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For Resisting Trump, Popular Alliances Against Fascism And War Needed
By Ben Chacko LONDON: US tariffs on Britain, punishing us for symbolic defiance of Donald Trump’s designs on Greenland, expose how pointless is the so-called “special relationship,” and how empty claims that NATO is an alliance for mutual defence. Keir Starmer’s abject fawning on the crook in the White...
Fiscal Space For FY27 Limited, Conditional: Economists
NEW DELHI: As the Union government prepares for the 2026–27 Budget, it confronts a familiar but increasingly delicate policy challenge: how to support domestic growth amid an uncertain global environment while remaining firmly committed to its medium-term fiscal consolidation and debt-reduction goals. Economists broadly agree that some fiscal space...
Industry Confidence Hits Five-Quarter High In October-December Period: Survey
NEW DELHI: Business confidence in India Inc rose to a five-quarter high in the December quarter of FY26, amid further reform expectations and steady domestic demand, a survey by industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) showed. The CII Business Confidence Index (BCI) rose for the third consecutive quarter...
India Needs Fertiliser Pricing Reforms To Restore Soil Health: Paper
NEW DELHI: India needs to urgently restore the health of its soils to improve crop health and human nutrition through a combination of approaches, including policies for rationalising fertiliser pricing, a new paper said. It also called for the development of precise, customised and site-specific fertilisation solutions, complemented by...
Public Sector Banks Seek RBI OMO Support For State Development Loans
MUMBAI: Public sector banks have requested the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to include state bonds in open market operation (OMO) purchase auctions, sources said. The last time the central bank included state development loans (SDLs) in OMO auctions was in 2020, when yields had surged. “There have been...
Greenland Tariffs Spur India To Guard Trade Autonomy
NEW DELHI: Though officials indicate that a trade deal with the US is close, President Donald Trump’s Greenland-related tariffs on eight European countries highlight the need for greater caution on India’s part. New Delhi must safeguard its strategic autonomy and build adequate protections into any trade agreement, experts said....
Rise In Unemployment Rate In December Is Warning Signal For India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak December 2025 registered a rise in unemployment rate in India to 4.8 per cent from 4.7 per cent in November despite the seasonal increase in agricultural and allied activity in rural India. Additionally, it should be a matter of concern that unemployment rate in rural...
Creamy Layer Question Returns To Test Political Resolve
By K Raveendran Creamy layer debate has returned to the centre of constitutional and political attention, with the Supreme Court once again seeking the Union government’s position on whether economic and social advancement within backward classes should limit access to reservation benefits. The court’s renewed query, coming after two...
Syrian Kurds Must Not Be Abandoned In Their Struggle Against Jihadists
By Manish Rai The militias associated with the Syrian government are conducting attacks on the Kurdish districts of Sheikh Maqsood, Ashrafiyah, and Beni Zeyd in Aleppo. The violence in Aleppo is the most severe since Syria’s Islamist authorities assumed power. The recent outbreak of violence occurred two days subsequent...
A War Without Headlines: Israel’s Shock-And-Awe Campaign In The West Bank
By Ramzy Baroud NEW YORK: A shock and awe. The phrase is apt in describing what Israel has done in the occupied West Bank almost immediately following the events of October 7, 2023, and the start of the Israeli genocide in Gaza. In her book The Shock Doctrine, Naomi...
Trump On His Way To Take Over Honduras Through Rigged Polls Of November 30
By John Perry NEW YORK: Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its head of state have overshadowed his less brazen but possibly more effective regime-change operation in Honduras. No-one can be sure if the National Party’s Nasry “Tito” Asfura really won the presidential election on November...
New CPI And GDP Series To Enhance Inflation And Growth Balance: RBI Governor
MUMBAI: The new base year revision of key economic indicators such as the GDP, IIP and inflation will help the Reserve Bank achieve its twin objectives of price stability and sustained economic growth, Governor Sanjay Malhotra has said. The National Statistical Office (NSO) under the ministry of statistics and...
New FEMA Regulations For Exports And Imports To Take Effect From October 1
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday notified the Foreign Exchange Management (Export and Import of Goods and Services) Regulations, 2026, along with detailed directions, which will come into effect from October 1, 2026. Under the regulations, authorised dealer (AD) banks are required to enter export declaration...
India-EU FTA Will Be Mother Of All Deals: Piyush Goyal
NEW DELHI: The free trade agreement that is close to being finalised with the European Union (EU) will be the mother of all trade deals India has signed so far, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said Friday. “I have done seven deals so far. All with developed economies....
SEBI Proposes ‘Netting’ Mechanism For FPIs’ Cash Market Transactions
MUMBAI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) on Friday proposed allowing large foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to settle only the net value of their trades instead of each transaction – a move that is expected to cut funding cost of these investors. The proposed overhaul is part...
India Inc Shows Interest For Rs 7,280-Crore Rare Earth Magnet Scheme
NEW DELHI: India’s largest industrial groups, including Adani Enterprises, Reliance Industries, JSW Group, Kalyani Group and Maruti Suzuki India, have shown initial interest in the government’s proposed ₹7,280-crore incentive scheme aimed at building domestic capacity for rare earth permanent magnets (REPM). According to people familiar with the discussions, representatives...
How Far European Union Can Go To Defend Greenland From Trump Annexation?
By Nitya Chakraborty The Washington talks for discussing the future of Greenland failed on Wednesday with the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland returning back home with the message from White House that Greenland rightfully belongs to USA and Trump will be deciding on the timing of its takeover....
Maharashtra Polling Results Show Further Consolidation Of BJP-Led Mahayuti
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The results of the elections held for 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra reveal further consolidation of BJP-led Mahayuti bloc, which included BJP and Shiv Sena (Shinde). As for Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, BJP-Shiv Sena (Shinde) had taken a lead even before election held on January 15...
