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Murlidhar C. Bhandare, The ‘Senior In The Chamber’ Who We All Miss
By Mohan V Katarki For a lawyer, when his chamber senior passes away, he naturally feels a loss. I am feeling a terrible loss on the passing away of senior advocate Murlidhar C. Bhandare, who lived a long and meaningful life into the mid-nineties. The autobiography of Bhandare tells...
Now Is The Time For A ‘NEET’ Overhaul Of Admissions To Medical Colleges
By Dr Arun Mitra Irregularities in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), an examination conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admissions to medical courses, has raised many serious questions. A record number of 67 students obtained the perfect score of 720 out of 23,33,297 who appeared...
Left Rout In Polls: Can Communists Chalk A Return To Relevance?
By Tirthankar Mitra The CPI(M) and its partners in the Left Front have been almost completely wiped out from the electoral map of West Bengal. Except for a single seat in the Rajya Sabha from this state, it has been a dry run for the Left since the 2021...
Hanging In Balance, Fates Of Naidu’s Amaravati And Narendra Modi
By Sushil Kutty Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has five years to create a capital city out of Amaravati. This is because elections play funny games and one of them is dashing the hopes of sitting governments dreaming of continuity. Who knows Jagan Mohan Reddy might be back...
Modi’s Language May Have Changed, But Not His Body Language
By K Raveendran Assessments by the RSS leaders attribute the BJP’s setback in the Lok Sabha elections to the pervasive issue of arrogance among its leaders. This critique points to a critical introspection within the party, suggesting that overconfidence and hubris have significantly contributed to electoral losses. Arrogance, as...
NDA Government’s Ministry Of Labour Has A Difficult Time Going Forward
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has two tough tasks in hand – employment generation and roll-out of four labour codes that the Modi 2:0 government had been keeping in abeyance for the last four years due to stiff resistance from the joint platform...
Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus Set To Enter Bangladesh Politics
By Tajul Islam On June 11, 2024, Reuters published an interview with Mohammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace laureate and founder of Grameen Bank, which has stirred significant political discourse in Bangladesh. Mohammad Yunus, globally renowned for his contributions to microfinance and poverty alleviation, hinted at his imminent entry into...
Humble, Humbler, Humblest — Has Arrogant Modi Learned His Lesson?
By Harihar Swarup This time, the voter has asked for a humbler government and a more robust Opposition. One of the great joys of watching a blockbuster movie is the intermission which comes just when the plot is reaching a dramatic crescendo. It is during the interval that you...
Madras HC Asks For ‘Sustainable’ Minimum Stipend To Junior Lawyers
The Leaflet In a significant ruling, the Madras High Court has directed the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to ensure that an advocate or senior advocate employing the services of junior advocates in major cities of Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai pay them a minimum stipend of ₹20,000...
Israeli Parliamentarian, Journalist Slam Government For Gaza War
By Mark Gruenberg An Israeli parliamentarian and an Israeli journalist slammed their nation’s far-right-wing Benjamin Netanyahu government for conducting a brutal war against Gazans and for censoring the information that reaches the Israeli public and the wider world. Speaking to the CPUSA’s 32nd Convention in Chicago, Ofer Cassiff, the...
Trade Deficit At 7-Month High On Rising Imports; Exports Up 9% In May
NEW DELHI: India’s merchandise trade deficit widened to a seven-month high of $23.78 billion in May due to burgeoning imports, particularly of petroleum, vegetable oils, and transport equipment. The data released by the commerce department on Friday showed merchandise exports grew 9.13 per cent to $38.13 billion while imports...
Wholesale Inflation Surges To 15-Month High Of 2.61 Per Cent In May
NEW DELHI: Wholesale inflation rose to a 15-month high of 2.61% in May from 1.26% in April as food inflation rallied further and global metal prices fed into manufactured product inflation, data released Friday showed. Manufactured products, which account for nearly two-thirds of weight in the Wholesale Price Index...
India Grappling With ‘Unfavourable’ Factors In Growth Pursuit: CEA
MUMBAI: As India tries to grow faster, the country needs to grapple with “unfavourable” factors like slowing globalisation, divisive world politics and the raging issue of climate change, Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran said on Friday. China, which grew at almost double digits between 1980 and 2015, did...
SEBI Bats For Tax Benefits To Firms Investing In Zero Coupon Zero Principal Bonds
NEW DELHI: To encourage social sector spending, markets regulator Sebi has suggested that the government should allow tax benefits to companies investing in zero coupon zero principal bonds issued by not-for-profit organisations listed at the social stock exchange. Talking to reporters here on Friday, Sebi’s Whole Time Member Kamlesh...
Employment In Informal Sector Below Pre-Covid Level, Shows NSO Data
NEW DELHI: After adding 11.7 million workers in the October 2022-September 2023 period from the pandemic lows in April 2021-March 2022, total workers employed in the vast informal sector in India — at 109.6 million — still remains below the pre-pandemic period. This is according to the latest fact...
Prices Of Tur, Chana, Urad Dals Likely To Soften From July On Good Monsoon, Higher Imports: Govt
NEW DELHI: Prices of tur, chana and urad dals are likely to soften from next month helped by expectations of a good monsoon and increased imports, Union Consumers Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare said on Friday, stressing there is no need for panic. Imports of these three pulses will also...
Union Minister Kishan Reddy Holds First Review Meeting Of Coal, Mines Ministries
NEW DELHI: Union Minister G Kishan Reddy has reviewed both the coal and mines ministries after taking charge. “Held a detailed review meeting of the Ministry of Mines ( @MinesMinIndia) in New Delhi,” he said on Friday in a post on X (formerly known as twitter). Reddy on Thursday...
Hyundai May File Draft IPO Papers With SEBI To Raise About Rs 25,000 Crore
NEW DELHI: South Korean automaker Hyundai’s Indian arm is likely to file preliminary papers with Sebi shortly to raise at least USD 3 billion (around Rs 25,000 crore) through an initial public offering, sources close to the development said on Friday. The company’s initial public offering (IPO), if it...
