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NEW DELHI: Hiring activity for white-collar jobs witnessed a 12 per cent on-year decline during October-November largely due to fall in recruitment trends in IT-Software, telecom and education sectors, a report said on Thursday. White-collar recruitment during October-November declined by 12 per cent with 2,433 job postings, compared to 2,781 during the corresponding months in […]

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NEW DELHI: India continues to be the fastest-growing major economy, with all sectors contributing significantly, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Thursday. She flagged India’s manufacturing growth, citing India’s mobile phone and passenger vehicle exports. “The second-quarter growth was very high — it is the highest in the world,” Sitharaman said, replying to a short-duration discussion […]

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NEW DELHI: Amid lingering concerns that the much-delayed private capex cycle may not have taken root yet, Corporate India on Thursday said with capacity utilisation in many sectors being 75-80% if not higher, a strong momentum in private investments was firmly around the corner. Pointing out that fresh investments have already started in many sectors, […]

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NEW DELHI: A series of steps are being taken by the government to curb retail food inflation. The Union food ministry on Thursday directed all sugar mills and distilleries to stop using sugarcane juice for the production of ethanol for the 2023-24 season, to ensure an adequate supply of sweetener for domestic consumption and prevent […]

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By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the BJP victories in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh were because of ‘team spirit’ in the Bharatiya Janata Party. Is that so, who is the Prime Minister fooling? Team spirit is the last thing in the saffron party. Team spirit goes for a toss when everything that […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra The race has begun on who will be chosen as the I.N.D.I.A. bloc’s joint Prime Ministerial candidate. The JD(U) has repeated its demand to project Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the PM face of the INDIA bloc against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Nitish has […]

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By Tirthankar Mitra Making no secret of any love being lost for each other, Trinamool Congress seeks to upstage BJP on what the saffron camp considers to be its sole preserve – religion. An outfit stated to be close to the ruling dispensation of West Bengal has planned to organise a Chandi Path programme days […]

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MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent for the fifth time in a row as it maintains a tight vigil on inflation. The rate increase cycle was paused in April after six consecutive rate hikes, aggregating to 250 basis points since May 2022. […]

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NEW DELHI: India has the potential to grow at 8 per cent as the country is labour-rich with enough institutional maturity of a functioning democracy, Niti Aayog vice chairman Suman Bery said on Thursday. Bery also cautioned that North India has not been doing well traditionally compared to South India, and this can create tensions […]

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NEW DELHI: The government has banned exports of onion till March next year with a view to increase domestic availability and to keep prices in check. “Export policy of onions… Is amended from free to prohibited till March 31, 2024,” the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification. Local vendors in the […]

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NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday ruled out any “spectacular announcement” for her sixth budget on February 1 next year, saying it would just be a vote on account before the general elections. A full Budget for the 2024-25 fiscal would be presented in July next year by the new government elected after […]

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By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Being the main opposition party in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav is on the driving seat of INDIA bloc. Much significance is being attached to the statement of Akhilesh Yadav that INDIA got more strength after recent assembly polls. Irrespective of poor performance in assembly polls by the […]

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If going to temples leads to our people being murdered, if touching idols leads to our people being killed, then we should stop going to such places, AAP MLA and former minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said at an event of the Scheduled Caste community organised by the Guru Ravidas Manav Kalyan Samiti in Haryana’s Sonepat. […]

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In view of its defeat in the recently concluded Assembly elections, the Congress party is set to hold a meeting on Friday to review its poll performance in three states – Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. The meeting will be chaired by party president Mallikarjun Kharge, while central leadership and state leaders are also expected […]

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The ruling alliance in Maharashtra seems to be under strain after NCP leader Nawab Malik sat on the treasury bench in the House on Thursday. Expressing his opposition, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis wrote to his cabinet colleague Ajit Pawar that it will not be appropriate to make the out-on-bail Malik a part of […]

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BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri expressed regret for his objectionable remarks against BSP’s Danish Ali on Thursday at a meeting of the Lok Sabha Privileges Committee, which heard both leaders separately. Sources said that Bidhuri noted that senior BJP leader and Union minister Rajnath Singh had conveyed his apology in the House on September 21 while […]

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Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra has been expelled from the Parliament after Ethics Panel’s recommendation over cash-for-query row. Opposition INDIA bloc leaders questioned the Lok Sabha Ethics Panel recommendation for expelling Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, and accused the BJP-led government of doing “vendetta politics”. The report was tabled in the Lok Sabha today amid an uproar […]

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NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday sought approval of Parliament for gross additional spending of Rs 1.29 trillion including Rs 14,524 crore for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and Rs 13,351 crore for fertiliser subsidy. “Approval of Parliament is sought to authorise gross additional expenditure of Rs 1,29,348.85 crore. Of this, the […]

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