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RBI Infuses Rs 7.75 Trillion Liquidity Via Nine VRR Auctions In May
MUMBAI: With liquidity deficit rising consistently, the Reserve Bank of India on Friday conducted a variable rate repo (VRR) auction of Rs 1.25 trillion. This has taken the total liquidity infused through the auctions so far this month to Rs 7.75 trillion. Cash-starved banks have placed bids worth Rs...
Google Invests $350 Million In Flipkart For Minority Stake
MUMBAI: Google is learnt to have invested about $350 million in Flipkart as part of the e-commerce major’s near $1 billion funding round led by parent Walmart. Flipkart did not comment on the specifics of the funding, but sources told TOI that the tech giant has infused about $350...
AI Anchors To Helm DD Kisan Relaunch On May 26
NEW DELHI: Meet AI Krish and AI Bhoomi, the world’s first Government TV channel Artificial Intelligence (AI) anchors on Doordarshan Kisan. Powered by artificial intelligence, these virtual presenters are poised to redefine the way farmers across India receive agricultural information. Scheduled to debut on May 26, the same day...
Windfall RBI Dividend Positive, Usage To Signal New Government’s Fiscal Priorities: Ratings Agencies
NEW DELHI: Global rating agencies on Friday said windfall of Rs 2.1 lakh crore dividend from the RBI is positive for the country’s fiscal metrics and its usage will provide a signal around the new government’s fiscal priorities. The board of India’s central bank earlier this week decided to...
Bengaluru, Hyderabad See Jump In IT Sector Job Opportunities In April: Report
MUMBAI: Even as overall job opportunities in the IT sector declined by 3.6 per cent nationwide, openings gained traction in technology hubs Bengaluru and Hyderabad that saw a growth of 24 per cent and 41.5 per cent, respectively, during April, a report said on Friday. According to data from...
India Should Impose Tax On Ultra Wealthy To Tackle Wealth Inequality: Study
NEW DELHI: India needs to impose a 2 per cent tax on net wealth exceeding Rs 10 crore and a 33 per cent inheritance tax to deal with the problem of rising inequality in the country, a new research paper co-authored by economist Thomas Piketty has suggested. The paper...
JLR To Produce Range Rover, Range Rover Sport In India; Prices Set To Fall Up To 22 Per Cent
MUMBAI: Tata Motors owned Jaguar Land Rover will start producing its Range Rover and Range Rover Sport in India, marking a first for the iconic models in their 54-year long history, to be rolled out from a country outside of the UK. Till now the two models were only...
BJP Faces Its Most Difficult Penultimate Phase In Uttar Pradesh On May 25
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In the penultimate phase of Lok Sabha Election 2024 on May 25, BJP has been facing the most difficult electoral battle so far in Uttar Pradesh. This is the sixth phase of election in which 14 Lok Sabha constituencies are going to poll. BJP and...
Will Modi Orchestrate A Trump’s January 6-Style Violent Protests?
By Arun Srivastava With the 2024 Lok Sabha election nearing culmination, a palpable fear gripping social and political circles is that like Donald Trump, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi might refuse to relinquish office and create a constitutional crisis. The manner in which Modi is trying to fashion...
ECI’s Claim Means Denying To Share Election Data With General Public
By S.N. Sahu The Election Commission of India (ECI) has informed the Supreme Court that it has no legal mandate to share voter turnout data with anyone other than the candidates and their agents. In effect, the ECI has told the court that a legal mandate to share election...
BJP’s Delhi Campaign Gets Some Boost With Women’s Mood Turning Against Kejriwal
By Sushil Kutty Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal squandered the few days he was given by the Supreme Court to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections. From all indications, all seven Delhi Lok Sabha seats will go to the BJP. The Congress never got a chance from its alliance...
Kharge Or Rahul? Jury Still Out On INDIA Bloc’s PM Candidate
By Rahil Nora Chopra The jury is still out on who will be the I.N.D.I.A. bloc Prime Ministerial candidate if the Congress-led INDIA bloc crossed the halfway mark of 272 seats in the Lok Sabha election. The political buzz is that Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Chief Minister of Tamil...
In Jadavpur, The CPI(M) Is Making All Efforts For A Turn Around In Lok Sabha Polls
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Jadavpur constituency adjoining Kolkata is witnessing a three cornered contest between Trinamool Congress’s Sayoni Ghosh, a talented film actor, CPI(M)’s Srijan Bhattacharya, a known student leader and Dr. Anirban Ganguly of BJP. The BJP candidate is a well known RSS ideologue based in Delhi. Incidentally,...
Lahore’s Heera Mandi Has A Unique History Of More Than Four Centuries
By Girish Linganna Heera Mandi – the Diamond Bazaar – Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s latest Netflix production film has created waves globally among the viewers of the sub continent. The focus has shifted to this particular place, now in Pakistan which has been in existence for more than four centuries....
Julian Assange Won A Victory, But The Battle For His Release Continues
By Chip Gibbons LONDON: On Monday, May 20, 2024, the British High Court granted Julian Assange his first legal victory in four years. The court found that the WikiLeaks founder could appeal his extradition to the United States on the basis that he may be denied free expression rights...
India’s Market-Capitalisation Crosses $5-Trillion Milestone
The total market capitalisation of BSE-listed stocks closed above $5 trillion on Thursday as the benchmark indices ended at record levels led by banks and auto stocks. India’s market capitalisation to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) — a measure to determine if a market is under-valued or over-valued — surged...
ILO To Hold Talks To Add Framework For Workforce Protection In Care Economy
NEW DELHI: To develop a comprehensive framework for protection of the global workforce in the care economy and respond to the emerging challenges in the sector, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) is gearing up to hold a discussion on the care economy in its upcoming annual conference next month....
Flash Composite PMI Up At 61.7 In May, Job Creation Strongest In 18 Years
NEW DELHI: A sharp acceleration in the services sector has led to India’s private sector activity gathering pace in May, posting the third strongest surge in 14 years. The month under discussion also saw the steepest increase in job creation since September 2006, according to a survey released by...
