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By Arun Srivastava In October last year at the Group of 20 summit in New Delhi, Narendra Modi had projected India under his rule as a rising diplomatic powerhouse and elicited sycophantic commentary on its growing confidence. While boasting of his image of a ‘Vishwa Guru’, Modi often ignores the bare fact that goodwill cannot […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty The World Economic Forum (WEF), the organization of big global CEO’s and neo liberal think tanks has expressed its concern at the impact of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) indiscriminately in the industries of the countries, both developed and developing. The random use of the latest human intelligence technology will be […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Uncertainty in Global labour market is likely to continue while unemployment is set to rise in 2024. Growing inequality and stagnant productivity will also be cause of concern on the economic front, especially at a time when the global economy is on track for the slowest half-decade of growth in 30 […]

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Hours after Congress released a statement refusing to attend the consecration ceremony of Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22, many of its alliance partners, including Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Samajwadi Party (SP), and Trinamool Congress (TMC), too announced their ‘inability to attend’ the event. Terming the day “Chunav Navami” and RSS-BJP’s ‘political gimmick’, the […]

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In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday accused him of using faith for electoral gain and said “one should not do dhongbaazi (deception) for votes”. Addressing the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra flag-off rally here, Kharge alleged that Modi comes to Manipur for votes but when people were […]

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Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge appearing with a muffler protecting his ears from the cold as he shook hands with the original ‘Muffler Man’, AAP boss Arvind Kejriwal, has sparked animated discussions in political circles. Even though the muffler seemed to have shifted from one leader to the other, the poor thing could not escape some […]

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Trinamool Congress Chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants to change the name of her state to ‘Bangla’. She argues that because West Bengal came at the bottom of the alphabetical list, its representatives are forced to wait till the end during Central meetings. On Thursday, in her renewed call, Banerjee pointed out […]

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MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monetary policy action may be credited for reducing core Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation in the recent months, but a sub-4% core print also denotes weak demand conditions in the country at an aggregate level, say economists. Curiously, this is also a bit at odds with the RBI’s […]

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NEW DELHI: Electronics exports from India to the US jumped over two-fold year-on-year to USD 6.6 billion during January-September 2023, industry body ICEA has said. India Cellular and Electronics Association Chairman Pankaj Mahindroo told PTI that this is an all-time high electronics export from India, while the share of electronics imported from China into the […]

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NEW DELHI: The government is set to enlist state-run power sector companies such as NTPC, NHPC, Power Grid Corporation and SJVN to support its efforts to push households to adopt the rooftop solar programme. Guidelines to be announced soon would allow these public sector units to cover the installation cost for the solar systems and […]

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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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Milind Deora formally joined the Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Sunday, hours after he quit the Congress. His ‘Paksh Pravesh’ took place at the Chief Minister’s official residence– Versha– in the presence of Shinde and other senior party leaders. After resigning from Congress’s primary membership, Deora said he was going on the […]

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By Devasis Chattopadhyay On 22 January 2024, India will change forever. It’s a misstep we may never recover from, a change triggered by a temple. In our country, regardless of religion, we consecrate shrines all the time. In a multi-faith and primarily agrarian society, home to 140 crore population, places of worship possess a wonderful […]

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By Dr Arun Mitra War is the most serious threat to public health with catastrophic effects on infrastructure and environment and accounts for more deaths & disability than many major diseases combined. It destroys families, communities and sometimes whole cultures. It channels limited resources away from health and other social needs. Any nuclear exchange can […]

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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav A lot has happened over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s blissful walk on the sandy pristine beach of one of India’s least explored tourism destinations – Lakshadweep. Living among 1.40 billion people has its share of joys and perils. One of the most irritating problems that most Indians face is the lack […]

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By C.J. Atkins The strongest weapon the ruling class possesses is its control of the press—its domination of the sources through which people get their information. A hundred years ago, a group of radical workers and Marxist writers launched a publication in the United States of America they hoped would break the monopoly that bosses […]

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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 […]

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NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday asserted that there was no dispute among the INDIA bloc members over appointing its convenor even as he said there was no need to project any face for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the leader can be chosen once the results are declared. He said that during a […]

