Budget expectations: With the Union Budget 2025 less than three weeks away, TV Mohandas Pai, Chairman of Aarin Capital and former CFO of Infosys, said that the government should think about offering income tax relief to the middle class and simplify the existing taxation system. In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Pai said the government should think … Read more
Bangladesh‘s Muhammad Yunus-led interim administration has joined hands with Pakistan to revive the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) amid India’s focus on Bimstec (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) as an effective regional organisation connecting South Asia with Southeast Asia. Advisers of Yunus, including his close aide Mahfuz Alam … Read more
Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, has said that Maharashtra’s Ladki Bahin Yojana cash benefit scheme was a gamechanger for the Bhartiya Janta Party and was key to their landslide victory in the recently concluded elections in the state. Wood said the unexpected success of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the … Read more
The Central government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has extended the coverage of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) to include senior citizens above the age of 70. These beneficiaries will now receive an additional Rs 5 lakh in health insurance coverage. The government has also made PM-JAY available … Read more
London: The Free Trade Agreement negotiations with India — expected to significantly boost the estimated GBP 42-billion a year bilateral trade partnership — will be relaunched early in the new year, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has informed the UK Parliament here. It came during his statement to update the House of Commons on Thursday about … Read more
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has stressed that nothing stops the private sector from coming and doing business in India, noting that there are many non-Indian private insurance companies that are already operating in India. In her remarks during a fireside conversation with CSIS President and CEO John J Hamre on ‘India’s Economic Aspirations’ on … Read more
A potential Donald Trump victory and economic troubles at home have prompted China to embark on a charm offensive, particularly with US allies and partners. From proclaiming a desired “fresh start” with Japan to a detente with India, Chinese officials have sought to dial down diplomatic friction days ahead of the US presidential election. Beijing … Read more
Army jawans returning from an encounter site in Adigam village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR The enthusiastic electoral participation of the people of J&K has proved that they envisage democracy as the ultimate mode of getting involved in the political processes. This explicit endorsement of democratic politics is not merely … Read more
Usha Chilukuri Vance loves her “meat and potatoes” husband, JD Vance. She explained to a rapt Republican National Convention audience how their vice-presidential candidate adapted to her vegetarian diet and even learned to cook Indian food from her immigrant mother. That image of her white, Christian husband making the spicy cuisine of her parents’ native … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a Guard of Honour on 78th Independence Day at the Red Fort, in New Delhi, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian contingent from the Paris Olympics, student beneficiaries from the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), workers of the Border Roads Organisation and sarpanches were among the 6,000 … Read more