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Govt Unveils Draft National Electricity Policy 2026 With Focus On Tariffs, Discom Health
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday unveiled the draft National Electricity Policy, 2026, proposing strict norms for power tariff determination, a framework for sweeping structural reforms to improve the financial health of discoms, financing requirements, and suggestions on long-term generation and transmission planning, nearly two decades after it was...
India Set To Become Third Largest Economy By 2028, Says Gita Gopinath
DAVOS: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday asserted that India will definitely become the world’s third-largest economy over the next few years, with economist Gita Gopinath saying it can happen by 2028 or even earlier. Speaking in a World Economic Forum Annual Meeting session here, Vaishnaw said the only...
Cabinet Clears ₹5,000 Crore Equity Infusion Into SIDBI To Boost MSME Credit
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved an equity support of ₹5,000 crore to the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to strengthen its capital base and enhance credit flow to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The equity capital will...
RBI Sanguine On Demand Amid Capital Account Concerns
MUMBAI: The concerns over India’s financial account refuses to ebb away. Amid net portfolio outflows of $19 billion from Indian equities in 2025, the country continues to witness net outflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) as well. On a net basis, FDI inflows remained negative in November for the...
Supreme Court Decision On Mamata’s Action During ED Raid Will Impact Bengal Polls
By Nitya Chakraborty For the two main contenders in the coming assembly elections in West Bengal in March/ April 2026, every week is important in the present electoral battle as fresh developments take place needing for a relook at the poll strategy. The ruling Trinamool Congress led by the...
Greenland’s Shadow Over Global Commodity Markets And Geopolitics
By K Raveendran Greenland, long perceived as a remote expanse on the geopolitical periphery, has moved abruptly into the foreground of transatlantic tension. The island’s strategic location astride the Arctic, its military relevance, and its potential reserves of critical minerals and rare earths have converged to turn it into...
New BJP President Nitin Nabin Is More Aligned With Top RSS Leadership
By Dr. Gyan Pathak There is no room left for speculation now about significance of the new BJP president Nitin Nabin as he spent the first day in office on January 20, 2025. In his maiden speech after taking over as BJP National President, he himself gave clear message...
Trade Deal With India Is More Important To EU At This Juncture Than Needed By India
By Anjan Roy For years, trade talks between India and the European Union had lingered on the periphery. When it all began, EU had posed high and mighty and refused to back down on India’s issues be it for protection of India’s small and marginal farmer against onslaught of...
BSP Supremo Mayawati Launches Major Campaign To Revive The Dalit Base Of Party
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BSP supremo Mayawati has made it clear to all political parties as well as her voters that she is very keen to revive her party to stake claim to power in 2027 assembly polls. Fed up being sidelined and dubbed as B team of BJP...
Decoding Lenin, The Architect Of Russian Revolution On His 156th Birth Anniversary
By Krishna Jha Lenin, the guide and carrier of the 1917 Great October Socialist Revolution and architect of the first socialist state in the world, was 54 years old when he died on January 21, 1924. Lenin was identified with the theory and practice of the prime event of...
New ISI Bill Seeks To Curtail Theoretical Research Of Statisticians
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Founded by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis way back in 1931, Indian Statistical Institute has grown over the years into a part and parcel of economic planning of the country. Now its autonomy is under threat after decades of unfettered existence during which it has made invaluable...
EU, India On Cusp Of Historic Trade Agreement: EU President
NEW DELHI: India and the European Union are on the cusp of a “historic trade agreement” that would create a market comprising two billion people accounting for almost a quarter of the global GDP, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday. President of the European Council,...
India’s December Core Sector Output Hit Highest Level So Far In FY26
NEW DELHI: India’s core sectors’ output surged to its highest level in 2025-26 (FY26) in December, even as year-on-year growth improved to a four month high of 3.7 per cent from an upgraded 2.1 per cent uptick in November. On a sequential basis, December’s core sector output was 8.2...
Corporates To Register 6% Revenue Rise In FY27: Fitch
NEW DELHI: Fitch Ratings on Tuesday said the aggregate revenue for its rated corporates will rise by 6 per cent in FY27 on steady GDP growth and an improved consumer-spending outlook, following a comprehensive reduction in GST rates. However, corporates could face some downside risks if additional US tariffs...
Retail Investors Getting Modest Returns From Equity Holdings: Report
MUMBAI: Retail investors’ equity portfolios have significantly underperformed benchmark indices over the past 16–18 months, delivering barely positive returns, according to a research note by Kotak Institutional Equities (KIE). An analysis of direct and indirect equity holdings — including mutual funds (MFs) and portfolio management services (PMS) — shows...
Government Finalising New Steel Scrap Recycling Policy
JAIPUR: The steel ministry is in the process of finalising a new steel scrap recycling policy to overhaul the exiting policy of 2019, primarily to address stakeholders’ pain points and make it more align with the changing industry dynamics. Scrap is used both in the electric arc furnace (EAF)...
2025 Was Donald Trump’s Year But 2026 Is Going To Be The Year With Xi Jinping’s Domination
By Nitya Chakraborty 2025 was the year of the maverick U.S. President Donald Trump. The developments during the year beginning January 20 evolved around Trump. He was the key decision-maker, irrespective of what other countries leaders felt. He cared little for the United Nations, WTO, WHO and all other...
The Gaza Con: How Trump Rebranded Annexation As Investment
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Donald Trump has never met a geopolitical catastrophe he couldn’t rebrand as a development opportunity. His latest venture—the risibly titled “Board of Peace” for Gaza—is perhaps his most audacious grift yet: a scheme to dress up territorial control as portfolio management, to transform...
