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Bengal Governor Desperate To Wriggle Out Of Molestation Case
By Arun Srivastava Contemporary politics and the idea of India have undergone enormous changes. The tenets of probity, transparency and morality have lost values and relevance. What is happening in West Bengal in the midst of the Lok Sabha elections is a good indicator of that decline. First, West...
Congress-CPI(M) Combine Working Together In Murshidabad District Of Bengal
By Tirthankar Mitra Even as once sworn political opponents Congress and the CPI(M) close ranks in West Bengal as a part of INDIA alliance against BJP, the coalition partners are likely to go separate ways after the election is over. The parting of ways post election has been trend...
Congress Hopeful Of Good Performance In Third Phase Of Polls In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Two former Chief Ministers and one Union Minister are among the candidates who will seek people’s mandate on May 7 in Madhya Pradesh. They are Digvijay Singh who is contesting from Rajgarh, which is his home constituency and the other former Chief Minister Shivraj...
Observing May Day In India Amidst The Lok Sabha Elections In 2024
By Maya John May Day began to be commemorated in India 101 years ago. The first programme, organised in the city of Madras on May 1, 1923 is credited to M. Singaravelu Chettiar, who was a towering nationalist figure, and an early communist associated with the anti-caste movement. By...
Remembering The Day Of Victory Over Fascism On May 9, 1945 After Surrender Of Germany
By Dr. Arun Mitra As we are set to observe May 9 as the day of victory over fascism, we are reminded of unprecedented sacrifices made by millions of people who laid down their lives fighting the most ghastly events in the human history. As per the ‘High Point...
Lithium Reserves In Argentina, Bolivia And Chile Drawing World Attention
By Girish Linganna In southwest Bolivia, high up in the Andes mountains, there is a massive, shining white salt flat, called the ‘Salar de Uyuni’. It is very flat and looks like a giant mirror. Underneath this salt flat, there is an important alkali metal that is essential for...
RBI Diktat On Default Loss Guarantees Likely To Dent P2P Lenders
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ban on default loss guarantees for peer-to-peer (P2P) lenders is likely to dent the business volumes of some platforms as they will need to redraw their partnership agreements or switch to open market sourcing of investors. “Platforms that relied on the 10%...
India Inc’s CSR Spends Up 5 Per Cent In FY23 To Rs 15,524 Crore
NEW DELHI: India Inc.’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) spends rose by 5% from ₹14,816 crore in FY22 to ₹15,524 crore in FY23 across 1,296 NSE-listed companies, led by HDFC Bank (₹820.89 crore), Tata Consultancy Services (₹783 crore) and Reliance Industries (₹744 crore). Ten companies, including these three, accounted for...
India, Ghana Agree For Early Operationalisation Of UPI System
NEW DELHI: India and Ghana are working to link their payment systems – Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GHIPSS) respectively to permit users to make instant, low-cost fund transfers on a reciprocal basis. The two countries have also delved into discussions regarding the...
Agri Credit Surpasses Target, Rises 15 Per Cent To Rs 24.83 Trillion In FY24
NEW DELHI: Despite a record disbursal of the agricultural loans by banks to over Rs 24 trillion in FY24 against a target of Rs 20 trillion, regional disparity persists, according to latest data by Nabard. The commercial banks, cooperative banks and Regional Rural Banks have disbursed Rs 24.84 trillion...
Indian Gig Workers Toil At Frontlines Of AI Revolution
Akash Pandey (26), a government job aspirant hailing from Basti, Uttar Pradesh, chanced upon a flexible work opportunity online, which could fetch him ₹12,000-13,000 per project for transcribing audio and marking objects in images. Meanwhile, Ikshita Nagar (26), a young Delhi doctor preparing for the PG entrance test, put...
Thermal Power Plants Have 68 Per Cent Of Normative Coal Stocks
NEW DELHI: As many as 184 thermal power plants with a total generation capacity of 211 GW have 68 per cent of normative coal stock levels amid rising electricity demand due to soaring temperatures in the country. According to the Central Electricity Authority’s (CEA) May 3 daily report, 184...
States Should Support Decarbonisation Of Aluminum Industries: Study
NEW DELHI: States should support the decarbonisation of aluminium industries by waiving or reducing open access charges for renewable power, a study has said. Open access charges are levied by power distribution companies (discoms) on those consumers which buy electricity from any other source. State governments should also prioritise...
India Has Unexplored Opportunities: Warren Buffett
WASHINGTON: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said that the Indian market has “unexplored” opportunities which his conglomerate holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, would like to explore “in the future”. Buffett’s remarks came at Berkshire’s annual meeting on Friday when Rajeev Agarwal of DoorDarshi Advisors, a US-based hedge fund that invests in...
Home Loan Outstanding Reaches Rs 27 Lakh Crore In March: RBI
NEW DELHI: Credit outstanding to the housing sector rose by nearly Rs 10 lakh crore in the last two fiscals to reach a record Rs 27.23 lakh crore in March this year, according to RBI’s data on ‘Sectoral Deployment of Bank Credit’. Experts from banking and real estate sectors...
India Urges ADB Not To Overlook Its Focus On Growth And Shared Prosperity
TBILISI (GEORGIA): India on Sunday urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) not to overlook its focus on reduction of remaining poverty while promoting sustainable growth for the member nations in the Asia Pacific region. Making intervention at the Board of Governors Business Session at the 57th Annual Meeting of...
Rahul Gandhi Gets A Morale Boosting Endorsement From A Most Unexpected Quarter
By K Raveendran Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi raises the shrillness of his attack on Rahul Gandhi, aligning with a new phase of BJP’s identity politics, he is doing the Gandhi scion a great favour. Modi, on his part, seems to have settled the issue of the prime...
Rahul Gandhi Contesting From Raebareli Is A Calculated Decision
By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi expressing joy and taking jibe at Rahul Gandhi’s candidature from Rae Bareli shows that the man is blinded by political arrogance and overconfidence. His remark “Daro mat, bhago mat”, implying that Rahul left the Amethi seat out of fear, is simply empty electoral rhetoric...
