By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP has swept mayoral election in Uttar Pradesh by winning all 17 seats, which has heightened the morale and aspirations of Chief Minister Yogi Aditya Nath and the party’s rank and file who are now aiming at winning all the 80 Lok Sabha seats from the state in 2024 general elections. […]
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By Sushil Kutty How many of us were aware of the President of the Wrestling Federation of India before the name resounded in ugly resonance from Jantar Mantar in New Delhi? Hardly any beyond maybe 10 lakhs, 20-30-40-50 lakhs, perhaps one-two crores – the sort of people who vote for candidates in assembly and parliamentary […]
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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no denying it. The spectacular Congress victory in Karnataka Assembly elections has come as a much-needed morale booster for the party unit in Kerala. But the question is: Can the Kerala unit do a Karnataka in the State? The answer is: it is not at all easy, given the […]
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In an apparent message to the dissident camp led by Sachin Pilot in Rajasthan, the Congress’ state in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Saturday reminded them of how the leaders in the past had fared after leaving the party. Randhawa, who reached Jaipur airport, was replying to queries on the future of Pilot in the party. […]
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The fight between Delhi government and Centre remains on with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal now retweeting a post of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from 2013 in which PM Modi wrote “why ordinance?”. PM Modi was the Gujarat chief minister back then and had posted the tweet to hit out at Congress that was at the […]
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By Harihar Swarup What are some of the implications of the Congress’s emphasis and creditable win in Karnataka for national politics? At one level it would be unwise to extrapolate from state to national elections. The logic of these elections is not always aligned. Nevertheless, the Karnataka results has implications for how we understand the […]
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By K Raveendran The withdrawal of Rs 2,000 notes by the Reserve Bank of India and the brief window allowed to exchange the notes until September 30 will provide another opportunity for black money holders to launder their ill-gotten wealth just like its infamous precedent seven years ago did. In fact, the surprise RBI move […]
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Highlights of FY2022/23 Results For the financial year ended 31 March 2023, total sales were US$3,646 million – an increase of 6% compared to the prior year. Excluding the effects of foreign currency movements and acquisitions, underlying sales increased by 11% Gross profit totalled US$716 million – an increase of 2% EBITA, adjusted to exclude non-cash foreign exchange rate movements and restructuring charges, decreased by 10% to […]
By Prabhat Patnaik Under pressure from globalised finance capital, most countries of the world have enacted legislation fixing the size of the fiscal deficit as a proportion of GDP; generally it is 3 percent, and in India it is 3 per cent for the centre and 3 per cent for the states. The US however […]
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By Sushil Kutty The “nagging Congress infighting in Karnataka” is glaringly out in the open. And the headlines are making the Congress look like a bunch of children at a candy store. The party is ridden with the suicidal impulses. One view is that the Congress high command should put its foot down, name its […]
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The RMB 1 billion SLL also represents the first in the Chinese pulp and paper industry SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 18 May 2023 – Royal Golden Eagle (“RGE”), a global group of resource-based manufacturing companies, has announced that its member company Asia Symbol (Shandong) Pulp and Paper Co., Ltd. (“Asia Symbol“) – a world leading producer of pulp and paper – has signed a first-of-its-kind sustainability-linked […]
RSS-linked Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) will launch a nationwide campaign to reach out to the minority community with the theme of “one nation, one flag, one national anthem”, ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the organisation said on Wednesday. MRM volunteers will spread the message of “true Muslim, good citizen” among members of the […]
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Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury US President Joe Biden’s scandalous son Hunter Biden, who has earlier met with State Department official on behalf Gabriel Popoviciu, a corrupt Romanian real estate tycoon in exchange for US$1 million when Joe Biden was vice president in 2016, has been now working for Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), a hardcore Islamist political party in Bangladesh and been vigorously pushing several agendas set by BNP. […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The WHO’s warning on precipitous adoption of AI must serve as a wake-up call for the world. These new AI-based tools require vigilance, especially in light of such rapidly expanding platforms such as ChatGPT, Bard, BERT, and many others that imitate understanding, processing, and producing human communication, World Health Organization has […]
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By Satyaki Chakraborty Sheetla Singh who founded the Hindi language daily Jan Morcha based in Faizabad in 1958 and nurtured it for the last 65 years turning it into a real people’s paper passed away on Tuesday. He was 91 and active in his editorial responsibilities till the end. His demise is being mourned by […]
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Karnataka BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Tuesday alleged ‘Talibanisation’ has started in the state after the victory of the Congress in the Assembly polls and those indulging in “anti-national activities” are “rising up” to destroy peace. The Lok Sabha member from Dakshina Kannada met family members of Krishnappa, a BJP worker who was allegedly […]
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By K Raveendran Contrary to what is considered to be the general perception, post-millennial Gen Z-ers, meaning those who are aged between eight and 23 years, are more likely than other generations to cite negative feelings about social media. They are also more likely to report having poor mental health. These are among the findings […]
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44% of shoppers in Hong Kong place price as top spending consideration Yet, despite cost-of-livings pressures, 76% remain ‘sustainably-minded’ Next day delivery or fast format fulfilment tops ‘sustainable’ shoppers’ eco vices 42% would pay more for fast fulfilment, but 26% would pay more for carbon-neutral deliveries HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 15 May 2023 – A price versus principles paradox is creating a new cohort […]
69% of global shoppers place price as top consideration in their buying journeys Yet, despite cost-of-livings pressures, 73% remain ‘sustainably-minded’ shoppers Next day delivery or fast format fulfilment tops ‘sustainable’ shoppers’ eco vices 45% would pay more for fast fulfilment, but 26% would pay more for carbon-neutral deliveries SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Media OutReach – 15 May 2023 – A price versus principles paradox is creating a new […]
By K R Sudhaman The welcome development in Indian economy is that Inflation, riding on base effect, has moved below five per cent mark in April this year. But worrying factor is slowdown in Industrial and consumer goods production as IIP growth decelerated to 1.1 per cent in March this year. As a result rating […]
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By Ashis Biswas Union Home Minister Mr Amit Shah’s belated announcement assuring that no official decision would be made regarding a proposed alteration in the status of Meitei tribespeople in Manipur state without a comprehensive discussion among all concerned groups and stakeholders is most welcome. However, the violent Manipur episode has left several disturbing questions […]
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By Tirthankar Mitra Time was when hearts beat faster whenever Imran Khan charged in to bowl or looked the way the red ball moving at him as he raised his bat to send it to the ropes or outside the stadium. One does not recall too many occasions when the outstanding all rounder was stumped. […]
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Describing the Karnataka assembly poll results as a “ray of hope”, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said she hopes that the rest of the country will also reject “communal politics” and vote for its development and prosperity. Mehbooba’s remarks came after the Congress emerged as the clear winner in the electoral battle in Karnataka. […]
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The Karnataka lectoral results are the “beginning of the end” for BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed on Saturday. Banerjee also asserted the moral of the Karnataka assembly poll results is that people “want plurality” and that “no central design to dominate” can repress them. Adding for good measure, she said that the […]
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