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NEW DELHI: India, in the 13th ministerial conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in February, will push for fast-tracking its demand for a solution on public stockholding for food grains, over negotiations on other agriculture-related issues. “The public stockpiling of food grain is the longest-pending issue. Promise was made by the members in […]

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NEW DELHI: Telecom companies have urged the government to abolish the universal services obligation fund (USOF) levy, reduce licence fee, and bring in exemptions from Customs duty on import of telecom equipment and goods and services tax (GST). The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents major telecom companies, has made the recommendations to […]

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BENGALURU: Ecommerce sites had seen a significant dip in sales volume in December immediately after the end of the festive season, triggering growth concerns among online marketplaces and brands, according to industry executives. The ongoing Republic Day sales, however, have brought some respite to online shopping platforms, with a spike in consumption demand as per […]

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MUMBAI: Country’s largest IT services exporter TCS will train its entire staff of over 5 lakh software engineers on the upcoming Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) opportunity, as per a senior official. As a business opportunity, Gen AI is in its “early days” right now and the use cases are smaller right now, head of the […]

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CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu on Tuesday got recognized as the ‘Best Performer in the States’ at the fourth edition of Startup India Ranking 2022 conducted by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Tamil Nadu received the maximum score of 100 percent in three out of seven reform […]

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said he is “unlikely” to join Congress’ “Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra” led by Rahul Gandhi. When asked about this at a press conference at the party office here, Yadav said, “Neither the Congress nor the BJP invites us to their programmes.” Yadav, who flagged off “Samvidhan Bachao, Desh […]

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To counter the Opposition narrative on the Pran Pratishtha ceremony as a “political” event, the RSS, its affiliates, like-minded intellectuals, authors and academics have come up with their literature and started social media campaigns “based on their research” to promote Ram Temple as Bharat’s “civilisational” movement and its struggle for decades to find space. Over […]

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NEW DELHI: India’s crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia may pick up modesty after the kingdom cut the official selling price of its key export grade for February, but the demand for discounted Russian Urals is still seen surpassing that for the oil from Saudi Aramco. Analysts feel any lartge additional buying of Saudi crude […]

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NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections this year, the Government may double the insurance cover under its flagship Ayushman Bharat health scheme to Rs 10 lakh to ensure that serious diseases like cancer and transplants that entail more expenditure are supported by it. Plans are also afoot to include Kisan Samman Nidhi recipients, […]

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DAVOS: The global leadership is convinced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return to office after this year’s elections and is looking for the continuity of policy and social sector reforms put in place by him, Union Minister Smriti Irani said on Wednesday. In an interview to PTI at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting […]

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MUMBAI: Benchmark Sensex nosedived 1,628 points or 2.23 per cent on Wednesday, marking its biggest single-day slide in more than one-and-a-half years following an intense sell-off in banking, metal and oil shares triggered by weak global trends. The 30-share BSE Sensex plunged 1,628.01 points or 2.23 per cent to settle at 71,500.76 with 24 of […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Ramlalla Virajman in Ayodhya is still at the makeshift temple. Tomorrow, on January 19, He, in the form of a 9 inch idol has been reported to be shifted to His new abode still under-construction, just to be reduced to occupy secondary place in front of the 51-inch RSS-VHP-BJP’s make idol, […]

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By P. Sudhir The consecration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya on January 22 will symbolise the merger of State and religion under the rubric of Hindutva. Central to the `Pran Pratishtha’ of the idol of Lord Ram will be the role of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, underlining the fact that this is a State-sponsored […]

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By Arun Srivastava Seat Sharing is the vital component of the electoral strategy, but for leaders of INDIA bloc of Jharkhand, using the forum for espousing the cause of the adivasis and poor and fight for their identity and welfare is the primary mission. Leaving aside one or two seats, the opposition leaders have succeeded […]

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By Sushil Kutty The Congress has appointed YS Sharmila, the party chief of Andhra Pradesh. But Sharmila, who is the politically estranged sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, has a rather weak Andhra Pradesh unit of the Congress to fight her brother Jagan, who in turn is fighting anti-incumbency as well […]

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday strongly defended the party’s decision to not attend the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22 saying the event has been made into a “Narendra Modi and RSS-BJP function” with an “election flavour”. “The RSS and the BJP have made the January 22 function a […]

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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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NEW DELHI: The interim budget 2024-25 will likely allocate Rs 2.8-3 trillion for the Railways to keep its capex momentum intact, compared with Rs 2.4 trillion provided in the 2023-24 (Budget Estimate). This would mean that the transporter which makes little operational surplus would not have to resort to market borrowings for the third year […]

