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It is good to note that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised upward India’s economic growth projection for 2023 from 5.9 percent to 6.1 percent. The projection is still well below the Reserve Bank of India’s economic growth forecast of 6.5 percent. The revised IMF estimate will help India retain the ‘fastest growing major economy’ tag for the current fiscal. The IMF forecast for China is unchanged at 5.2 percent for 2023.

CHENNAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems increasingly obsessed with the needed numbers in Lok Sabha for him to make sure of his third term in 2024Lok Sabha polls.,with the emergence of an apparently effective opposition alliance, INDIA.

The suspension of the Director of International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) K S James is yet another example that no data, how authentic they are, would be allowed to tarnish the image of PM Narendra Modi and the government he has been leading since 2014. Data scientists are expected to churn out only favourable data, especially before general elections, though they have been finding it too difficult to produce, given the poor performance and worsening ground realities.

A fissure threatening to widen into a crack in ant-BJP INDIA coalition can be traced to the Left read CPI(M)even as it remains in the combine and its alliance with West Bengal unit of Congress is still in place. The CPI(M) has an alternative strategy up its sleeves for 2024 Lok Sabha elections in the event of Congress going along Trinamool Congress final touches would be put to this contingency plan when the Left hits the poll campaign trail with Indian Secular Front.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been using All India Radio to give an edge to Bharatiya Janata Party over rival political parties; specifically in broadcasting government schemes that impress certain vote-banks to vote for the BJP. In his July 30 ‘Mann Ki Baat’ PM Modi highlighted the Modi government’s Muslim appeasement, which the BJP refers to as “Triptikaran” and “Santhustikaran”.

On one question, both friend and foe can agree: the collapse of the Dutch government this July 7 marked the end of an era. Mark Rutte, the longest-serving prime minister in the Netherlands’ history, tendered his cabinet’s resignation, announcing he was unable to continue as head of government. The trigger was disagreement within his four-party coalition over immigration policy. Rutte had forcefully pushed for an ultimatum for putting a limit on family reunifications for asylum seekers — but not all his ministers agreed.

Now it is official. Creation of decent formal jobs remained subdued in May and low paying ones increased. Social security has also considerably declined as it has been noticed in the National Pension Scheme. As for the informal and gig workers, their conditions have been noted as pathetic by the department related Standing Committee of the Parliament of India, that has asked the Ministry of Labour and Employment to formulate and implement welfare schemes for them.

India, the new name of the opposition alliance, has got widespread coverage in the news already. But, the inside story of how the leaders of 26 opposition parties who gathered in Bengaluru for a two-day meeting on July 17 and 18 arrived at the name Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance is full of twists and turns.

The Supreme Court is soon scheduled to hear a case on the issue of imputation of caste system in Islam and Christianity in order to determine whether reservation benefits can be extended to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims.

New Delhi: Playing to a plan India overwhelmed the hosts and favourite Spain 3-0 to win the three-nation Women's International Hockey Tournament (Torneo del Centenario 2023) in Barcelona on Sunday.