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Mayawati Has Turned BSP Into The BJP’s B-Team At Modi-Shah’s Behest
By Arun Srivastava If Mayawati, the Czarina of Dalits, has betrayed her Dalit comrades, the self-proclaimed Vishwa Guru and the public face of Hindutva, Narendra Modi, has lost the trust of the Hindus. Mayawati has been known for her cunningly crafted political stratagem, but the manner in which Modi’s...
Canadian PM Trudeau Is Regaining Ground In A Fiercely Fought Election
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Recently, Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau was interviewed by Rebel News and the interviewer asked him: why people don’t like you. Trudeau replied: “I think there is a lot of frustration with the way the world is unfolding and the frustration is being taken out...
CM Patnaik & PM Modi Declare Date & Time For Govt Formation
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi laughs at politicians you never think he thinks of. Like for example, Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha, the quietest politician in the hemisphere and not even remotely a threat. But Prime Minister Modi sees an adversary and Patnaik gets Modi’s goat,...
World’s First Organised Labour Movement Took Place In Kashmir In 1865
By Iftikhar Gilani Across the globe, people observe Labour Day on May 1 to commemorate the protests in 1886 at Haymarket Square, Chicago and express solidarity with workers. But not many people know that much before this incident, the world’s first organised labour and trade union movement had...
BSP Supremo Mayawati Has Changed Some Party Candidates To Help BJP
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party national president Mayawati is under tremendous pressure to retain 10 Lok Sabha seats won in 2019 and also to help BJP. In the beginning the manner in which Mayawati fielded candidates and announced her nephew Akash Anand to be national coordinator and...
Jose Raul Mulino Elected New President Of Panama In Prez Polls On Sunday
By Satyaki Chakraborty Jos Raul Mulino was elected as the new president of the Central American country Panama in the national polls held on Sunday May 5. He got 34.35 per cent of the votes as against 24.83 per cent received by his closest rival Ricardo Lombana. There were...
Sunita Williams’ Space Mission Delayed, New Launch Dates Explored
By Girish Linganna The launch of Boeing’s new CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, which was scheduled to carry astronaut Sunita Williams, an astronaut of Indian descent, into space for her third mission, has been delayed because of a technical issue. No new launch date has been announced. This was set to...
Central PSEs’ Buys From Gem Rise By 36%, Exceed Target
NEW DELHI: India’s Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) continued to drive economic activities as their procurement from MSMEs was 36.34% against the mandated 25% for the Financial Year 2024. In absolute terms the procurement through Government e-marketplace (GeM) by 54 CPSEs and five departmental arms of government including Railways...
TRAI May Give Telecom Companies Time For Upgrading Their IT Systems
NEW DELHI: The telecom sector regulator is open to granting more time to telecom operators for upgrading their IT systems to comply with the new and tighter reporting rules on base tower stations, officials aware of the matter told ET. Telecom operators are holding consultations with officials from the...
Services PMI Slides In April, Remains Robust Due To Strong Demand
NEW DELHI: Growth in India’s dominant services sector slowed marginally in April, but remained robust due to strong demand, a private business survey released on Monday said. The headline Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) figure, released by HSBC, slid to 60.8 in April from 61.2 recorded in March. The survey...
RBI Provisioning Norms Singe PSU Banks, Infrastructure Financers
MUMBAI: Shares of the state-owned banks and project financers plunged on Monday, days after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed to tighten the project financing norms, which require lenders to set aside higher capital for doling out loans to under-construction projects. Shares of Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and...
Household Savings Plunge To 5-Year Low In FY23
NEW DELHI: India’s households’ net financial savings plunged to a five-year low of Rs 14.2 trillion in FY23, sharply down from Rs 17.1 trillion in FY22, primarily owing to a sharp rise in short-term credit, data released by the statistics ministry showed on Monday. The fall could be attributed...
BSNL To Launch 4G Services Across India In August
NEW DELHI: State-owned BSNL will start rolling out 4G services across the country from August, using completely indigenous technology in line with the government’s “Atmanirbhar” policy, according to official sources. BSNL officials claimed to have recorded peak speed of 40-45 megabit per second on the 4G network which has...
Indian Airlines To Have 50 Per Cent Market Share In International Passenger Traffic By FY’28: CRISIL
MUMBAI: As much as half of the country’s international air passenger traffic is expected to be catered by Indian airlines by financial year 2027-28, credit ratings agency CRISIL said on Monday. The share of Indian airlines in international passenger traffic, including originating or terminating as well as the traffic...
P-Note Investments Surge To Near Six Years High At Rs 1.5 Lakh Crore
NEW DELHI: Investments through participatory notes in the Indian capital markets reached Rs 1.5 lakh crore at the end of February, making it the highest-level in nearly six years, driven by a strong performance of the domestic economy. The latest data includes the value of P-note investments in Indian...
FADA, Frost & Sullivan Team Up For Study To Analyse Domestic PV Segment
NEW DELHI: Automobile dealer’s body FADA on Monday said it has joined hands with Frost & Sullivan for a study to analyse various aspects of customer journey, encompassing sales, after-sales and product quality across the domestic passenger vehicle industry. The Customer Experience Index (CEI) study will target various segments...
Brand India More Mature, Fearless Brand Than It Used To Be
SANTA CLARA: India has made its mark as the startup capital of the world and “Brand India” has emerged as a more mature and fearless brand than it used to be two decades ago, a top marketing leader has said. India has made its mark in the startup nation...
Women Voters Will Play A Decisive Role In Bringing Down BJP Tally In Karnataka
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The crucial third phase of Lok Sabha election is most likely to bring more seats in the BJP’s bag compared to the first and second phase of elections, but it is not bringing any cheer on PM Narendra Modi’s face. Conversely, the struggle of the...