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MUMBAI: Consumer price index-based inflation, the main yardstick for the Reserve Bank of India’s policy making, is likely to average 4.5 per cent in the next financial year and gross domestic product (GDP) growth is likely to stay above 7 per cent, Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Wednesday. “At this stage, our expectation is that […]

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MUMBAI: A precipitous decline in shares of HDFC Bank, the most heavyweight component of the Nifty and the Sensex, on Wednesday, triggered the worst day for the domestic markets in nearly a year and a half. The Sensex closed at 71,501, shedding 1,628 points or 2.2 per cent, marking the most significant decline since June […]

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NEW DELHI: Worldwide IT spending is expected to total $5 trillion in 2024, an increase of 6.8 per cent from 2023, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. This is down from the previous quarter’s forecast of 8 per cent growth. However, within the total IT spend, IT services have become the largest segment and […]

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Pakistan on Thursday struck targets in Iran, a day after warning Tehran of “consequences” over its attack on the Jaish al-Adl group’s headquarters, according to local media reports. Pakistan has reportedly attacked the posts of two Baloch separatist groups — the Balochistan Liberation Front and the Balochistan Liberation Army. Iran attacked the Jaish al-Adl group’s […]

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DAVOS: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday asserted that India can become a five trillion dollar economy much before 2028 and said the country’s energy transition needs to be done in an orderly manner to safeguard the interests of its large population. Puri, the minister for petroleum and natural gas as well as housing […]

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NEW DELHI: Hospitality and travel sector players on Tuesday demanded infrastructure status for the hotel industry besides measures such as tax exemption on LTA annually to boost domestic tourism ahead of the Union Budget. They also recommended removal of the current TDS levied on automated bookings for internal or closed user groups such as business […]

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Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener, Arvind Kejriwal, is set to leave for a three-day visit to Goa on Thursday (January 18), the same day he has been asked to present himself for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Delhi excise case. Kejriwal, along with Punjab CM […]

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NEW DELHI: The Centre will impose a 50 per cent export duty on molasses from January 18 to ensure adequate domestic quantities for ethanol blending and keep inflation in check.  At present molasses attract zero export duty. Traders said the government has also decided to keep the current import duties on edible oils (crude and […]

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NEW DELHI: The government may extend the concessional 15 per cent income tax rate for corporates to set up new manufacturing units by one year till March 31, 2025, to encourage private investments, EY said in its 2024 Budget expectation report. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to present the interim Budget for 2024-25 on […]

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MUMBAI: The domestic insurance sector is on course to log in over 7 per cent annual growth over the next decade and the premium income is likely to double to around USD 450 billion by financial year 2033-34, an industry report said on Tuesday. The total premium income will more than double over the next […]

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DAVOS: Affirming that the fight against price rise is not yet over, IMF’s Gita Gopinath on Tuesday said interest rates are likely to stay higher than during the period immediately after the global financial crisis. There are expectations though that it will come down sometime this year, the International Monetary Fund’s First Deputy Managing Director […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial inauguration of Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22 will also mark the beginning of BJP’s campaign for Lok Sabah General Election 2024. Religious events, including fetching large number of Hindu devotees to Ayodhya Ramlala Darshan free of cost for the next two months, will be […]

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By K Raveendran The Supreme Court order staying the Allahabad High Court decision to appoint an advocate commission to conduct a survey of the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah complex in Mathura does not substantially alter the general approach of the judiciary with regard to the disputed places of worship, which is more in favour of faith […]

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By Sushil Kutty US Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley’s third place finish in Iowa means she should be out of the race. But the Indian-origin Republican’s Democrat voters are not ready for her to call it quits, as yet. Her dollar-donors also have skin in the game. Nikki Haley spent more dollars per vote than Ron […]

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By M A Hossain In the year 2023, Pakistan found itself grappling with an unprecedented surge in terrorist incidents. The Taliban’s triumph in Afghanistan has catalyzed the surge, which in turn emboldened and strengthened the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Over the past two years, the TTP underwent a transformative series of mergers, centralizing its organizational framework […]

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi expressed confidence on Tuesday that the seat-sharing issues among the INDIA bloc partners will be resolved and claimed that the coalition will defeat the BJP in this year’s Lok Sabha polls. He also said there is mutual respect and affection between the leaders of the INDIA bloc, which he asserted is […]

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