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PE/VC Investment Volumes Reach A Decadal High, Value Soars 54% To $34 Billion Till November
MUMBAI: Despite the lingering funding winter, private equity and venture capital (PE/VC) investments have surged to their highest levels in a decade in terms of number of deals at 1,761 between January and November this year, surpassing the previous record of 1,726 deals in 2021 while in value terms...
Bangladesh Elections On February 12, 2026 Matter A Lot To India
By Nitya Chakraborty The announcement by the Bangladesh Election Commission on the holding of general elections in Bangladesh on February 12 next year is a major development in the evolving politics of South Asia, especially with respect to India. The EC statement was welcomed by all the contesting political...
Inequality In India Is Among The Highest In The World, Says World Inequality Lab
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only five months after the Union Government had boasted in July 2025 that India was among the world’s fourth most equal country, the World Inequality Report 2026 has found that inequality in the country remains among the highest in the world. Not only that, little...
Karnataka Congress Still Locked In Power Struggle Between CM Sidda & DK
By Rahil Nora Chopra Power tussle within the ruling Congress in Karnataka refuses to die down. The latest salvo is Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son and MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah saying the Congress high command has clearly indicated that currently there’d be no change in leadership. Reacting to Yathindra Siddaramaiah’s comments,...
All Attempts To Reform Capitalism Are Bound To Come To A Cropper
By Prabhat Patnaik It is a well-known fact that contemporary “mainstream” economics, the only kind which is taught to students over much of the world, does not capture the reality of capitalism. What is less recognized is that this “mainstream” economics, not just in its existing incarnations, but no...
Issue Of Installation Of Surveillance Tools On Mobile Phones Still Remains
By Prabir Purkayastha After concerted pushback from users, privacy groups and mobile phone manufacturers, the Modi Government has withdrawn its directive to compulsorily install its “modified” Sanchar Saathi app on all mobile phones. The app, initially intended for tracking stolen or lost phones, would have turned the mobile phone...
Time For British Prime Minister Keir Starmer To Stand Up To Donald Trump
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Everybody gets it except Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Labour MPs, including those traditionally on the right, are clear that the basis for Britain’s alliance with the USA is collapsing. The new US national security document — itself dismissive of Britain — is a manifesto for...
Nose-Diving Rupee Set To Make Wide Range Of Consumer Goods More Expensive
MUMBAI: A nose-diving rupee is set to make a wide range of consumer products costlier, from white goods to smartphones and cars, as most companies will have no option but to pass on higher import costs to buyers. The rupee declined to 90.47 versus the US dollar on Thursday,...
NITI Aayog Recommends Special Accounts, Tax Incentives For Corporate Bond Investments
NEW DELHI: Niti Aayog, the government think tank, has recommended special bond accounts, demat trading of listed bonds, facilitating purchases through mobile and internet banking, and tax incentives for investments in corporate bonds to boost retail participation in the bond market. A report by Niti Aayog on deepening the...
Manufacturing To Contribute 25 Per Cent Of GDP By 2047: Report
NEW DELHI: The manufacturing sector’s share in the Indian GDP will rise to 25 per cent from approximately 17 per cent at present, and the country is poised to become a global industrial powerhouse by then, said a joint report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Z47. Flagship...
Mexico Imposes Up To 50 Per Cent Tariff On Imports From India And China
NEW DELHI: Mexico on Thursday imposed a tariff of up to 50 per cent on imports from its non-preferential trade partners, including India, a move that might hit New Delhi’s annual $5.75 billion shipments to its third-largest car export market. The escalation by the North American country comes at...
Bank Credit To Micro, Small Enterprises Grows 27 Per Cent
MUMBAI: Bank lending to the micro and small sector (MSEs) has taken off sharply since March 2025. According to data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), credit to the MSE segment at Rs 9.54 lakh crore has risen 20.45% between March and October. On the year-on-year (y-o-y) basis,...
Where Is Europe Placed In The Emerging Global Geopolitics?
By Nitya Chakraborty For rich European nations, especially the troika Germany, France and Britain, the geopolitical situation that is unfolding in the year 2026 has enough elements of an existential crisis as a result of the announcement of the US policy on global security which marginalizes the role of...
India’s Bold Gamble: Forcing AI Giants To Share Royalties With Creators
By T N Ashok In a dramatic shift in global AI policy, an Indian government panel has recommended that developers of large-language models and other generative AI tools pay royalties to creators whose copyrighted works — from news articles and books to music and films — are used to...
Putin’s India Visit Should Be Followed Up By Serious Work On Building Peace
By Dr Arun Mitra The visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the warm reception accorded to him once again underline that Jawaharlal Nehru’s legacy of a trusted India–Russia friendship continues to endure. While today’s Russian Federation is not the former Soviet Union, it is equally true that Russia...
From UAPA To Sanchar Saathi The Narendra Modi Govt Has Led To A Republic Of Fear
By Nilotpal Basu In the rich tapestry of world literature, carols, hymns, and lullabies occupy a place of pride. Lewis Carroll evolved his nonsense rhymes as a distinct tradition to add sarcasm to the repertoire of this genre. In our own country, Sukumar Ray, an exceptionally talented cultural personality...
Real Income Of Present Low Paid Indians Have To Be Hiked To Pep Up Further Demand
By Sanjay Roy Since the past three decades policy makers in India and across the developing world had been grappling with the problem of identifying the appropriate ‘engine of growth’ for future development. A recent report by the NITI Aayog seems to propose a double engine of manufacturing and...
Protesting Farmers Are Caned By The Police Of BJP Led Rajasthan Govt
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: On the occasion of Human Rights Day celebration, Indian President Smt. Droupadi Murmu was saying – “There is no peace without justice and there is no justice without peace”. But on the other hand, the Rajasthan government was finding the way to maintain peace...
