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By Arun Srivastava More than the leadership of the Congress and Samajwadi Party, it is the media, which is relatively inquisitive and worried about the two parties still not resolving the contentious issue of seat sharing in Uttar Pradesh. While the leaders of two parties express their gratification at the pace and dimension of the […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra To consolidate its EBC, OBC and Dalit vote bank ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar has passed a proposal to provide financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh each to more than 94 lakh families identified based on the recently conducted caste survey. A proposal […]

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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday predicted that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) will emerge as the single-largest party in the upcoming Lok Sabha 2024 elections. He, however, said the BJP can be stopped from achieving the feat by significantly bringing down its seat tally and forcing its allies to lose confidence in the National […]

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By Kalyani Shankar Congress Party’s responsibilities have increased with the decision of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc Opposition coalition to name Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge as the President. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has declined the post of convenor. Forming partnerships before elections is relatively easy, but the real challenge lies in agreeing on seats. How difficult […]

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NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday signed an agreement to acquire five lithium brine blocks for exploration and development in Argentina. The agreement was signed between Khanij Bidesh India Ltd (KABIL) and Catamarca Minera Y Energética Sociedad Del Estado (CAMYEN), a state-owned mining and energy company in the Argentine province of Catamarca. This is the […]

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NEW DELHI: The Build Operate Transfer (BOT) model for highway construction is back, with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) calling bids for projects entailing combined investments of Rs 31,000 crore via this route. In all, 8 key highway stretches including a greenfield access-controlled expressway is proposed to be developed in the BOT model, […]

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Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has not yet accepted a proposal to name him the convener of the INDIA bloc, even as leaders of the opposition front held a meeting via video conferencing on Saturday where they discussed seat-sharing and preparations for the Lok Sabha elections. The Trinamool Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and Samajwadi Party […]

The post Nitish believed to have ‘refused’ INDIA Bloc convener post first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: The commerce ministry has called a high-level inter-ministerial meet next week to discuss ways to insulate India’s trade from the ongoing problems in the Red Sea, a senior official said on Thursday. Senior officials from five ministries — external affairs, defence, shipping and finance and commerce — will participate in the deliberations. The […]

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NEW DELHI: India has submitted all relevant data on its social security schemes sought by the US to start negotiations on a bilateral totalisation agreement that would exempt short-term visa holders from contributing to social security and will push for it at the India-US Trade Policy Forum (TPF) meeting on Friday, an official has said. […]

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Electricity being a very political sensitive issue and States having a major role to play, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, laid out his intent to strengthen the sector. He stressed for the need to implement a comprehensive power policy in the State after conducting a detailed study of the existing power policies adopted by […]

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US regulators for the first time approved exchange-traded funds that invest directly in Bitcoin, a move heralded as a landmark event for the roughly $1.7 trillion digital-asset sector that will broaden access to the largest cryptocurrency on Wall Street and beyond. The Securities and Exchange Commission, whose three-part mandate includes investor protection, authorized funds from […]

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NEW DELHI: Reiterating the demand for a reduction in tariffs and duties on components and subassemblies imported for making smartphones in India, the India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) on Wednesday said such a reduction in input tariffs could increase the country’s smartphone exports by nearly four times to $39 billion (around Rs 3.2 trillion) […]

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NEW DELHI: After bilaterally resolving many major trade disputes that had reached the dispute settlement body at the World Trade Organisation, trade ministers of India and US will meet here on Friday to discuss other pending issues. Fast-tracking of the process of inspection and audit of Indian pharma companies by US Food and Drug Administration, […]

The post Pharma, Restoration Of Duty Reliefs To Top India-Us Trade Forum Agenda first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: The commerce ministry has set up a task force to identify and resolve trade barriers being faced by exporters in other countries, a move which would help provide greater market access to domestic goods, an official said. The development assumes significance as many times India’s exports suffer from these barriers such as time […]

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COLOMBO: Six months after it was announced by the prime ministers of both countries, India has discussed the early launch of the UPI payment system with Sri Lanka and reiterated its support in the cash-strapped island nation’s debt restructuring process. In July 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe signed an […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty The seat sharing talks between the constituents of INDIA block have started in right earnest. Congress high command has finally understood the need for early clinching of the agreements between the INDIA partners taking into the specifics of the political situation in each state. It is a welcome development. To start with, […]

The post Congress-Left Seat Sharing In A Few States Will Be Positive For Lok Sabha Polls first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: As India and the four-member European Union Free Trade Association (EFTA) enter the final rounds of negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA), the decision of Switzerland to bring down its import tariffs on industrial goods to zero has limited the gains that can be derived from the deal for New Delhi. Switzerland […]

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NEW DELHI: The negotiations on India-Oman free trade agreement that were racing towards concussion may drag a bit longer as Indian petrochemical producers have opposed any deep duty cuts on polypropylene and polyethylene that might be offered in the pact. Both polypropylene and polyethylene, key raw materials for plastics, currently attract import tax (basic customs […]

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By Harihar Swarup As Bangladesh prepares for its 12th parliamentary polls on January 7, speculation abounds on the impact of the election outcome on Dhaka’s relationship with Delhi. From historic landmarks such as the 2015 land boundary agreement to lows during 2001-2006, when a coalition led by the current Opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party […]

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