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India's Households Are Borrowing More & Saving Less: A Shifting Financial Landscape

India's Households Are Borrowing More & Saving Less: A Shifting Financial Landscape

India’s household debt has surged to 42% of GDP in 2024 from 26% in 2015, driven mainly by non-housing loans like credit cards, gold, and personal...

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Ajit Ranade

Cracks In Bihar’s Grand Alliance: Congress-RJD Rift Deepens Ahead Of Polls

Cracks In Bihar’s Grand Alliance: Congress-RJD Rift Deepens Ahead Of Polls

The new generation of political leaders are no longer happy with the status quo; RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav is attempting to expand beyond his...

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Bhavdeep Kang

Bihar Assembly Elections 2025: Maha Cracks In The Mahagathbandhan

Bihar Assembly Elections 2025: Maha Cracks In The Mahagathbandhan

The Congress–RJD alliance in Bihar is fraying ahead of elections, driven by rivalry between Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav. While Yadav seeks to...

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Bhavdeep Kang

RJD’s Manifesto In Bihar Elections Promises Moon, But Offers Little Ground Reality

RJD’s Manifesto In Bihar Elections Promises Moon, But Offers Little Ground Reality

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led Opposition in Bihar has stolen a march over the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) by being the first to...

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Fpj Web Desk

India’s Rising Household Debt: From Caution And Thrift To Consumption And Credit

India’s Rising Household Debt: From Caution And Thrift To Consumption And Credit

India’s households, long regarded as cautious savers, are quietly taking on record lev-els of debt. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s...

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CPI-CPM Rift Over PM SHRI Scheme Decision Persists Despite Kerala Govt’s Policy Pause

CPI-CPM Rift Over PM SHRI Scheme Decision Persists Despite Kerala Govt’s Policy Pause

The standoff between the CPI and CPM partners in the Left Democratic Front government in Kerala over the state government’s U-turn on the PM SHRI...

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Think Clearly, Feel Deeply, Act Decisively: The 3 Pillars Of Spiritual Growth

Think Clearly, Feel Deeply, Act Decisively: The 3 Pillars Of Spiritual Growth

Very often I am asked, “What are the qualities necessary for spiritual progress?” Some of the answers are based on New Age, airy-fairy ideas of...

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Supreme Court Slams Madhya Pradesh HC For Granting Bail To Murder Convicts On Condition Of Planting Saplings

Supreme Court Slams Madhya Pradesh HC For Granting Bail To Murder Convicts On Condition Of Planting Saplings

‘Justice is sometimes a farce,’ goes a well-worn axiom. This can now be expanded to include justice as an ecological farce, which would have found...

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8th Pay Commission ToR Approved: Justice Ranjana Desai To Head Panel, Salary Hike For 1.2 Crore Central Staff And Pensioners On Cards

8th Pay Commission ToR Approved: Justice Ranjana Desai To Head Panel, Salary Hike For 1.2 Crore Central Staff And Pensioners On Cards

Approving the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the Eighth Pay Commission, the government has set in motion a huge fiscal exercise that envisages salary...

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Bihar's Family Fortunes: The Unbroken Chain Of Political Dynasties

Bihar's Family Fortunes: The Unbroken Chain Of Political Dynasties

From the corridors of the Legislative Assembly to ministerial offices, political families dominate the landscape, influencing decisions, shaping...

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Ks Tomar

Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision Marks Course Correction After Bihar Row, Focus Shifts To Inclusion Over Verification

Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision Marks Course Correction After Bihar Row, Focus Shifts To Inclusion Over Verification

Good sense has prevailed on the Election Commission of India (ECI), which appears to have drawn lessons from the controversy surrounding its...

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Ks Tomar

Amit Shah’s Mumbai Visit Signals BJP’s BMC Poll Push Amid Rising Tensions With Shinde Sena

Amit Shah’s Mumbai Visit Signals BJP’s BMC Poll Push Amid Rising Tensions With Shinde Sena

As the festive season ended and politicians got back to work, Union Minister Amit Shah's Mumbai visit was watched closely by leaders of all...

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Rohit Chandavarkar

Has Science Truly Advanced Humanity Or Pushed It Closer To Destruction?

It’s a fact that anything and everything that was created by man for good purpose, from medicine to technology, has eventually been corrupted for...

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Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj Ji

Babies And The Battle For The Future: What India Offers

Miss that window, and the consequences are lifelong. “When children miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” as UNICEF warns, “they pay...

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Patralekha Chatterjee

SIR Still Sparks Controversy

SIR Still Sparks Controversy

The process, which involves verification and revalidation of voters’ credentials, has already begun in these states.

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Fpj Editorial

Supreme Court Cracks Whip On States

Supreme Court Cracks Whip On States

The other states and Union Territories have been found wanting, forcing the apex court to summon their chief secretaries on November 3 to explain...

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Fpj Editorial

Pump And Delay: SEBI’s Hollow Talk On Manipulation

Pump And Delay: SEBI’s Hollow Talk On Manipulation

The Whole-Time Member (WTM) responsible for adjudicating the case went into hibernation. Months passed without hearings or progress, even though...

