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It’s a historic event. India and Bangladesh have entered a critical phase in their diplomatic relationship. On December 9, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met with Bangladesh's Foreign Advisor Tauhid Hossain and interim Prime…
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As the Adani episode unfolds, it underscores the urgency of balancing corporate ambitions with public accountability. Failure to act risks further eroding India’s global economic standing and investor  confidence. There is an imminent…
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The world is galvanised, shaken, in a trance with Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency. There is hope, aspirations, anxiety, speculations of a changing world. None knows the reality but uncertainties around rock. Would it be a stable…
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“While we celebrate all that we have achieved as a nation, our commitment remains to those who continue to be affected by rising inequality, the unprecedented physical impacts of climate change, and those whose social status deepens their…
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The US Federal Reserve rate cut after four years may not be beneficial to India, which is assessing  concomitant risks, with possible loss in dollar value, of unfathomed trends in the global market. With apprehensions of spike in India’s…
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Amid the critical Haryana elections, the RBI’s concerns over infrastructure funding and new guidelines have sparked debate in political and economic circles about the state's health, poverty levels, and nationwide infrastructure…
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The Sensex closing above 82,000 may grab headlines, but it doesn't reflect true market buoyancy. The SEBI has raised alarms over unscrupulous practices in the SME and real estate investment trusts(REIT) sectors, underlining the need for…
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The ongoing unrest in Bangladesh is having a significant impact on businesses across India, affecting a wide range of sectors. From onion exporters to large corporations, many are experiencing substantial losses, including in the stock…
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It is a coalition budget with promise of job creation through the corporate a tall task and placate the contentious allies with a large package and opening up the states to multilateral bank fundings, that can become a quagmire. Politics…
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The paradox within India's food scenario—where higher agricultural yields year after year coincide with sharp spikes in inflation—demands attention beyond the realms of production agriculture and consumer affairs ministries. While the…
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Given the huge shortage of healthcare professionals and hospital beds, lack of pre and post hospitalization medical facilities at affordable costs, inadequate funding, and non-release of promised budgeted funds even under the…
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Railway accidents not only cause significant loss of lives and severe financial setbacks, but also undermine public confidence in the system. A recent incident near New Jalpaiguri, where a train collided with another, resulting in eleven…
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UNICEF Child Food poverty report 2024 has brought forward startling figures on child malnutrition in India. As per the report 40% of the country’s children suffer from severe food poverty and 36% with moderate to severe food poverty. Our…
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The massive blaze in Kuwait which claimed the lives of 50 people, including 46 Indians, underlines the paramount need to ensure better living and working conditions for them in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Reports have it…
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India’s latest GDP figures could not have come at a better time for the ruling party BJP.. As the final phase of parliamentary voting draws to an end, the GDP figures for 2023-24 at 8.2 per cent show a hefty growth rate of the Indian…
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In response to Israel’s genocidal siege of Gaza, a new progressive effort, the “Reject AIPAC” coalition, is calling on federal candidates to refuse endorsements and contributions from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC),…
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-M.Y.Siddiqui India witnessed 703 communal riots during the calendar year 2016 in which 86 persons lost their lives and 2321 people injured compared to 752 communal incidents in 2015, 644 communal strife in 2014, 694 in 2013 and 668…
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India is almost ready to implement a unified indirect tax, GST. The businesses are likely to benefit but it needs many more steps to create one market. The growth will spur as many other taxes and tolls need to be re-jigged. The nation has…
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In a decisive move to accomplish twin objective of safeguarding climate and tapping renewable energy resources to meet growing demands for power supply, the Narendra Modi Government, during its first three years of governance, has carried…
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Cashless society is not a new found phenomenon. Decades back, India craved for it with plastic cards. The worldwide trend is to relegate cash transaction and India is not an island. Indian government has been facilitating this trend with a…
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Sometimes a small event turns the course of History.Like a slap on lawyer Gandhi transformed him into a Mahatma and finally to India's freedom from the British rule.Though the peeved Britishers poisoned the process by partition of Pakistan.…
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Demonetisation, stricter Indian government rules and positive US economic figures have led to a fall in gold demand and world prices. But gold remains the most sought after metal across the globe despite losing its sheen since October,…
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ECI unequivocally reiterate that given effective technical and administrative safeguards, EVMs are not temperable and integrity of electoral process is preserved. Since 2000, EVMs have been used in 107 General Elections to State Legislative…
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Indian politico-socio system is complex. The recent five state assembly elections make it more obvious. People have voted for a clean polity and fast economic growth. They have voted for Narendra Modi and they have also voted against those…
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The RBI change in monetary stance has been termed hawkish shocking the stock market and pounding the banks stocks heavily. The industry was expecting an interest cut to come out of the difficult situation of non-payment of their large…
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