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Korean mobile devices maker Samsung led the Indian smartphone market with an 18 per cent share in 2023, market research firm CyberMedia Research said in a report on Monday. In the December quarter, however, Chinese company Xiaomi had the highest market share, the report said. According to CyberMedia Research (CMR) estimates, the India smartphone market […]

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday replied to the ‘Motion of Thanks’ to President Droupadi Murmu’s address in the Lok Sabha and addressed the “anger” of opposition parties towards actions taken by the probe agencies against corruption. He stated that the country is “shocked to see stacks of cash being recovered”. Talking about the multiple […]

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Even before an official announcement, Congress’ lone Lok Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh, Nakul Nath, has announced his candidature for the upcoming general elections from the Chhindwara seat. Nakul Nath made the announcement at a gathering in the presence of his father Kamal Nath, who is currently MLA from Chhindwara. Chhindwara is Kamal Nath’s bastion, […]

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To regain importance in Indian politics, Congress should look outside the Nehru-Gandhi family for its leadership, said Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee. Calling herself a die-hard Congressperson, Mukherjee believes that the time has come for the grand old party to come out of dynasty politics. “The Congress needs to take care […]

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MUMBAI: Banks have witnessed strong growth corporate loans in the third quarter, driven by demand from companies in the infrastructure and power sector. With economy expected to grow at a faster pace and the government’s focus on strengthening the infrastructure, lenders expect the corporate loan demand to remain firm in the coming quarters. “We have […]

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NEW DELHI: Leading FMCG companies are betting on a gradual recovery in rural demand this year on the back of improving macroeconomic conditions, continued government spending and price cuts. Many companies said the industry continued to witness sluggish rural demand in the December quarter with the urban consumption continuing to outpace rural demand. On the […]

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MUMBAI: Capital market regulator SEBI will soon widen the ambit of large, mid and small cap stocks based on their market capitalistion after the dizzying rally in equity markets last year. Mutual funds have moved SEBI to enhance the large-cap classification from top-100 companies in terms of market capitalisation to 125. Subsequently, mid-cap will now […]

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NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Monday said that various amendments in food safety regulations have been approved to to do away with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) or Agmark certifications for food products. In line with the concept of “One Nation, One Commodity, One Regulator”, the food safety […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Since the Presidential address in the Parliament is supposed to summarise the government’s achievements and intentions followed by meaningful debate, in which opposition raises points of concern, the Prime Minister is expected to address them during his reply to the ‘Motion of Thanks’. However, in reply to the scathing attack by […]

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By Sushil Kutty Was the manner in which the Chandigarh mayoral election conducted a symptom or the disease itself, a crooked system at play? The country’s top court has spoken – the previous week’s mayoral poll in the Union Territory was openly tampered with by a seemingly biased Presiding Officer to ensure the “victory” of […]

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By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi’s lurid boast on the floor of Parliament that he would be the prime minister for the third time and his party would alone win 370 seats deserves attention. The question is why is he so confident? Are RSS and BJP leaders busy hacking the Lok Sabha elections? Does democracy mean […]

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By Tirthankar Mitra At a time when Trinamool Congress supremo, Mamata Banerjee is announcing her intent of going alone in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, she seems to have overlooked that the company of Congress can help her regain some constituencies in north Bengal. The outfit she founded after breaking away from Congress way back […]

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Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and the party’s IT Cell head Amit Malviya late on Monday shared a shocking video of Rahul Gandhi serving biscuit from dog’s plate to a Congress leader during ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’. Sharing the video on X (formerly Twitter), Malviya wrote in Hindi, “Just a few days ago, Congress President […]

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NEW DELHI: The department of telecommunications (DoT) is examining methodologies to directly allocate spectrum to enterprises like Infosys, Tejas Networks, Tata Communications, Tata Power, Larsen & Toubro, GMR, Capgemini, etc. It has set up an internal study group to suggest ways to achieve the objective. Officials said that direct allocation of spectrum to these enterprises […]

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NEW DELHI: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in its latest interim economic outlook released on Monday, raised India’s growth outlook for 2024-25 (FY25) to 6.2 per cent from the 6.1 per cent estimated earlier in its November outlook. “The emerging-market (EM) economies have generally continued to grow at a solid pace, despite […]

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NEW DELHI: Services sector activity expanded at the fastest pace in six months in January, as buoyant international and domestic demand contributed to rising new business orders, according to results of a private sector survey released Monday. HSBC India Services PMI Business Activity Index rose to 61.8 in January as compared with 59 in the […]

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NEW DELHI: India may allow at least four state-owned banks to raise funds or expand their public float in the first half of the next fiscal year to accelerate their lending business and improve public participation, said people familiar with the development. The four lenders include Punjab National Bank (PNB), which is targeting a follow-on […]

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s personal secretary and a Rajya Sabha MP are among those linked to the Aam Aadmi Party who are being raided by the Enforcement Directorate as part of a money laundering probe, said sources. ED officials are currently conducting searches at over 12 premises across Delhi, Chandigarh and Varanasi. Bibhav Kumar, […]

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The Budget Session of the Bengal Assembly, which is set to start on Monday, may see yet another showdown between the Trinamool Congress and Governor CV Anand Bose over the latter’s speech. The last assembly session ended sine die (without designating a future date) in December 2023 and is set to be reconvened this week […]

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