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WTO MC14: India Resists US Push To Make Ecommerce Duty Moratorium Permanent
NEW DELHI: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday called for a careful review of the moratorium on Customs duty on ecommerce, citing the lack of a common understanding among World Trade Organization (WTO) member nations on its scope and the potentially significant implications. “In the absence of...
India Has 60-Day Oil Stock, LPG Supply For A Month: Govt
NEW DELHI: India has about 60 days of oil stock cover and has arranged one full month of LPG supply, the government said on Thursday, adding that there is no shortage of petrol, diesel, or LPG, calling reports of shortages as a “deliberate misinformation campaign” aimed at triggering panic...
Over 65 Per Cent Of Firms Listed In FY26 Trade Below IPO Prices
MUMBAI: The performance of the initial public offering (IPO) market has been one of the talking points in FY26, as 108 firms raised an all-time high amount of 1.75 lakh crore. However, their performance have not been quite spectacular. A total of 71 or 65.5% companies’ share prices are...
Trump-Xi Summit Rescheduled On May 14-15 In Beijing Worries Japan And Taiwan
By Nitya Chakraborty U.S. President Donald Trump finally rescheduled his much awaited visit to China on May 14 and 15 by announcing in his Truth Social there by creating big interest in the diplomatic circles about the possibility of a sort of ceasefire in the current West Asian war...
US-Iran Talks On Peace In West Asia Have Many Roadblocks Needing Tough Mediation
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: Peace in the middle east has many roadblocks as Iran rejected initially Trump’s 15-point one sided peace plan coming up with its own counter terms and retaining its right to maintain stock piles, control of Hormuz and arming militias in its neighbourhood as...
Cabinet Approved India’s NDC 2031-35 Adopts Calibrated Middle Path
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The cabinet approved India’s Nationally Determined contribution (NDC) 2031-35 has clearly adopted a calibrated middle path between its climate responsibility and development sovereignty in the backdrop of the country’s unfinished development agenda. It signals India’s willingness to act on climate action but on terms that...
Civil Society Outfit Targets BJP-Led Assam Ministry, Wants Regime Change
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Assam’s chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is leading the NDA for the forthcoming Assembly elections on April 9, may have succeeded in prevailing upon Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), BJP’s steadfast ally, into fielding 50 per cent of its candidates from the minority community....
PM Narendra Modi Failed Indian Foreign Policy Test By Aligning With Israel-US Axis
By Mahesh Rathi During the recent Parliament session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the United States–Israel attack on Iran. What stood out, however, was not what he said—but what he chose not to say. There was no condemnation of the attack, no reference to the killing of Iran’s Supreme...
Trump’s War Against Iran Has Exposed The Limit Of U.S.’s Mighty Imperial Power
By Nilotpal Basu All across the world, a million-dollar question is being asked: what will be the final outcome of the war of aggression the US and Israel jointly initiated with the elimination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28? Subsequently, there were ferocious attacks on Iran’s facilities, both...
GST Reforms Have Boosted Economy, Says FM Sitharaman In Lok Sabha
NEW DELHI: Countering the Opposition’s criticism, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said reductions in goods and services tax (GST) rates had supported economic activity. She cited a sharp rise in demand for automobiles, along with higher cement output. The GST rate rationalisation, implemented in September 2025, reduced...
S&P Lifts FY27 Growth By 20 Basis Points To 7.1% On Strong Consumption, Exports
MUMBAI: Despite every other economist revising down their growth forecasts for the country by 50-110 bps to a low of 5.9% next fiscal due to the many shocks from the Iran war, the largest rating agency S&P Global has raised its forecast by 20 bps to 7.1%. It cited...
Govt Puts UDAN 2.0 On Runway With A Total Outlay Of ₹28,840 Crore
NEW DELHI: To boost air connectivity to remote and underserved parts of India, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the next phase of the regional air connectivity scheme, UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik), with a total outlay of ₹28,840 crore over a 10-year period starting 2026-27. The allocation...
India Backs Initiatives To Ease Investment Flows To Poor Countries
NEW DELHI: India is supportive of initiatives aimed at facilitating and easing investment flows to developing and poor countries, a senior government official said on Wednesday. However, he maintained that the World Trade Organization (WTO), as a trade body, is not the appropriate forum for such matters. The Investment...
Banks Tap Costly Funds As Credit Outpaces Deposits
MUMBAI: With credit growth at 14.5% outpacing deposit growth at 11.9% as of Feb 28, banks have stepped up reliance on certificates of deposit, with their share rising to 2.6% of total deposits, the highest in a decade, reflecting a widening structural gap between asset creation and liability mobilisation....
Redrawing Political Map Of India On Census 2011 Will Be A Grave Mistake
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Government of India under PM Narendra Modi has given enough hints by proposing to bring an amendment Bill purportedly to fast-track women’s quota rollout that it is seriously working on its earlier plan to complete the delimitation process by 2028. However, the most surprising...
Challenge To Gold’s Safe Haven Status May Be Transcient And Not Permanent
By K Raveendran Gold’s abrupt retreat has emerged as one of the more striking anomalies in a period otherwise defined by geopolitical escalation and market anxiety, challenging long-held assumptions about the metal’s role as a sanctuary during crises. A decline of roughly 20 percent from levels above $5,000 an...
Redesigning Civil Society: The Quiet Power Shift Behind India’s FCRA Overhaul
By R. Suryamurthy By any legislative measure, the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 is being presented as a technical correction—an effort to plug “gaps,” streamline procedures, and bring clarity to a law that has evolved in fragments over the past decade. But that framing, while convenient, obscures a...
The Historic Act To Ensure Women Reservation In Lok Sabha Is Finally Taking Shape
By T N Ashok Twenty-seven years is a long time to wait for a revolution. India’s Women’s Reservation Bill — now the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act — was first introduced in 1996 when Deve Gowda led a fragile coalition government and the idea of reserving one-third of Lok Sabha...
