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The American Left Owes A Lot To The Contribution Of Jesse Jackson
By Peter Dreier NEW YORK: One of the most famous photographs of Martin Luther King Jr shows him standing on the balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, with three of his top aides — Ralph Abernathy, Hosea Williams, and Jesse Jackson. The next night (April 4, 1968)...
Trump’s Second Tenure Has Led To Vertically Splitting The U.S. Society
By Ramzy Baroud NEW YORK: A January 2026 Gallup poll showed that 89 per cent of all Americans expect high levels of political conflict this year, as the country heads toward one of its most decisive midterm elections ever. Gallup, however, was stating the obvious. It is a surprise...
Europe Backs India’s AI Push And Supports Early Ratification Of Trade Deal
NEW DELHI: European leaders and delegation members on Wednesday conveyed unanimous support for the early ratification of the India-European Union (EU) trade deal in their discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian side during the ongoing AI Impact Summit. Ahead of the Leaders’ Plenary, scheduled for Thursday,...
Banks Take Cautious Approach To Acquisition Financing Under New RBI Norms
MUMBAI: Banks plan to move cautiously into acquisition financing after the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) final guidelines, issued last week, opened an avenue for deploying resources. The framework will take effect on April 1. With the acquisition funding door now open, the Reserve Bank of India has installed...
States’ Fiscal Arithmetic Tightens In FY27; Deficit Seen At 3% Of GDP
NEW DELHI: India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra) has projected the aggregate fiscal deficit of states to rise to 3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2026-27 (FY27), from an estimated 2.8 per cent in 2025-26 (FY26), citing higher revenue expenditure amid election-related pressures and scheme cost-sharing requirements....
Bad Loan Ratios Fall To Record Lows In Q3 With GNPA At 1.9%, NNPA At 0.4%
MUMBAI: With banks continue to clean up their balance-sheets, both gross as well as net NPAs have come down to the lowest levels on record at 1.9% and 0.4% respectively in the December quarter. This comes on the back of steady improvement in key pain areas, with retail loan...
India & Canada To Finalise Trade Pact Terms In March
NEW DELHI: India and Canada are likely to finalise the Terms of Reference (TOR) of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) during the visit of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to India early next month. The ToR establishes the framework, scope, objectives, and procedures for the negotiations. The...
Mending Fences With Bangladesh: Modi Has Taken The Right Move But The Task Is Too Tough
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken the right move in sending a personal message to the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh Tarique Rahman by stating that “your victory is a testimony to the trust and confidence reposed by the people of Bangladesh in your leadership and...
An Artificial Intelligence Summit Organised Most Unintelligently
By K Raveendran Grand declarations, glittering participation and a stage crowded with policymakers, entrepreneurs and technologists were meant to signal India’s arrival as a decisive force in artificial intelligence. Instead, the India AI Impact Summit has come to symbolise something far less flattering: a troubling gap between ambition and...
BJP’s Stakes Are Very High In Assam, Resorts To No Hold Barred Politics
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Assam is the only state out of the five scheduled for election in April-May, where BJP led NDA is in power, while in the other four – West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry – it hopes to increase its presence, to a significant level...
India France Bilaterals And Macron-Modi Bonhomie Have Special Significance
By T N Ashok The optics of French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to India for a 4th official in quick time are unmistakable. When he landed in Mumbai a warm embrace from PM Modi welcomed him reestablishing the bonhomie enjoyed between them. Narendra Modi, and Emanuel Macron, had a...
Jesse Jackson’s Death Is A Big Loss To Current Movement In U.S. For Protecting Human Rights
By Tirthankar Mitra A lifelong crusader at home and abroad for the rights of the economically challenged and unrepresented Jesse Jackson is no more. His was a voice respected in US whose citizen he was and far beyond the contours of American borders. For the issues he championed were...
Women And Children Welfare Schemes In Madhya Pradesh Yielding Results
By Raju Kumar BHOPAL: An economic survey is often regarded as a mirror of a state’s socio-economic condition. It does not merely present figures on growth rates, investment, and production; it also reflects the state’s vision and the direction in which it seeks to move its future. Alongside agriculture,...
Decoding The Significance Of Popular Front Victory In Spain In 1936
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: Ninety years ago, the people of Spain delivered a forceful rebuke to right-wing extremism and opened one of the most dramatic chapters in working-class history. The election victory on Feb. 16, 1936, of the Popular Front (Frente Popular)—an alliance of socialists, communists, republicans, and...
British Communists Remember The Red MP Shapurji Saklatvala On His 90th Death Anniversary
By David Horsley and Jeanne Rathbone LONDON:“By the death of Saklatvala, the Indian people have lost their greatest and most sincere champion, the Communist Party, one of its most devoted and self sacrificing leaders, and his family a kindly, gentle, loving husband and father.” These were the words of...
India, France Elevate Ties To A ‘Special Global Strategic Partnership’
NEW DELHI: India and France on Tuesday elevated their ties to a “special global strategic partnership”, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron concurring that deepening cooperation between Paris and New Delhi represents “a partnership for global stability and global progress in today’s turbulent world”. Macron,...
Farm And Processed Food Exports Rise A Modest 3.3 Per Cent In April-January
NEW DELHI: India’s exports of agricultural and processed food products rose by a modest 3.3% year-on-year to $20.99 billion during the April-January period of the current fiscal, as rice, which has the biggest share in the country’s agri-products exports basket, declined due to geo-political factors. The value of rice...
India Emerges Principal Gainer Among Leather Exporters To EU: CareEdge
NEW DELHI: India’s leather industry has emerged as the “principal gainer” among leather-exporting nations to the European Union following the recent trade pact, which saw the tariffs cut to zero from 17% earlier, CareEdge Ratings said. The rating agency said the cost competitiveness of labour-intensive Indian leather and footwear...
