The growth numbers are just what RBI needs to hold rates next week; ahead of the 2024 polls, the BJP couldn’t have asked for more
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Tag Archives: india
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When ordinary people go out for a picnic by the lake with friends drop their phone into the water, they can only rant and rave. PREMIUM Even in a country immured to the ways of bureaucrats and government officials, Rajesh Vishwas’ move of water out draining reservoir of a dam to recover his new expensive […]
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That India rules world cricket with its economic might and a robust supply chain of elite-level homegrown talent is a universally acknowledged fact, but the latest season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) takes the country’s supremacy a notch or two higher. The two-month extravaganza featuring 70 games at a breathless frequency — it culminated […]
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The three biggest issues plaguing India’s prisons are festering corruption that allows criminal syndicates to run behind bars, overcrowding due to undertrials packed in colonial-era structures, and understaffing and underfunding of many big jails. These are worsened by India’s judicial system, especially the lower courts where hundreds of thousands of cases continue to languish, and […]
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In a country roiled by the climate crisis, one would think that every forest, protected or otherwise, is precious as a stabilising force that regulates ecosystems, protects biodiversity, supports livelihoods, and supplies goods and services that could drive sustainable growth. But this view, it seems, is at odds with the ones held by some policymakers. […]
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India’s new Parliament is going to open on a controversial note. On Wednesday, 19 Opposition parties issued a joint statement, saying they will stay away from the inauguration ceremony on May 28 because they believe the President, as the head of the State, should be the one presiding over the ceremony, not Prime Minister (PM) […]
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It may be India’s tech capital and one of its economic powerhouses but the infrastructure of Bengaluru is in shambles. More proof of this came over the weekend when a sudden torrent of rain in Bengaluru claimed the life of a 22-year-old Infosys staffer after her car was stuck in neck-deep waters at an underpass. […]
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The first furrows on the brows of policymakers would have started forming this week after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that the onset of the monsoon over Kerala will be delayed by at least three days. The error margin for this prediction is +/- 4 days, which means that the first signs of the […]
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The leaders of the Quad – the grouping of India, Australia, Japan and the United States – have often described the grouping as a force for good with a constructive agenda that focuses on key challenges of the Indo-Pacific region such as health security, climate change, clean energy transition, infrastructure and connectivity, and critical and […]
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Since the Covid-19 pandemic, protracted delays in the processing of visas for the United States have been a persistent irritant in an otherwise thriving bilateral relationship that has touched new highs and expanded in scope and depth. Despite several promises, it appears that the problem continues to linger. This newspaper reported on Monday that India’s […]