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By Girish Linganna The serial production of Russia’s new glide cluster bomb, Drel, is expected to commence before the year’s end. In light of this, it’s important to understand the characteristics of the Drel and assess whether it will be utilized in Russia’s ongoing special military operation. In Ukraine or in future elsewhere. Rostec, Russia’s […]

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By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury After failing to stop the January 7, 2024 general elections in Bangladesh by spending millions of dollars towards lobbyists and PR agencies in the United States, Britain and other Western nations, India and Hindu hating ultra-Islamist and pro-Pakistan Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has launched a movement titled ‘India Out’ with […]

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Ahead of the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony at Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir, veteran BJP leader LK Advani, who is also the former Home Minister of the country said that the temple’s inauguration was a ‘fulfillment of a divine dream’. An article written by Advani, titled ‘Construction of Ram Mandir – Fulfillment of a Divine Dream will be […]

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NEW DELHI: India’s retail inflation rose to 5.69 per cent in December 2023 up from 5.55 per cent in November last tear with higher food prices stretching household budgets, according to official figures released on Friday. Retail inflation inched up marginally in December, while industrial production in November plunged to an eight-month low of 2.4%, […]

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NEW DELHI: India and the US are working on a collaboration mechanism to jointly develop technologies to process critical minerals. If the deal goes through, it will be in addition to the US-led Minerals Security Partnership (MSP), a grouping of 14 nations including the European Union. India and the US have held the first round […]

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NEW DELHI: The government is expected to announce its commitment to reforms in the financial sector in the upcoming interim budget, laying the roadmap for big bang announcements in 2024-25, including the privatisation of a state-run bank and a general insurance firm, said people with knowledge of the matter. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is also […]

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NEW DELHI: India is expected to clock a GDP growth in the range of 6.9-7.2 per cent in the current financial year on the back of improving economic fundamentals, Deloitte India said in an update to its quarterly outlook. As per the first advance estimates of national income released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), […]

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A group of seers being targeted by a mob in West Bengal has resulted in another showdown between the BJP and the ruling Trinamool Congress. Twelve people have been arrested in connection with the attack on seers after the videos of the incident went viral. Sources say the seers or sadhus, who were on their […]

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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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GANDHINAGAR: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said India has a USD 10.1 trillion funding gap to meet its net zero commitment and asked IFSC to set up a platform where green credits can be traded. Speaking at a session ‘An aspiration of modern India’ at the GIFT City, the minister said companies in India […]

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NEW DELHI: India is reviewing the entire gamut of withholding tax provisions in line with the country’s overall thrust to simplify the tax structure to make it easier for businesses and reduce disputes. There are several tax deducted at source (TDS) provisions with different thresholds and multiple rates. This has created a TDS maze that […]

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India’s industries are counting on the government to target larger capex outlay of atleast ₹12-lakh crore in the upcoming interim Budget (2024-25) to support higher GDP growth in a year when global economic slowdown in expected to be pronounced. This comes even as the private sector’s side of investment push has not been exuberant in […]

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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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NEW DELHI: The net direct tax collection so far this fiscal rose 19.41 per cent to Rs 14.70 lakh crore, reaching about 81 per cent of the full-year target, the income tax department said on Thursday. The government has budgeted to collect Rs 18.23 lakh crore from direct taxes (personal income tax and corporate tax), […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Supreme Court’s refusal to stay implementation of Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023 has shattered the dream of the people for a free and fair Lok Sabha Election 2024, though the court has agreed to hear the pleas against the […]

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By Arun Srivastava Economics and culture could be mixed but certainly not the politics. It could be either centrist, liberal or rightist, but definitely not mixed. Ever since its birth in 1885, Congress has been a congregation of all shades of people, from rightists, centrists to leftists, but it steadfastly pursued the secular tenets. Nevertheless, […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra Who will be the I.N.D.I.A. bloc’s prime ministerial face, Mallikarjun Kharge or Nitish Kumar? Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has emerged as the new champion of the cause of social justice, holding an unprecedented caste survey in the state. Nitish has always fancied and is seen as having the credentials for the […]

