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Economic Pivot Makes Putin’s Delhi Visit All The More Significant
By K Raveendran Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit has drawn attention for the way it reinforced a partnership shaped increasingly by economic interdependence and investment-driven priorities. The backdrop to this year’s summit made the outcome particularly notable, as both countries have expanded trade, diversified energy cooperation, and opened new...
India’s Transition To New Labour Codes Regime Facing Hurdles
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Union Minister of Labour and Employment Dr Mansukh Mandaviya announced implementation of the four controversial labour codes on November 21, 2025, and the government said that the codes are made “effective”. Twelve days after, on December 3, 2025, he said while addressing CII IndiaEdge...
Payments Problem Is Still Straining Expansion Of India-Russia Trade Relations
By R. Suryamurthy When Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Vladimir Putin in the bilateral summit in New Delhi on December 5 and both leaders reiterated their ambition to raise bilateral trade to USD 100 billion by 2030, it sounded, at first blush, like a confident projection of strategic...
Common Investors Are Apprehensive About High Valuations Of IPO’s Of New Age Companies
By Kunal Bose There is no reason why the chief economic adviser to Indian government V Anantha Nageswaran could be unaware that his expression of disquiet in an open forum that IPOs (initial public offerings) are increasingly being used by early investors to cash out would stir up a...
Netflix’s $82.7 Billion Deal With Warner Marks Silicon Valley’s Quiet Takeover Of Hollywood
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: In a deal that could redraw the entertainment landscape for decades, Netflix said Friday it has agreed to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s movie, television, and streaming operations for $82.7 billion, setting off alarm bells from Washington to Los Angeles and marking the most...
Irish Minister Michelle O’Neill’s Warning To Keir Starmer On Warfare Is A Wake Up Call
By Ben Chacko LONDON: It has taken an Irish politician to confront Keir Starmer directly over his “warfare not welfare” politics. Michelle O’Neill’s attack comes after Starmer announced a naval pact with Norway to “hunt Russian subs in the north Atlantic.” Her opportunity: today’s Cardiff meeting of the PM...
West Bengal Govt’s Assurances, Work On Testing Labs For Tea Industry Not Progressing
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Despite official assurances to set up at least three tea testing laboratories in North Bengal to improve quality control methods, preliminary work undertaken by the West Bengal Government has made little progress. North Bengal tea producers recently told newsmen that they had drawn the attention...
RBI Revises Fy26 GDP Outlook To 7.3%, Inflation Likely At 2%
NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has presented an optimistic yet cautious assessment of the Indian economy, highlighting a stronger-than-expected growth momentum coupled with a faster-than-anticipated retreat of inflation, which hit a historic low in October. In its latest outlook, the central bank revised its real GDP...
RBI Sends Clear Signals To Boost Economic Growth, Say Experts
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank has sent a clear and reassuring signal that policy instruments are being actively deployed to safeguard India’s economic growth amid persisting global headwinds, said experts on Friday. Home, auto and other loans are likely to cost less as the RBI cut key benchmark interest rate...
Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin Chart Path To $100 Billion Trade In Five Years
NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin wrapped up his 27-hour India visit on Friday after much bonhomie with Prime Minister Narendra Modi through several ceremonies and summit-level talks, as the world watched. The day after sharing hugs at the Palam airport tarmac, travelling in the same car and dining...
India Firms, Uralchem Sign Deal For 1.8-2 Million Tonnes Urea Plant In Russia
NEW DELHI: In one of the biggest joint ventures between Indian companies and their foreign partners in the fertiliser sector outside India, Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited, National Fertilizers Limited, and Indian Potash Limited today signed a memorandum of understanding with Russia’s Uralchem Group to set up a 1.8-2...
Government Has Examined Stakeholders’ Views On Draft Broadcast Bill: I&B Ministry
NEW DELHI: The Information & Broadcasting Ministry has completed stakeholder consultation on the draft Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill 2023, the Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting L Murugan informed Parliament on Friday. The draft Broadcasting Service (Regulation) Bill-2023, which had sparked a debate, seeks to regulate both traditional...
Putin’s India Visit: A Stress Test Of Strategic Autonomy Amid Global Pressure
By T N Ashok NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in India Thursday evening for a two-day state visit that has become a diplomatic flashpoint, testing New Delhi’s ability to maintain strategic independence amid mounting pressure from Washington and European capitals. The arrival marks Putin’s first trip to...
RBI Monetary Policy Has Little Impact On Falling Rupee
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Rupee is falling, but Reserve Bank of India did not come to rescue it. No wonder, immediately after the latest announcement of the repo rate cut by RBI by 25 basis points (bps) on December 5s, bringing it down to 5.25 per cent, the rupee...
Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions Code, 2020 Must Be Withdrawn
By Dr Arun Mitra Occupational Health and safety has been an issue of serious concern of health personnel as well as the workers’ organizations since long. During the industrial revolution in England, even the children were made to clean chimneys and work in hazardous industry. As a result many...
U.S. Signals Expansion Of Travel Ban To 30 Countries Leading To Big Furore
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: The Trump administration is preparing to dramatically widen its travel ban, potentially restricting entry from more than 30 countries, in what officials describe as an urgent response to national-security concerns and a series of violent incidents involving foreign nationals. The proposed expansion, confirmed...
India’s Food-Security Architecture Is Straining Needing Immediate Reforms
By R. Suryamurthy India’s public distribution system (PDS)—a sprawling, decades-old welfare mechanism that feeds 81 crore people—has managed to sustain an extraordinary scale of operations. Month after month, through pandemics, inflation shocks and erratic procurement cycles, the system delivers subsidised or free foodgrains to two-thirds of the country’s population....
Delhi Air Pollution: Opposition Holds Protest At Parliament Complex
By Rahil Nora Chopra Opposition parties on Thursday staged a protest in the Parliament complex over the issue of air pollution in the national capital, with Congress leader Sonia Gandhi asking the government to take immediate remedial action. The Congress national president and the leader of the opposition in...
