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MODI’S RISE FROM BLIND LANE OF POLITICS

Amulya Ganguli - 2013-12-03 10:57
Irrespective of whether Narendra Modi wins or loses, he must be given credit for having been able to emerge from the blind lane in which he found himself after the 2002 riots.

India hopeful of shale gas reserves discovery : PM

TAPI to be a reality by 2017-18, India to be energy dependent by 2030
ASHOK B SHARMA - 2013-12-03 06:54
New Delhi: India is hopeful that the ambitious Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline will be operational by 2017-18.

WTO ministerial: Time to ensure food security and fair play in global trade

ASHOK B SHARMA - 2013-12-02 13:35
Trade diplomacy is altogether a different ball game. In their quest to perpetuate their domination of the global economy, the developed countries have sought to rope in and subdue the developing and the least developed countries under a multi-lateral trade arrangement. After years of concerted efforts they succeeded in their effort through the Marrakesh Agreement, leading to the setting up of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1995, replacing the earlier arrangement – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

SAUDI DEPORTATION HITS WEST BENGAL

10,000 LABOUR BACK WITH GRIM PROSPECTS
Ashis Biswas - 2013-12-02 10:32
There’s fresh misery for West Bengal on its already stressed employment front: over 10,000 state-based expat workers have been deported from Saudi Arabia, victims of the new Nitaqat regulations announced by the Kingdom.

INDIA MUST EXPLORE NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN IRAN

NUCLEAR DEAL OPENS UP POSSIBILITIES
Nitya Chakraborty - 2013-12-02 10:26
A new opportunity has come to India to give a fresh dimension to the economic relations with Iran with the conclusion of the historic Nuclear Deal in Geneva last month. A thorough appraisal is now necessary to identify the areas which will be most beneficial at the moment for the growth of bilateral relations between the two countries and which can avoid the parameters of the United States sanctions still in force.

GROWTH REMAINS TEPID IN FISCAL 2014 BEFORE THE ELECTION YEAR

NOT ALL SINEWS FOR GROWTH IN PLACE FOR A SUSTAINED RECOVERY
S. Sethuraman - 2013-11-30 10:13
India’s GDP grew by 4.6 per cent in the first half of fiscal 2014, with a projected 5 per cent for the full year based on whatever strength derived from agriculture, thanks to a good monsoon, and a pick-up in segments of infrastructure like electricity generation and construction as well as exports.

NON-PERFORMING ASSETS OF PSU BANKS MOUNTING

GOVT POLICIES ADVERSELY AFFECTING VIABILITY
Anjan Roy - 2013-11-30 10:10
Did you ever worry about banks not getting back their money given out in loans? Not possibly. But the Reserve Bank of India is. In its latest report on trends in Indian banking, RBI has noted how fast the loan losses of Indian public sector banks are rising. There are two aspects: one is the amount of bad loans (that is, loans against which banks are not getting interest or repayment of dues for three quarters). The second aspect is the trends, that is, whether bad loans are rising or falling.

PARLIAMENT MUST BE ALLOWED TO FUNCTION

STRINGENT STEPS AGAINST ERRANT MEMBERS NEEDED
Harihar Swarup - 2013-11-30 10:06
Never before a session of Parliament was so short as the winter session commencing on December 5. It is slated to last for barely two weeks. Normally, Winter and Monsoon sessions last for full one month or even more. There is no plausible reason for cutting short the span of coming winter session. One reason may be that since Parliament is disrupted session after session why waste public money on holding long sessions. The way parliament is disrupted is unfortunate indeed.

Japanese Emperor to discuss prospects of Nalanda University with PM

ASHOK B SHARMA - 2013-11-30 10:01
New Delhi: India’s growing engagement with Japan as one of the strategic country in its Look East Policy is evident. Japan was the focus country at the just concluded week long 44th International Film Festival India-2013 in Goa. Simultaneously it was also the focus country at the 33rd India International Trade Fair which concluded here on November 27.