaza War
By Girish Linganna China’s position on the Gaza conflict has left Israel disappointed. As Israeli forces have carried out airstrikes and ground operations in response to Hamas’ early October attack, Beijing has consistently accused Israel of exceeding the bounds of self-defence in its retaliation. Furthermore, China vetoed a U.S.-led...
Hezbollah Chief Nasrallah’s Speech Has Dangerous Consequences For Gaza War
By Sushil Kutty Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah was on Friday set to roll out a path for the destruction of Israel. The spearhead of Iran’s “axis of resistance”, Hezbollah along with Hamas have been plotting Israel’s obliteration for decades. But with Hassan Nasrallah ready to break his silence after...
Non-Communist Western Left Has Confused View About United States-China Rivalry
By Prabhat Patnaik Significant segments of the non-Communist Western Left see the developing contradiction between the United States and China in terms of an inter-imperialist rivalry. Such a characterisation fulfils three distinct theoretical functions from their point of view: first, it provides an explanation for the growing contradiction between...
Samajwadi Party Wants ‘Mission 80’ In Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha 2024
By Rahil Nora Chopra As variance with the Congress party continues to vitiate ties, the Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav has asked party workers to settle ground for contesting on all 80 seats of Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, adding that the party will field candidates on 65...
Kamalnath-Digvijaya Rift Creates Problem Before State Assembly Polls
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: In Madhya Pradesh both Congress and BJP have found themselves in embarrassing position. For the Congress embarrassing position was caused when reports started appearing in media about the serious difference between Kamal Nath, chief of the state Congress and Digvijaya Singh who is regarded...
Israel’s Far-Right Government Is Suffocating Domestic Dissent
By Yona Roseman Since the outset of Israel’s war on Gaza, the Israeli government has been severely ramping up its crackdown on domestic dissent. Activists, members of academia, and ordinary citizens are getting hit with doxxing, job terminations, threats and arrests — especially members of Israel’s Palestinian minority. Increasing...
Insolvency Board Seeks To Expedite Resolution Process
NEW DELHI: In a bid to streamline the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) and prevent delays in the execution of the resolution plans, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has floated a discussion paper and proposed amendments to the existing regulations. The proposed amendments suggest to structure...
Corporate Bond Issuances Slow Down Amid High Interest Rates, Volatility
MUMBAI: Indian Inc raised as much as ₹5.33 trillion during the first seven months of this fiscal through corporate bond issuances, up by 3.2% compared to the same period in FY22. While the fund raised has improved marginally, what is surprising is the sharp slowdown since July. The fund...
Satcom Spectrum Allocation, OTT Rules Set To Be Delayed
NEW DELHI: Two major industry issues which has divided telecom operators and big tech firms — regulation of OTT (over-the-top) communication services and allotment of satellite spectrum – are unlikely to be resolved anytime soon. This is because the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) which has to submit...
Zurich Insurance To Pick 51 Per Cent Stake In Kotak Gen Insurance For Rs 4,051 Crore
MUMBAI: Switzerland-based Zurich Insurance Group will acquire a 51 per cent stake in Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company for about Rs 4,051 crore through a combination of fresh capital infusion and share purchase. This will be the largest investment by a global strategic insurer in an Indian non-life insurance...
ILO Doesn’t Clock In To NRN’s 70-Hour Work Week Model
The International Labour Organisation has said the 70-hour work-week is not mandated under any national law in any country. Instead developed nations are moving towards the ILO’s latest convention that mandates a 40-hour work-week in place of the 48- hour work convention, which was ratified by several countries including...
Election Campaigns In India Are No Longer Free And Fair
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Election campaigns in India are no longer free and fair. There is no level playing field for the opposition parties s against the ruling BJP. Dominant share of funds is collected by the BJP under electoral bond scheme chiefly on account of its being privileged...
Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar Takes Communal Stand On Gaza War
By P. Sudhir Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, by seeking to make communal capital out of the bomb blasts at a Christian group gathering in Kalamassery in Kerala, has exposed the vicious nature of the campaign the BJP-RSS circles are conducting regarding Israel’s war on Gaza. Chandrasekhar, immediately after the...
Israel-Hamas War Extends To Yemen As Iran-Backed Houthis Start Drone Attacks
By Girish Linganna Israel has reinforced its air defences in the Red Sea region using Navy missile boats due to multiple missile and drone attacks by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, the army announced on Wednesday. The deployment of these vessels took place on Tuesday, as it was deemed necessary...
