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Janata Dal (United) leader Ram Nath Thakur Wednesday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should be made the convenor of the INDIA bloc. The JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP said Nitish Kumar has built his image such that makes him the best fit for being the convenor of the opposition grouping. “The image that Nitish Kumar […]

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NEW DELHI: The central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) and large government agencies present in the infrastructure sector like the NHAI and the Railways have invested Rs 4.28 trillion or 58.4% of their combined annual capital expenditure target in April-October of the current financial year, supporting the public capex-led economic growth revival. On an annual basis, […]

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NEW DELHI: India’s service activity moderated to a one-year low in November, owing to a slowdown in new work orders and overall output, a private survey published Tuesday said. However, the print showed continued expansion in the broader economy that surprised on the upside in the second quarter. The seasonally adjusted S&P Global India Services […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Election result for Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly reveals that the electorates in Chhattisgarh have driven the Congress and the BJP towards a tougher contest for Lok Sabha election 2024 by reducing the difference in their shares in total votes polled to merely 4.04 per cent from 9.94 per cent in the Lok […]

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The Bhitarwar seat in the Gwalior-Chambal region of Madhya Pradesh had never been won by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the past 20 years. This time, after the entry of Jyotiraditya Scindia into the saffron camp, the BJP finally bagged the constituency. A Scindia supporter, Mohan Singh Rathore, defeated a four-time Congress MLA. Jyotiraditya Scindia […]

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NEW DELHI: Domestic rating agency Icra on Monday said the Indian IT sector’s revenue growth will inch up to over 6 per cent in 2024-25 from 3-5 per cent estimated for the ongoing financial year. The slower growth will have an impact on the hiring plans, the agency said, adding that staff addition will continue […]

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NEW DELHI: State-owned BSNL is looking to deploy at least 4% of its total staff strength of around 54,000 on enhancing enterprise services, company sources said. Currently only 1.8% of the staff are deployed for the purpose. This is because BSNL has seen a fall in revenue from the enterprise business in the last two […]

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NEW DELHI: The greater scrutiny of proposals from countries sharing land borders with India particularly China since 2020 has not impacted the interest of investors. Applications seeking approval for over Rs 1 trillion investments have been filed since these curbs were imposed, and almost half of them got approved, a senior official said. In 2020, […]

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NEW DELHI: The Government has received foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals worth about Rs one lakh crore since April 2020 from countries sharing land border with India and half of those applications have been cleared so far, a top official said. The remaining are either pending or withdrawn or rejected by the government. In April […]

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By K R Sudhaman Government statistics released this week paint a rosy picture of the Indian economy with GDP growth clocking 7.6 per cent in the second quarter of this financial year 2023-24 on the back of strong manufacturing sector. This also strengthens India’s position as the fastest growing major economy, a position held by […]

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By Sushil Kutty There is some confusion on whether India should consider itself “Vishwaguru” or be wise and hold back on the boast? One view is why go the extra mile with the “present government’s exaggerated sense of the country’s global power and indigenous capability”, i.e., Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “macho manner” and muscular foreign […]

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By K Raveendran The renewed escalation of the Israel-Palestine conflict is providing additional impetus for gold to climb higher levels. The yellow metal has already been trending higher over the past two months, but the end of truce between Hamas and Israeli forces, unleashing new bomb attacks and destruction of lives and properties, particularly on […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak UN Climate Change Conference – United Arab Emirates (November 30 – December 12, 2023), popularly known as COP28, has begun with first major milestone on the day-one, by delivering a historic agreement that made the Fund operational, which was agreed upon during COP27 last year. The agreement was reached by parties […]

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NEW DELHI: India’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew at 7.6 per cent in the September quarter of 2023-24, outperforming expectations by a wide margin as manufacturing and construction activities expanded by double digits. These figures signalled that economic recovery was well underway in Asia’s third-largest economy, despite the current adverse geopolitical situation. While the Reserve […]

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MUMBAI: Corporate bond issuances rebounded in November following a decline in October as the market gained certainty after the US Federal Reserve adopted a dovish stance, according to market participants. In October, fundraising through corporate bonds experienced a 40 per cent drop, primarily driven by an increase in the cost of borrowing. Estimates suggest that […]

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By K Raveendran Oil markets are eagerly awaiting the outcome at the forthcoming OPEC+ meeting this week, after internal troubles forced a postponement of the meeting originally scheduled for November 26. The meeting assumes great significance both for producing as well as importing countries, especially amidst assessments that a new agreement to cut production is […]

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By Arun Srivastava As the exit polls of the four states, where the elections to the assemblies were held this month, send a distressing signal that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personality cult, that was painstakingly built over the last nine and half years by the RSS and its frontal organs, has failed to carry along […]

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NEW DELHI: S&P Global Ratings on Monday revised India’s economic growth forecast for this financial year to 6.4%, up from 6% projected earlier, bringing it closer to the Reserve Bank of India’s estimate of 6.5%. “We have revised up our projection for India’s GDP (gross domestic product) growth for fiscal 2024 (ending in March 2024) […]

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NEW DELHI: Exports of engineering products from India witnessed growth from countries such as the US, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during October but contracted from several nations in the European Union (EU), China, and Southeast Asia, according to government data. After a slump during the first half of this year, India’s […]

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By Sushil Kutty Telangana votes on November 30. Two days later votes cast will be counted and by afternoon of the same day, which party will be ruling Telangana would be known. If it is the Bharatiya Janata Party, the party has promised an Other Backward Caste Chief Minister. The party will also end “Muslim […]

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AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday expressed confidence that his party would win the assembly polls in the states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana. Addressing an election rally at LB Nagar here, he urged the electorate to dislodge the BRS government in Telangana. ”Election will be held in Rajasthan tomorrow. We are winning […]

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Trouble seems to be mounting for Mahua Moitra in the cash-for-query row, with the latest report claiming that the Trinamool Congress MP’s Parliament login ID was not just accessed from Dubai, but two other places including ones in the United States. Apart from Dubai, Moitra’s login credentials were used from New Jersey in the US […]

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