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Reactions: PM Modi and Dr Karan Singh welcome SC verdict on J&K

December 11, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Welcoming Monday’s Supreme Court verdict on Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the ruling on the abrogation of Article 370 as “historic” and said it is a “resounding declaration of hope, progress, unity for our sisters and brothers in J&K, and Ladakh”. “Today’s Supreme Court verdict on the […]

Business

Politics: Ujjain MLA Mohan Yadav is the new CM of Madhya Pradesh

December 11, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Springing yet another surprise after picking up Vishnudev Sai as the new Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday elected three-time Ujjain South MLA Mohan Yadav as the next CM of Madhya Pradesh. The move is seen as a significant step by the BJP […]

Defence

Jammu & Kashmir: SC upholds abrogation of Article 370; asks for Assembly polls by Sept. 2024

December 11, 2023 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Seventy-five years after Maharaja Hari Singh integrated the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir with the Indian Union, the Supreme Court on Monday sealed the matter as a fait accompli, upholding the Narendra Modi Government’s 2019 decision to legally abrogate the Article 370 and the “special status” to the restive border state that […]

Business

Technology: 51% of Indians believe AI will help improve productivity at work

December 11, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nearly a year after Artificial Intelligence (AI) ‘exploded’ worldwide as a disruptive technology innovation, at least 51 percent of Indians believe that it would help improve productivity at work, according to a new survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the multinational professional services brand of firms, operating as partnerships under the PwC […]

Business

Modi: With a 76% rating, the Indian PM is the most popular world leader, says a survey

December 9, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again topped the global leaders’ popularity chart, getting the highest rating of 76 percent, according to a survey. PM Modi was followed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (66 percent), Switzerland President Alain Berset (58 percent), and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da […]

Business

Economy: GDP growth reflects transformative reforms in the last 10 years, says PM Modi

December 9, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India’s GDP growth of 7.7 percent in the first six months of the current financial year (2023-24) reflects the country’s strengthening economy and the transformative reforms carried out in the last 10 years of the NDA government. Addressing the Infinity Forum 2.0 conference […]

English

Mahua Moitra And Crony Capitalism

December 8, 2023 Vinayak Barot

(Dr. Guru Prakash Paswan) Dr. BR Ambedkar, the architect of Indian Constitution remarked in his final speech to the Constituent Assembly: “Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of… social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of […]

Business

Onions: Ahead of LS polls, India bans the bulb’s export until March 2024

December 8, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The humble onion, whose higher prices have affected election results in the past, is back in the headlines. Some months ago, the onion prices had sky-rocketed multiple times and the government had to arrange for their marketing through its channels in different places to cool down the prices. Now, ahead […]

Business

Growth: Nirmala junks Chidambaram’s claims of jobless growth as “whimsical calculations”

December 8, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Tearing into the Opposition’s claims of India witnessing a ‘jobless growth,’ Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday dubbed these claims as a result of “whimsical calculations” and said careful implementation of various welfare schemes by the Modi government has ensured that benefits reach the people. Slamming Congress for its claims […]

Business

Economy: RBI hikes FY24 GDP estimate from 6.5% to 7%

December 8, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After several leading global rating agencies’ positive outlook in recent weeks, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) also raised the South Asian country’s GDP estimates from 6.5 percent earlier to 7 percent in the financial year 2023-24 on buoyant domestic demand and higher capacity utilization in the manufacturing sector. After […]