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NEW DELHI: Nine months after converting the dues worth Rs 16,133 crore of Vodafone Idea payable to the government on account of spectrum fee, into equity, the department of telecommunications (DoT) has asked the department of investment and public asset management (DIPAM) whether some portion can be offloaded in the market. As part of the […]

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NEW DELHI: India’s GDP growth rate will rise to 7 per cent by 2026 compared to 4.6 per cent for China, S&P Global Ratings said on Tuesday. In a report titled ‘China Slows India Grows’, S&P said it expects Asia-Pacific’s growth engine to shift from China to South and Southeast Asia. “We project China’s GDP […]

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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 Sushil Kutty In these days of political significance, ‘appeasement’ is the word, the favourite of the rightwing to beat the leftwing with –- who in turn, while disapproving of appeasement, openly embraced Muslim minority appeasement for electoral dividends. Other minorities like the Christian, Buddhist, Jain, Sikh and Parsi are considered too politically insignificant for […]

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By Ashis Biswas In dramatic contrast to the frenzied anti-India celebrations in Bangladesh following India’s loss to Australia in the one-day cricket final at Ahmedabad on November 19,, people in Pakistan have reacted far more soberly: in the lively Pakistani social media , there have been some expressions of sympathy for India’s hard loss, unlike […]

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By M. A. Hossain In the catastrophic context of Hamas-Israel conflict, China had stepped forward to mediate between the parties. Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, discussed the conflict situation with officials in Washington, perceiving the fear of a wider regional war. The US counterpart has assured full support for working with China to find a […]

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on a plea by the Andhra Pradesh government against a high court order granting regular bail to him in the skill development corporation scam case. A bench of justices Bela M Trivedi and SC Sharma issued notice to Naidu and directed […]

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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray (Left), Eknath Shinde on Tuesday hit out at Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde over his visit to neighbouring Telangana for poll campaigning amid losses faced by farmers in his home state due to unseasonal rains. Addressing a news conference, Thackeray demanded that a cabinet meeting be held immediately to […]

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Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari was on Tuesday suspended for the entire winter session of the West Bengal Assembly for making ”objectionable remarks” against Speaker Biman Banerjee. The suspension happened during a discussion on ’Constitution Day’ in the state assembly. A resolution under Rule 169 was tabled in the assembly to discuss ”how the Constitution […]

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Even as deliberations are on to finalise the appointment of Congress legislators and workers to key positions in various state-run boards and corporations, there seem to some differences among leaders over the process, with Home Minister G Parameshwara openly saying he was not consulted. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, however, tried to clarify, saying that no leader […]

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Rescuers have pulled out all 41 workers trapped for 17 days inside a collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel after rat miners drilled through the debris, triggering jubilation. The focus will now be on what led to the collapse and why the rescue took so long. The 41 workers were pulled out yesterday after a 17-day rescue operation […]

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A Delhi court has allowed Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar, accused in a money laundering case, to travel abroad. Special Judge Vikas Dhull allowed Congress member Shivakumar to travel to Dubai from November 29 to December 3 on an application moved by him. The application claimed that he was invited by His Excellency […]

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A political row erupted after the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government decided to slash the holidays for the state’s schools on the occasion of Hindu festivals while increasing them for Muslim festivals. The Bihar education department on Monday issued the holiday calendar for 2024 with fewer leaves and said the chart has been created to ensure […]

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The Congress on Monday slammed the BRS over the EC’s withdrawal of permission to the Telangana government for disbursements of financial aid to farmers under the Rythu Bandhu Scheme, alleging that those ruling the state, in their desperation to hang onto power, have ended up denying what is owed to farmers. The Congress also said […]

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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday continued to accuse Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of ”trying to mislead the public” about the alleged neglect shown by the central government towards the southern state. The CM had on Sunday charged Sitharaman with trying to mislead the public through her claims of timely disbursement of required […]

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The BJP has once again gone to the Election Commission of India, complaining against the Congress. The party has knocked on the doors of the poll body due to an advertisement by the Congress-ruled Karnataka government in Telangana edition dailies, which are circulated in poll-bound state, demanding criminal proceedings against Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah. Projecting […]

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MUMBAI: The banking sector is expected to witness rise in co-lending deals between Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and banks after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das asked shadow banks to reduce their over-dependence on bank funding. Smaller and mid-size NBFCs will prefer co-lending as funds sourced through banks will be cheaper than […]

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By Anjan Roy China’s is staring in the face of a possible financial sector crisis, with its largest privately owned non-banking financial company unable to meet its obligations. Zhongzhi financial company, having widespread exposure to China’s real estate sector, has failed to honour its obligations to its investors and defaulted. As such, the bankruptcy of […]

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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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By Girish Linganna Ever since militant group Hamas’s most audacious attack ever to be launched from Gaza blindsided Israel on October 7 this year, people have been questioning who the brains are behind masterminding this deadly strike. Notwithstanding their varied and checkered backgrounds and antecedents, they all have one thing in common: They are all […]

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