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By Sushil Kutty The first thing Prime Minister Narendra Modi did after cornering three states in the ‘Hindi heartland’ was to address Indian Navy personnel on Navy Day and proclaim that ranks in the Indian Navy will be renamed so that the ranks reflected Indian culture. The uniforms of sailors and officers of the Indian […]

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MUMBAI: India’s corporate bond market is expected to more than double from Rs 43 trillion in Financial Year 2022-23 (FY23) to Rs 100-120 trillion by FY 2030, said a report by CRISIL Ratings on Monday. The market is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9 per cent over the years. […]

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New Delhi: State-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) is set to boost its coal transportation network by completing several railway projects by 2025, aiming to increase its coal evacuation capacity in response to the country’s energy demand. Among the projects, the Tori-Shivpur New BG Double line, running 43.70 km, has been operational since December 2019 and […]

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NEW DELHI: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation’s top oil firm, has revised the estimates of cost of expanding the Panipat refinery in Haryana by 10 per cent to Rs 36,225 crore and pushed back completion deadline by more than a year to December 2025. IOC is expanding its 15 million tonnes a year refinery, […]

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NEW DELHI: As the world celebrated International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) on December 3, corporate India has kept up with efforts to make workplaces more inclusive and accessible. Organisations across sectors are taking initiatives such as equipping offices with practical work tools like Braille-friendly and voice-enabled lifts and screen readers. While inclusion has […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee In his recent Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was troubled by the trend of some “big families” conducting weddings abroad, and urged people to hold such celebrations on Indian soil so that the country’s money does not leave its shores. “The wedding season as well has […]

The post India Needs A Strong Resolution To Protect Its Currency first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

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 […]

The post Growth Data For This Fiscal’s Second Quarter Has Many Encouraging Signs first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak A two-volume new ILO research has revealed that participation of India in Global Value Chains (GVCs) has resulted into social downgrading of the workforce, chiefly due to non-integration of labour standards into trade and investment. It is just opposite our expectation, since GVCs are a prominent feature of international trade, which […]

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By Kunal Bose India’s unreserved opposition to China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative launched across four continents over ten years ago by President Xi Jinping with great fanfare was given vent to from time to time by powers that be, including prime minister Narendra Modi. More recently, India’s external affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi […]

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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 […]

The post Indian Foreign Diplomacy Is In A Mess Despite All The Talk Of Vishwaguru first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

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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By Rahil Nora Chopra The peoples verdict for the five state assembly elections will frame future political course of Rahul Gandhi. A win for Congress in these elections will direct the path for Rahul Gandhi’s political ascendance and recognition as the potent eligible and desired national leader. A win will also make other opposition 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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NEW DELHI: India’s core sector output, that measures production by eight industries, grew 12.1 per cent in October compared to the same time last year, the government said on Thursday. A low base effect and double-digit growth in four industries – electricity, coal, steel, and cement – drove up production. The core sector output had […]

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By Arun Srivastava Any amount of money that is being spent on the Dalits and poor in the management of RSS-BJP’s political perception is a national waste. During the UPA era, the Sangh had used its might to try foil Dr Manmohan Singh’s move to get the Food Security Bill passed by the Parliament. While […]

The post Modi’s Design To Deny Education To His Favoured Electoral Base first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Krishna Jha November 3 this year marked the centenary of the great trade union leader in banking, H L Parwana. On this day we recall him and his contributions to the history of banking industry in our country. For the cause of banking he sacrificed his life, and toiled to emancipate the bank employees […]

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MUMBAI: India joined an exclusive group of countries that includes the likes of the United States, China, and Japan after its market capitalisation (mcap) hit the $4 trillion mark on Wednesday. Total market value of all companies listed on the BSE during the day increased by Rs 2.24 trillion, or 0.7 per cent, to Rs […]

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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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Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday was all praises for the present party chief, saying Mallikarjun Kharge is best suited to lead the grand old party at the “crucial juncture” in which it finds itself. She said Kharge has always placed party organisation above personal interest, which makes him a strong organisational leader. “…He […]

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NEW DELHI: The 16th Finance Commission (FC) may be urged to consider incentives for improvement in debt consolidation and quality of expenditure, issues which were considered by the 15th FC too, though it did not assign any specific weights to them in either in the criteria for tax devolution or disbursal of grants-in-aid. The setting […]

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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 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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