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Economic Survey 2020-21 Tries To Defend Government Policies
By Gyan Pathak The Economic Survey 2020-21 has projected India’s GDP to contract by 7.7 per cent, a great fall from the projected 11.5 per cent growth over the revised estimated a year before. Though the survey tries to instill hope in the people by giving all sort...
A Tale Of Two Differing Rescue Packages In Two Largest Democracies
By Prabhat Patnaik EVEN before taking office, Jo Biden, the new American president, has announced a rescue package of $1.9 trillion, of which as much as $1 trillion will be in the form simply of transfers to the working people. Since the estimated US GDP was $20.8 trillion...
Tractors Rally On Republic Day Was A Tribute To Indian Constitution
By Krishna Jha The day our Constitution was brought into force is back again at our door steps celebrating its 72nd anniversary. The preamble of the Constitution was accepted as the ‘solemn resolution of our people’ that declared our country as a ‘sovereign, democratic, republic’. Then there...
Medical Doctors Marching With The Agitating Farmers With Health Kits
By Dr Arun Mitra Not a single flower plucked, not a single windowpane broken, not a single car over turned, not a single bus burnt nor any damage of any type to the life or public property, that was the greatness of the tractor march by lakhs of...
Follow Up Measures Needed For Making A Success Of Atmanirbhar Bharat
By K R Sudhaman The general Budget in India is a difficult exercise and this year’s budget on February one is no different as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will have to do tight rope walk to fulfill the conflicting demands while keeping the balance between growth and...
Opposition Gets Together To Corner Modi Government On Farm Laws
By Rahil Nora Chopra Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been talking to Opposition leaders to convene a meeting and formulate a joint Opposition strategy in the budget session of Parliament over Centre’s new farm laws and the daily hike in the prices of petrol and diesel. The party...
Centre Is Adamant Now To Deal With Farmers Agitation By Security Forces
By Arun Srivastava Leaders of 16 Opposition parties have boycotted the President’s address to Parliament on January 29. Do they think it would really have any impact on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi? Will they be able to change the thought of the President Ramnath Kovind towards the...
Avnet Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2021 Financial Results
$4.7 billion in sales, $0.19 EPS and $0.48 adjusted EPS exceeded guidance Third consecutive quarter of operating margin improvement PHOENIX, US – Media OutReach – 29 January 2020 – Avnet, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVT) today announced results for its second quarter ended January 2, 2021. Fiscal Second Quarter Key Financial Highlights: Sales of...
CPA Australia: Mainland Chinese Businesses Predict Growth In 2021
BEIJING, CHINA – Media OutReach – 29 January 2021 – Business confidence in Mainland China is upbeat, with 71 per cent of surveyed professionals expecting their company’s profit will remain the same or increase in 2021. CPA Australia‘s annual Mainland China Economic and Business Sentiment Survey shows that despite concerns...
