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Mumbai Film Industry Has Always Welcomed Talent From All States, Especially Bengal
By Kunal Bose In his acceptance speech from hospital bed in Calcutta for the honorary Oscar award, Satyajit Ray said: “I have learned everything… about the craft of cinema from the making of American films. I have been watching American films very carefully over the years and I loved...
Syria’s Future Lies In Democratic Decentralisation To Include Kurds
By Manish Rai The Conference on Kurdish Unity and Common Stance was recently concluded in Qamishli, North-East Syria. Over 400 delegates from various parts of Syria participated in the conference, which aimed to strengthen Kurdish unity and establish common political positions. A communiqué at the end of the conference,...
S&P Cuts India’s FY26 GDP Growth Estimate To 6.3% Amid Uncertainty Over US Tariff
NEW DELHI: S&P Global Ratings on Friday cut India’s growth projections by 0.2 percentage points to 6.3 per cent for the current fiscal year citing uncertainty over the US tariff policy and downside risks from its spillover to the economy. In its report titled “Global Macro Update: Seismic Shift...
Manufacturing PMI Hits 10-Month High In April
NEW DELHI: The growth momentum in the Indian manufacturing sector improved in April, with output increasing at the fastest pace since June 2024, on the back of another strong expansion in order books, a monthly survey said on Friday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)...
India’s Creator Economy To Influence Over $1 Trillion In Spend By 2030: BCG
MUMBAI: With the WAVES 2025 setting a new trend in the economic and entertainment Capital of the country, two reputed international agency – BCG and E&Y – have reported that India’s creator economy is rapidly transforming the digital landscape with a massive growth up to USD one trillion. The...
RBI Releases Report On Market Timings; Suggests Extending Call Hours
MUMBAI: A working group of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), set up to review trading and settlement timings, has recommended extended trading hours for the call money market. This move will provide flexibility to banks for managing their balance sheets, while suggesting to retain the current trading hours...
After LNG, Government May Hike Fertiliser Imports From US
NEW DELHI: After LNG, govt is exploring the possibility of increasing fertiliser imports from the US as it seeks to address US President Donald Trump’s concerns over the trade balance being in India’s favour. The move will also help India reduce its dependence on countries, such as China and...
Influencing Bihar Election Merely On Caste Census Promise Not Possible
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Centre’s announcement of conducting national level Caste Census along with the forthcoming Census in India has intensified caste politics in Bihar, the first state to go to polls later in 2025, whose Vidhan Sabha’s term is to expire on November 22, this year. Political analysts...
Satyajit Ray’s Birth Anniversary: Three Encounters Of The Close Kind
By Nitya Chakraborty The Indian filmmaking legend Satyajit Ray stepped into his 104th birth anniversary on May 2, 2025. The maestro died in 1992, at the age of only 71. He left us without finishing many of the proposed film and writing projects which he had undertaken in his...
India-Pakistan On The Brink Of Hot War: Nuclear-Armed Neighbours Rage On
By Sushil Kutty Some countries are having it fine. No talk of ‘War and Peace’. The UAE, for instance. Indians and Pakistanis, big numbers of them, live disciplined lives in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Sharjah; Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah, eking out better lives than the ones in India...
Indian Farmers Interests Are Being Sacrificed By Modi Govt At Trade Talks With U.S.
By Prabhat Patnaik Elementary textbooks in economics invariably begin with a completely mythical concept: the concept of “perfect competition”, which is different from the concept of “free competition” that the classical economists and Marx had used. “Free competition” was characterised by the equality of wages (for equal skills) and...
New Labour Codes Entrench The Macro-Patriarchal Tenacity Of The Indian State
By Ritu Dewan In India, the conflict between labour and capital has been intensified with the replacement and codification of all labour laws into four Labour Codes in the name of ‘rationalisation’ and ‘ease of doing business’ in order to reduce the labour compliance burden of industries. This has...
Political Parties In Bihar Competing With Each Other For Taking Credit On Caste Census
By Rahil Nora Chopra The political parties in Bihar are competing with each other to take credit for the Union cabinet’s decision to include caste enumeration in the upcoming national census. Welcoming the move, RJD has defined it a victory of Lalu Prasad and Tejashwi Yadav’s decades of struggle...
‘Meaningful’ Trade Deal With India Under Works: EU
NEW DELHI: India and the European Union (EU) are working to deliver a commercially meaningful trade deal that will open up markets for goods and services to businesses from both sides, commissioner for trade and economic security of European Commission Maros Sefcovic said Thursday. “In today’s uncertain times, our...
Private Sector A Trusted Partner In Development: FM
NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday that regulatory systems should not only safeguard good governance but also enable enterprise, encourage formalisation, and build trust in the system and that the government sees the private sector as a trusted partner in development....
India’s GDP To Grow Between 6.5-6.7% In FY26: Deloitte
NEW DELHI: Deloitte on Thursday projected economic growth at 6.5-6.7 per cent for the current fiscal, as tax incentives provided in the Budget are expected to push domestic demand amid an uncertain global trade environment. Deloitte estimated India’s GDP growth at 6.3-6.5 per cent for FY25 and said that...
GST Mop-Up Rises 12.6% To Highest-Ever At Rs 2.37 Lakh Crore In April
NEW DELHI: Gross goods and services tax (GST) collections grew 12.6% on year to Rs 2.37 lakh crore in April (March transactions). This is the highest ever monthly mop-up, reflecting in part steady goods shipments from factories, but also the usual spurt in receipts at the end of a...
Railways Studying Global Tech For Operations & Services Revamp
NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways is evaluating globally available technologies for an end-to-end overhaul of operations and services, officials said. The exercise is expected to be completed in this financial year, after which a call on adopting the new technologies for the national transporter will be taken, they said....