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Deepak Sanchety

India's AI Labelling Push: A Crucial Step Toward Accountability In The Digital Age

India's AI Labelling Push: A Crucial Step Toward Accountability In The Digital Age

India plans to mandate labelling of AI-generated content to curb misinformation and protect public trust. The proposal, part of IT Rules...

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Legends' Last Dance: Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli Leave Australia With A Century Of Memories

Legends' Last Dance: Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli Leave Australia With A Century Of Memories

In what was likely their final match in Australia, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli turned a dead rubber into a memorable spectacle at the SCG. Chasing...

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Toxic Delhi: When Politics Pollutes & Accountability Suffocates

Toxic Delhi: When Politics Pollutes & Accountability Suffocates

Delhi’s air has turned toxic again, with AQI levels soaring past 500 and PM2.5 ten times the safe limit, triggering a surge in respiratory...

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Sayantan Ghosh

Prashant Kishor's Political Gamble In Bihar Faces A Reality Check

Prashant Kishor's Political Gamble In Bihar Faces A Reality Check

As Bihar heads into its 2025 Assembly elections, familiar faces and new ambitions collide. Nitish Kumar seeks continuity, Tejashwi Yadav eyes a...

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Ajay Jha

Bihar Elections 2025: Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Faces Tough Reality As Nitish, Tejashwi Battle For Power

Bihar Elections 2025: Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Faces Tough Reality As Nitish, Tejashwi Battle For Power

From famed strategist to fledgling challenger, Prashant Kishor’s experiment with Jan Suraaj confronts Bihar’s political complexities and the...

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Ajay Jha

Delhi’s Dead Air: Politics, Apathy And The Betrayal Of India’s Fundamental Right To Breathe

Delhi’s Dead Air: Politics, Apathy And The Betrayal Of India’s Fundamental Right To Breathe

Delhi’s air, suffocating under a toxic haze, betrays the fundamental right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. The Air Quality...

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Sayantan Ghosh

A Defining Phase For India's Economy: Key Outcomes Due By March 2026

A Defining Phase For India's Economy: Key Outcomes Due By March 2026

The next four months are crucial for India’s economy as key developments unfold in tariff talks with the U.S., oil import strategies, GST-driven...

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Madan Sabnavis

Five Key Economic Shifts To Watch: Tariffs, Trade, GST, Investment And Fiscal Health

Five Key Economic Shifts To Watch: Tariffs, Trade, GST, Investment And Fiscal Health

The next four months will be critical for the Indian economy as several conjectures will soon face concrete outcomes. The financial year began...

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Madan Sabnavis

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli Script Emotional Farewell Masterclass As India Crush Australia In Final ODI At Sydney

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli Script Emotional Farewell Masterclass As India Crush Australia In Final ODI At Sydney

For a match that was technically dead—Australia having already sealed the three-match ODI series—the final encounter at the Sydney Cricket Ground...

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Fpj Web Desk

Rodrigo Paz Wins Bolivian Presidency, Ending 2 Decades Of Leftist Rule

Rodrigo Paz Wins Bolivian Presidency, Ending 2 Decades Of Leftist Rule

Bolivian voters have repudiated two decades of leftist rule and overwhelmingly backed a centrist senator and son of a former president in Sunday’s...

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Andhra Pradesh Highway Tragedy Sparks Debate On Sleeper Bus Safety Standards In India

Andhra Pradesh Highway Tragedy Sparks Debate On Sleeper Bus Safety Standards In India

The fiery bus crash on a highway in Andhra Pradesh that killed at least 20 people might have been less deadly if it had seats instead of sleeper...

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Fpj Web Desk

India’s Proposal To Mandate AI-Generated Content Labelling Marks A Crucial Step In Regulating Deepfakes

India’s Proposal To Mandate AI-Generated Content Labelling Marks A Crucial Step In Regulating Deepfakes

The Union government’s proposal to make labelling of synthetic content generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems mandatory is a timely and...

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Fpj Web Desk

Patterns Of Power And Plunder: How India’s Corruption Cycles Persist Across Regimes

Patterns Of Power And Plunder: How India’s Corruption Cycles Persist Across Regimes

From IRCTC to National Herald, India’s corruption template remains unchanged—power, privilege, and public loss endure.

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S Murlidharan

Why Modi Avoids Trump

Why Modi Avoids Trump

On a previous occasion, while addressing a rally in Odisha, he famously told the crowd that he preferred to spend time with the people of Odisha...

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Fpj Editorial

All In The Name Of Development

All In The Name Of Development

Last month, after an inexplicable delay of seven years, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) released the draft zonal master plan for the...

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Fpj Editorial

The Dazzle Of Diwali In A Shining And Struggling Mumbai

Searching for answers to such questions is like trying to find a quiet and no-smoke spot in the city that routinely goes berserk with firecrackers,...

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Smruti Koppikar

Begum Akhtar: The Queen Of Ghazal Who Defied The Pardah

Begum Akhtar: The Queen Of Ghazal Who Defied The Pardah

Begum Akhtar's greatest contribution to Indian music is considered to be elevating and popularising the genres of ghazal, thumri, and dadra.

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Deepa Ghalot