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PM Narendra Modi’s Diagnosis On Social Disharmony Is Flawed
By Dr. Gyan Pathak On a sacred religious occasion of Dussehra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, played a vicious game of communal politics, when he expressed his diagnosis on social disharmony alleging ‘casteism’ and ‘regionalism’ as the causes, but not even mentioning the hate speeches based on religious bias and...
Telangana Congress Chief Revanth Reddy Keeping KCR On Tenterhooks
By Sushil Kutty Telangana Congress chief A Revanth Reddy’s tactic of remaining on top of the news cycle by challenging Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao week after week since July of this year has been working fine. Revanth Reddy has virtually driven the BJP out of the headlines...
Hamas Puts Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim In A Bind
By James M Dorsey Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is in a bind. He is caught between public support for the Palestinians, and for Hamas in significant quarters, opponents painting him as a Western and Israeli lackey, and the need to not be seen as enabling a militant organization...
Iran In A Big Dilemma Over Involvement In Israel’s Conflict With Hamas
By Girish Linganna On October 15, Iran delivered a strong public ultimatum to its longstanding adversary, Israel, cautioning that if the Israeli assault on Gaza continued, they would be compelled to respond, as stated by their foreign minister. However, a few hours later, Iran’s U.N. mission adopted a more...
Mizoram Chief Minister’s Refusal To Share Stage With PM Is A Jolt To BJP
By Ashis Biswas It is no secret that a majority of Christian organisations and community leaders in Northeast India are upset with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the recent outbreak of ethnic violence in Manipur. This has come as a setback to the saffron party’s long term...
Pakistan Politics Enters A New Phase After Return Of Nawaz Sharif From Exile
By Tirthankar Mitra Comparison can hardly be drawn between the rise of a phoenix from ashes to return of former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif from a self-imposed exile from London to the country he had left four years ago. For neither unlike a phoenix, Sharif will not be...
Chief Justice Of India Dr. D Y Chandrachud Carries The Legacy Of His Illustrious Father
By Harihar Swarup Can law be in someone’s blood? If so, it must run in the veins of the Chandrachud clan. Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud’s grandfather and uncle were lawyers. His father was the 16th and longest—serving Chief Justice of the country, and both his sons...
India’s Manufacturing Sector Surges With 36% Rise In Jobs: Report
NEW DELHI: India’s commitment to become a major global manufacturing hub is reinforced as the sector witnesses a 36% increase in job postings, as unveiled by Indeed, a global matching and hiring platform. Recent data by Indeed also indicated that production/manufacturing continues to remain one of the most hired...
DoT Gives Telcos Time Till December 1 To Comply With New SIM Card Rules
The department of telecommunications (DoT) has given an additional two months’ time to telecom operators for complying with the new SIM card sale rules that were notified by the government in August, according to officials aware of the matter. The new rules that required telcos to register SIM card...
India To Replace “Google Tax” With OECD 2-Pillar Solution From FY26
India is “most likely” to adopt the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Pillar-One and Pillar-Two tax package and bring it into effect from April 2025, a government official said. “Once India implements the two-pillar tax package, it will have to withdraw the equalisation levy (EL), which earned...
Mobile Data Revenue Likely To Grow Over 8% CAGR From 2022-27: GlobalData
Mobile data service revenue is expected to grow at CAGR 8.1% over 2022-2027, even as mobile voice revenue drops on the back of users increasingly shifting to over-the-top (OTT) communications platforms, data and analytics firm GlobalData said in its India Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report Tuesday. The total telecom...
India, Saudi Arabia Discuss Ways To Increase Bilateral Investments
NEW DELHI: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday met Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment Khalid A Al-Falih, and discussed ways to boost bilateral investments between the two countries in different sectors. Goyal, who is on a two-day visit to Riyadh, also participated in the seventh edition of...
India Set To Be World’s Third-Largest Economy By 2030, Says S&P Global
NEW DELHI: India will become the world’s third-largest economy, overtaking Germany and Japan, by 2030 on the strength of its youthful demographic profile and rapidly rising urban household incomes, S&P Global Market Intelligence has projected. Now India is in fifth position. That will result in India becoming the second-largest...
FTA Likely On Track As UK Warms To Investment Pact
NEW DELHI: India and the United Kingdom are trying to find a middle ground to conclude a bilateral investment treaty along with a free trade agreement (FTA) by the end of this month, said people with knowledge of the matter. The prospects of a deal have brightened with the...
Govt Eyes Regulatory Sandbox For OTT Communication Apps
NEW DELHI: The government is likely to provide the option of a regulatory sandbox for existing and new over-the-top (OTT) communication apps to test features in a “live but safe environment” before they are allowed to be released for all users. According to the latest version of the draft...
Banks Tap Business, Rework Plan To Raise Low-Cost Deposits
NEW DELHI: The Centre’s “just-in-time” mechanism to release money for government agencies, including at the state level, has forced banks to rework their fund-raising strategy as they have lost out on low-cost current and savings account float.Worst hit are public sector banks such as State Bank of India, which...
India’s Power Demand For ACs To Exceed Total Consumption Of Africa: IEA
NEW DELHI: India’s demand for electricity for running household air conditioners is estimated to expand nine-fold by 2050 and will exceed total power consumption in the whole of Africa today, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday. In its latest World Energy Outlook, IEA said India will see...
President Biden And Other Western Leaders Must Persuade Netanyahu To Declare Ceasefire
By Nitya Chakraborty The Hamas-Israeli war entered its seventeenth day on Monday indicating all the potential of the limited conflict engulfing the entire West Asian region if the global powers, especially the United States President Joe Biden does not persuade his friend Israeli:Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare ceasefire...
