India can push growth close to 9 pc by implementing a few more reforms in next 5 years: Arvind Panagariya

India can push growth close to 9 pc by implementing a few more reforms in next 5 years: Arvind Panagariya

New Delhi: India can realistically push its economic growth close to 9 per cent from the current 7 per cent or so, by implementing a few more reforms in the next five years, Chairman of the 16th Finance Commission Arvind Panagariya said on Wednesday. Panagariya said Prime Minister Narendra Modi worked hard over the past … Read more

JPMorgan sees foreign investors flocking to Indian stocks after elections

JPMorgan sees foreign investors flocking to Indian stocks after elections

Indian equities are poised to lure more foreign inflows after the general elections, with the economy’s promising growth prospects and the Federal Reserve’s rate cuts acting as catalysts. That’s the view from Rajiv Batra of JPMorgan Chase & Co., who says global funds’ positioning in India’s $4.3 trillion stock market remains light and investors will … Read more

Modi charisma key factor in BJP’s bid to retain all 26 seats in Gujarat

Modi charisma key factor in BJP’s bid to retain all 26 seats in Gujarat

Ahmedabad: The charisma of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among the key factors most likely to influence voters in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections in Gujarat, according to political observers. Lok Sabha polls in Gujarat will be held in a single phase on May 7. Counting of votes will be held on June 4. Anti-incumbency, … Read more

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: NDAvs INDIA Central aims subnational strategies

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: NDAvs INDIA Central aims subnational strategies

“In 2024, Tamil Nadu is set to create history as the epicentre of the politics of development in India,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a public meeting in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu on February 27. “There is no bigger question than this [caste census]… There is a ceiling of 50% for reservations right now. When … Read more

Implementation of ‘guarantees’, decline of BRS favour Congress in Telangana, BJP aiming for better show

Implementation of ‘guarantees’, decline of BRS favour Congress in Telangana, BJP aiming for better show

Hyderabad: Riding on its success in the recent Legislative Assembly polls, the ruling Congress in Telangana is banking on the implementation of its poll ‘guarantees’ to score big in the Lok Sabha elections, being held on May 13. An Assembly bypoll will also be held on that day in this southern state. The morale of … Read more

A mysterious “push” probably behind Mamata Banerjee’s fall, suggests hospital director

A mysterious “push” probably behind Mamata Banerjee’s fall, suggests hospital director

Mamata Banerjee sustained injuries including a deep gash on her forehead, a cut on the nose, and concussion following a fall at her residence in Kalighat on Thursday evening. The director of the state-run SSKM Hospital told ToI that the injuries appeared to have been caused by “some push from behind.” Around 7:30 pm, the … Read more

PM inaugurates new terminal buildings of Pune and Kolhapur airports

PM inaugurates new terminal buildings of Pune and Kolhapur airports

Maharashtra DY Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar along with others during inauguration of a new terminal at the airport in Pune, on March 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 10 virtually inaugurated the new terminal buildings of Pune and Kolhapur airports in Maharashtra, featuring modern amenities. Deputy … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest: February 29, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest: February 29, 2024

India is a consensus builder in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by playing a key role in the process, but some countries are breaking that, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said. File | Photo Credit: ANI India is consensus builder at WTO, but certain nations are breaking that on certain issues, says Goyal India … Read more

Age had dimmed neither the vigour nor intensity of Fali Nariman

Age had dimmed neither the vigour nor intensity of Fali Nariman

Fali S. Nariman was many splendoured in what he did, so it is impossible to paint a complete picture of the man and his work. File | Photo Credit: PTI The country and its legal profession suffered an irreparable loss in the early hours of Wednesday when Fali Sam Nariman crossed the bar to move … Read more

PM Modi to launch projects worth ₹30,500 crore in Jammu and Kashmir on February 20

PM Modi to launch projects worth ₹30,500 crore in Jammu and Kashmir on February 20

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Photo Credit: PTI All eyes in J&K are on the upcoming public rally in Jammu to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 20. He is likely to inaugurate and announce projects worth ₹30,500 crore and formally kick off the party’s campaign for the Lok … Read more