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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Officially Takes Over Poll Campaign In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Late night political scene in Madhya Pradesh has undone some surprise change for both BJP and Congress For BJP it was never expected that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi will directly appeal to M.P. voters “to support me by reposing confidence yet again in...
BJP Ecosystem Spreading Fake News About Hamas-Israel War Targeting Palestinians
By Prachi Arya The news of the alleged beheading of Jewish babies and children by the fighters of Gaza administrator Hamas in the latest flare-up between Israel and Palestine spread like wildfire and has had a worldwide impact. However, more recent expositions have sought to establish the falsity of...
Samajwadi Party Is Jittery At The Failure Of Alliance With The Congress In MP Assembly Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Failure of seat sharing in Madhya Pradesh assembly elections has led to sharp bitterness in INDIA partners Samajwadi Party and Congress. As of now both the parties are adamant to confront each other in assembly polls on November 17 accusing the other party playing in...
Assam Chief Minister’s Nod For Pro-Bengali Demand Creates Confusion In State Politics
By Ashis Biswas In an unexpected turn of events, the outlawed separatist United Liberation Front of Assam (pro Independence) faction, has threatened residing Bengalis in the three Barak valley districts with violence if they supported the call for an autonomous homeland. In a recent statement, the ULFA(I) declared that...
Om Puri – The Actors Actor Made Indian Cinema Poorer By His Early Death
By Tirthankar Mitra A newcomer with a handsome face needs no recommendation for entry into filmdom. Feted by Hollywood and nearer home at Bollywood to be one of the finest actors to perform before the camera, Om Puri who stood out in a crowd with a pockmarked face was...
Bolivian Government Facing Crisis Due To Infighting In Ruling MAS
By Olivia Arigho-Stiles Bolivia’s governing party and a shining light of the Latin American left, the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), is mired in a deep internal crisis. Recently, during the MAS congress in the coca-growing town of Lauca Ñ, President Luis Arce and his vice president, David Choquehuanca, were...
Russia Makes Up 40% Of Indian Oil Imports, Dents OPEC’s Share
The share of Russian oil in India’s overall imports rose to about two-fifths in the first half of fiscal 2023/24, consolidating Moscow’s position as the top supplier as refiners curbed purchase from the Middle East, industry data showed. India, the world’s third largest oil importer and consumer, has emerged...
Govt Initiates Talks On Green Hydrogen Exports To EU Nations
NEW DELHI: The Centre has initiated discussions for possible export of green hydrogen to France, Italy and Germany. The government is sending the proposals through the Ministry of External Affairs. India is targeting other European Union nations such as Netherlands, Austria and Sweden for its green hydrogen exports. Exports...
Elon Musk’s Wealth Shrinks By $16 Billion After Tesla Results
Elon Musk experienced a significant drop in his fortune, losing $16.1 billion on Thursday, following Tesla Inc’s disappointing third-quarter earnings report, which negatively impacted the company’s shares. Despite being the world’s richest person with a net worth of $209.6 billion, Musk’s wealth declined due to Tesla’s shares plummeting by...
Red Opening Marks A Challenging Start For Indian Stock Market Amidst Global Headwinds
MUMBAI: The stock market faced a daunting challenge as it opened in the red on Friday, failing to sustain the initial optimism and slipping into negative territory. The benchmark Sensex was down by 182.36 points, opening at 65,446.88, while the Nifty dropped 59.60 points, initiating the day at 19,566.80....
Google Announces Plan to Manufacture Pixel Phones in India, Starting With Pixel 8
Google on Thursday announced that it plans to start manufacturing Pixel smartphones in India. The search giant will produce the Pixel 8 in India and the first units are expected to be available in 2024. The Pixel 8 was launched by the company in India and global markets earlier this month,...
No Caps Or Country-Specific Curbs Under New Laptop Import Policy
NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday sought to allay the concerns over the decision to put imports of certain computer hardware in restricted category, with mandatory licensing, by coming up with a liberal authorisation process. In what would provide relief to the importers, which include the likes of Apple,...
Govt Eases Drawing Rights To Put Spending On Fast Track
NEW DELHI: Seeking to improve cash management, the finance ministry has allowed ministries and departments to fully leverage existing sanctions to fund central sector schemes (CSSs), before seeking fresh ones. Sanction orders will be released to new agencies under the Public Finance Management System (PFMS), a mandatory requirement to...
Centre Clicks Enter For Online Nod To IT Hardware Imports
NEW DELHI: India, on Thursday, launched a new online system of authorisation for import of laptops, tablets, and personal computers, aiming to monitor shipments of such hardware without hurting supply. The restriction-free system comes two months after the announcement of a licensing regime for these products. Director General of...
Strengthening US Dollar Is A Global Risk: RBI Paper
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) ‘State of the Economy’ report has flagged the US dollar’s continued strengthening as a global risk. This will further tighten financial conditions, according to the report, despite India adding more to its foreign exchange (forex) reserves than any other major country holding...
Number Of Women In Blue-Collar Jobs Increasing Across Manufacturing Sector
KOLKATA\CHENNAI\MUMBAI: “Lady candidates need not apply.” So read the postscript in a job notice from Telco (now Tata Motors) on a notice board in the corridors of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (now Bengaluru), in 1974. Irked, Sudha Murty, who was then pursuing her masters in computer science...
United States Is In Full Complicity With Israel In Its War Crimes Against Palestinians
By P Sudhir If President Biden’s visit to Tel Aviv for a day demonstrated anything, it is the unremitting and blind support for the Israeli settler-colonial State. The visit underlined what has been the unchanging reality since 1948 – the United States has nurtured and cultivated Israel as its...
For His Electoral Gains, Biden Is Pushing US Towards A Global War
By Arun Srivastava Rightist forces do not empathise with the human and humanity. Humanitarian emotions and sensibilities have been unknown commodities for them. Hitler crushed the humanity and the worst victims of his tyrannies were the Jew. It is ironical that now the same Jews are perpetrating the worst...