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By Tirthankar Mitra The legendary Kolkata based music maestro Ustad Rashid Khan’s untimely departure to the way of all flesh is not only an occasion for mourning for all those who love music and life. It cuts a link between the traditional and modern space; style was the man who had also brushed the gaps […]

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Another notice was served to the expelled TMC MP, Mahua Moitra by the Ministry of Urban Development regarding the official residence that she continues to occupy despite the expulsion. This is the second notice that has been sent to the TMC MP by the Ministry in the last week. The Ministry has sought a reply […]

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NEW DELHI: Any further shift among the taxpayers to the concessional personal income tax regime from 60% reported so far will require further tweaks to make it more attractive, government sources said on condition of anonymity. A few options in this regard are under consideration, they said, but hinted that these steps might get deferred […]

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Microsoft overtook Apple as the world’s most valuable company on Thursday after the iPhone maker’s shares made a weak start to 2024 due to growing concerns over demand. Shares of Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft were last up 1.6%, giving it a market valuation of $2.875 trillion as its early lead in the race to make money […]

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MUMBAI: In a measure that could bring relief to promoters of startups, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is in favour of relaxing the rules on the minimum promoters’ contribution at the time of an initial public offering (IPO). As startup founders typically dilute their stakes in the course of fundraises, they are […]

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MUMBAI/BENGALURU: India’s information technology (IT) leaders have once again sent out a signal that the macro environment is tough and that their clients are spending cautiously. Kicking off the earnings season on Thursday, the third quarter results of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys reflected the slowdown in the global markets. While attrition has been […]

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Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily was rather evasive when asked if he will attend the Ayodhya consecration event. Moily told News18 that there is no restriction imposed on him, and that the Congress high command has permitted those who want to attend the event on January 22. He said the consecration ceremony is being “politicised” under

The political war of words continues over invitations to the pran pratishtha of Ram Lalla’s idol after the Congress said it will not be attending the inauguration of the Ayodhya temple on January 22. Analysts are saying the grand old party may have committed a blunder going into the Lok Sabha elections. But, some others […]

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In a big relief, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted interim protection to ED officials in the Sandeshkhali incident in West Bengal, where they were attacked by a mob when they went to search TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh’s house on January 5 in connection with an alleged ration distribution scam. The protection came as […]

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West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the ‘One Nation, One Election’ idea is not practically feasible going by India’s federal structure. Hours after sending a letter to Dr Niten Chandra, secretary of a high-level committee that has called for suggestions for implementation of the idea, Banerjee requested the […]

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CHENNAI: The renewable energy sector reported a 19 per cent decline in new capacity addition to the grid in the calendar year 2023. The total new capacity addition in the clean energy sector stood at 12.9 GW in 2023 when compared with a new capacity addition of about 16 GW, the highest-ever annual capacity added […]

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India is planning to lower its budget deficit by at least 50 basis points in 2024/25 from this year’s target of 5.9 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), while also looking to raise capital spending by as much as 20 per cent, two government officials said. Shrinking the fiscal deficit and yet at the […]

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MUMBAI: The monetary policy committee (MPC) is expected to keep rates unchanged for the remainder of this fiscal amid weak agricultural output and tight global food supplies posing upside risks to inflation, and global market volatility, according to a Crisil Market Intelligence and Analytics report. A rate cut is expected only in the first quarter […]

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NEW DELHI: Signalling a recovery from the Covid-19-induced pandemic, growth in the real wages stayed positive in India for the second consecutive year in 2022, the latest study by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) shows. Along with Turkiye, India is the only country among the G20 grouping that saw positive growth in real wages for […]

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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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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Hinduism is a religion, but Hindutva is politics. Former is rooted in religiosity, but the later in hate politics as practiced by RSS-BJP clan. ‘Jai Sri Ram’ had been a religious and pious expression in Hinduism, but RSS-BJP clan has been misusing this as a tool against their opponents to tease […]

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