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be hitting the road again. This time from Manipur to Mumbai, as part of his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, which begins today. The first leg of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari to Kashmir was quite a success as it had at least ended the perception of the Wayanad MP as […]

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With its senior leader Milind Deora resigning just before the start of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the Congress on Sunday alleged that the timing of the announcement of his departure from the party was determined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh told PTI that Deora had spoken with him over […]

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Yoga guru Ramdev found himself at the centre of controversy following a viral video where he seemed to make remarks against Other Backward Classes (OBC). Ramdev, however, came forward to clarify that his comments were directed at AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi and not intended to insult the OBC community. The video, widely circulated on social […]

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NAGPUR: Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said 75 new airports have been built in the last ten years as part of the Narendra Modi government’s vision to bring air travel within the reach of a vast number of common citizens and asserted the key sector was on the upswing and still holds […]

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NEW DELHI: The Council for Leather Exports (CLE) has asked the government to provide fiscal incentives in the Budget such as the PLI scheme and reinstatement of import duty exemption on certain goods to boost manufacturing and exports. The council has also suggested the government to consider permitting the export of all value-added leathers, including […]

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Leaders of INDIA bloc parties the Congress and AAP held a meeting on Friday to discuss seat sharing in Delhi, Punjab and other states for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, with both sides saying the talks were progressing well. The meeting at Congress leader Mukul Wasnik’s residence on Friday evening went on for nearly two […]

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday claimed that there will be a political earthquake in the state after the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.Shinde was speaking at a public meeting in neighbouring Navi Mumbai after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the ’Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri-Nhava Sheva Atal Setu’, the longest sea bridge in the country […]

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said anyone having faith in Lord Ram can visit the Ayodhya temple any day and added the BJP was attacking his party over the decision to decline the invite to the January 22 consecration ceremony as part of “a conspiracy”. The Congress has never hurt any religion or guru, […]

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NEW DELHI: The central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) and other government agencies like the NHAI and the Railways have invested Rs 5.51 trillion or 75% of their combined FY24 capital expenditure target in April-December period. On an annual basis, these entities’ capex grew by robust 22.4% in the first nine months of the current financial […]

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NEW DELHI: In a boost to self-reliance in developing advanced missile technology, India on Friday successfully test fired the New General Akash (Akash-NG) missile from the integrated test range, Chandipur off the coast Odisha, defence ministry officials said here.  The missile has a range of more than 80 km, it was learnt. Giving details, they […]

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NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries Ltd, India’s largest company, has launched the Graduate Engineer Trainee programme, aiming to hire graduate engineers across businesses – from petrochemicals to new energy. Reliance has opened its entry-level recruitment drive for young engineers named the Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET) 2024 programme from all over India, with an aim to nurture […]

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MUMBAI: Forex reserves declined sharply by USD 5.89 billion to USD 617.3 billion for the week ending January 5 after rising for four consecutive weeks, according to the weekly Reserve Bank data released on Friday. So far this fiscal, the reserves have increased USD 55.72 billion, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). In […]

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By Sushil Kutty The opposition INDI-Alliance is confident that unity among opposition parties will fetch easy victories against the Bharatiya Janata Party in the majority of the 543 constituencies in 2024 because in 2019, Modi’s victorious party could get only 38 percent of the total votes polled, while the remaining 62 percent were “cast against” […]

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By Arun Srivastava Now there is no more ambiguity. For almost a week, the four Shankaracharyas, the symbols of the Sanatan Dharma, are being ridiculed and humiliated at every public forum. The situation certainly did not acquire a nasty dimension all of a sudden. The manner in which the RSS and BJP have been denigrating […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak What has Ramlala in Ayodhya to do with Mumtaz Khan in Purulia? The question seems to be absurd and ridiculous on the surface, but when the Chief Priest of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Pujya Acharya Satyendra Das, recalls Mumtaz Khan while consecration rituals are under way, the question become important. The […]

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By K Raveendran Shipping rates have already gone up by more than three times in a week after the January 9 attack by Houthis on the Red Sea. But supply chain professionals are warning that the rates are going to further shoot up in the coming weeks. This is bad news for India’s export-import trade, […]

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