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Supreme Court To Examine Tax Treatment Of Delayed PF, ESI Deposits
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a long-standing dispute over whether delayed deposit of employees’ provident fund (PF) and Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) contributions can be allowed as a tax deduction if paid before the income tax return filing deadline. A Bench of Justices JB Pardiwala...
Trumps Economic Policies Drowned Out By The Drumbeat Of Minneapolis Outrage
By T N Ashok WASHINGTON: In the corridors of power, where messaging is currency and optics are everything, President Donald Trump faces a political paradox that threatens to undermine his party’s prospects in November’s midterm elections: his administration’s economic achievements are being systematically overshadowed by images of masked federal...
Why Any U.S. Attack On Iran Will Backfire On American Economy Helping China?
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik As the world anxiously awaits whether the US will attack Iran — whose oil China buys in vast quantities as its largest customer — analysts warn of global repercussions that could spill over into broader geopolitical tensions. Although the arguments given by the US are...
Economic Survey 2025-26 Bats For “Effective Implementation Of Labour Codes”
By Dr. Gyan Pathak At a time when the labour market in India is undergoing a significant structural change and the employment and skilling ecosystem is being reshaped by demographic shifts, technological changes, and evolving industry needs, including the expansion of gig and platform work, the Economic Survey 2025-26...
A Budget With Long-Term Vision Of Tomorrow’s Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The budget presented by Finance Minister K. N. Balagopal undoubtedly, is a budget with a long-term vision of future Kerala – a judicious blend of welfarism and development agenda. Expectedly, the Opposition has dubbed it as a populist budget aimed only at winning the upcoming...
Developing Countries Must Act In Unity To Meet Emerging Challenges
By Dr Arun Mitra The 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), held in Davos from 19–23 January 2026 under the theme “A Spirit of Dialogue,” took place against a highly charged backdrop of strained global trade relations. Actions taken by the U.S. President Donald Trump fundamentally...
Ajit Pawar’s Sudden Death Mires NCP(AP) In Grave Political Uncertainty
By Rahil Nora Chopra Ajit Pawar’s sudden demise has not only left a massive political vacuum in Maharashtra, but also mired the future of the Nationalist Congress Party (AP) in a state of complete uncertainty. As difficult questions do rounds over who will inherit the late dynamic leader’s mass...
Donald Trump Turns U.S. Sanctions On Cuba Into An Oil Siege
By Sevim Dagdelen NEW YORK: The United States is forcing an oil boycott against Cuba through pressure on Mexico — a targeted blow aimed at bringing the island to its knees economically and forcing a regime change. The decision by the Mexican government to no longer ship oil to...
Economic Survey Maps Swadeshi Path To Strategic Resilience, Indispensability
NEW DELHI: India must move beyond defensive self-reliance and position itself as a systemically important node in global supply chains, aiming not merely for resilience but also for strategic indispensability, the FY26 Economic Survey argued, placing swadeshi at the heart of a broader shift in state strategy. “The nature...
India Unveils $250 Billion Energy Investment Opportunity To Global CEOs
GOA: India took the lead of the recent 9th Prime Minister’s Roundtable, organised in the national capital on Wednesday, with the global energy CEOs, to convey a clear message: it wants to be a reliable centre of gravity in the volatile global energy order. With 27 top executives of...
Economy On Stable Footing, GDP Growth Likely To Be 6.8% To 7.2% In FY27
NEW DELHI: The Economic Survey on Thursday projected the GDP growth in the range of 6.8-7.2 per cent for the next fiscal year on the back of the cumulative impact of reforms, and said the economy remains on a stable footing. The projection is a tad lower than the...
India Set To Achieve Growth Targets If It Focuses On Skilling, Business-Friendly Reforms: World Bank Chief
BHUBANESWAR: World Bank Group President Ajay Banga on Thursday exuded confidence about India’s ability to sustained high growth and said the economy is well placed to achieve the 6.8–7.2 per cent growth projected for 2026-27 in the Economic Survey, provided the country continues to invest in skilling, infrastructure and...
Labour Codes To Play Key Role In Employment; Private Investment Needed
NEW DELHI: Effective implementation of Labour Codes will play a key role in boosting formal employment and enhancing security for women and gig workers, the Economic Survey for 2025-26 stated, while outlining the need for investment and coordination from private sector companies. The document, tabled in Parliament by Finance...
China’s Diplomatic, Trade Gains In Europe Continue As Trump Fumes
By Nitya Chakraborty The meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday, January 29 in Beijing assumes special significance at a time when Britain is fighting its transatlantic ally U.S. over the sovereignty of Greenland and President Trump has mentioned security threat...
Ajit Pawar’s Death Creates Vacuum, Maharashtra Politics Will Be Reconfigured
By Dr. Gyan Pathak NCP leader Ajit Pawar’s sad demise in a plane crash on Wednesday, January 28 has created such a vacuum in Maharashtra politics that no single politician could fill in the near future. A prospect of political reconfiguration that was already indicated by the election of...
2025-26 Economic Survey Is A Document Of Sobriety Amidst Global Disorder
By R. Suryamurthy The Economic Survey 2025–26 presents itself as a document of sobriety in an age of global disorder. It raises India’s potential growth estimate to 7 per cent, underscores macroeconomic stability, and urges delayed gratification in the face of geopolitical and financial uncertainty. Yet when read closely—and...
Recent Right Wing Global Shifts Have Led To Attacks On Republicanism
By Nilotpal Basu From Plato’s Republic till today, republicanism has traversed a long journey. It has been enriched at junctures of the French Revolution and its clarion call for liberty, equality and fraternity. The journey has witnessed major ruptures with the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the advent...
Mamata Beats Narendra Modi In Singur Campaign By Focusing On SIR Harassment
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: With Assembly elections in West Bengal round the corner, Singur has taken centre stage. Once billed as the site of turnaround of industrialisation in the state, after the Tatas pulled out of its ambitious small car project, it is now the first mile post marking...
