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Government Aims For Fiscal Prudence Despite Tax Cut

Government Aims For Fiscal Prudence Despite Tax Cut

The fact is that wages are stagnant because employment is not picking up. Job creation will happen only when half a million new small and medium...

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Ajit Ranade

India’s Strategic Challenge: Smart Defense Spending And Diplomacy Key To Countering China’s Rise

India’s Strategic Challenge: Smart Defense Spending And Diplomacy Key To Countering China’s Rise

India must prioritize smart defense spending and strategic diplomacy to counter China's growing military presence in the Indo-Pacific....

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Jayanta Roy Chowdhury

Kumbh Crush Needs Transparent Probe

Kumbh Crush Needs Transparent Probe

The Opposition, especially the Samajwadi Party, has been raising the issue in Parliament, pointing out that the Uttar Pradesh government is yet to...

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No Sure Recipe To Make US Great Again

No Sure Recipe To Make US Great Again

Donald Trump’s tariff threats, which have been months in the making, have turned into a reality with the US President issuing executive orders under...

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Israel-India Collaboration: A Partnership Destined To Succeed

Israel-India Collaboration: A Partnership Destined To Succeed

India's links with Israel have been continually strengthened over the years. There isn't a single major Israeli agricultural company that doesn't...

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Abraham Yehuda

'A Homecoming With Purpose': Justice GS Sandhawalia Pledges Efficient Judiciary For Himachal Pradesh

'A Homecoming With Purpose': Justice GS Sandhawalia Pledges Efficient Judiciary For Himachal Pradesh

Justice GS Sandhawalia’s observation about Himachal’s peaceful populace and relatively low criminal case load presents a nuanced view of the...

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Ks Tomar

AAP, Congress, And The INDIA Bloc: Fractures Laid Bare In Delhi

AAP, Congress, And The INDIA Bloc: Fractures Laid Bare In Delhi

As a Union Territory, the upcoming Delhi Legislative Assembly elections should not generate more excitement than those held in two other Union...

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Ajay Jha

Budget 2025: Middle Class Pleasantly Surprised But HNI Left Severely Alone

Budget 2025: Middle Class Pleasantly Surprised But HNI Left Severely Alone

From Rs 7 lakh to Rs 12 lakh, it is indeed a giant leap for middle class taxpayers who do not want to avail themselves of deductions and exemptions...

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S Murlidharan

China’s ‘Eureka’ Moment Makes US Anxious

China’s ‘Eureka’ Moment Makes US Anxious

U.S. $1 trillion was wiped off the stock exchange in a single day on January 27, demolishing in a single stroke, as it were, current assumptions on...

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Union Budget 2025: Income Tax Cuts May Boost Consumption, But At What Cost?

Union Budget 2025: Income Tax Cuts May Boost Consumption, But At What Cost?

With a rise in the income tax exemption limit—from Rs 7 lakh to Rs 12 lakh per annum—the government aims to free up significant disposable income...

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Srinath Sridharan

Economic Challenges Loom As High Fiscal Deficit And Job Creation Issues Persist In Union Budget 2025

Economic Challenges Loom As High Fiscal Deficit And Job Creation Issues Persist In Union Budget 2025

The Union Budget has received a praise for providing significant tax relief of rs 12 lakh per annum to the middle class and several welfare measures.

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Ks Tomar

Budget Outlines Calculated Roadmap For India's Urban Growth

Budget Outlines Calculated Roadmap For India's Urban Growth

This move is intended to drive capital expenditure and encourage state-level reforms, signalling a commitment to economic growth and urban...

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Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani

Union Budget 2025: Bonanza For Middle-Class, Indian Diaspora Disappointed

Union Budget 2025: Bonanza For Middle-Class, Indian Diaspora Disappointed

In real terms, the eighth Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is a bonanza for the Indian middle class, but Non-Resident...

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R Madhusoodanan

Growth-Stimulating Budget For Challenging Times

Growth-Stimulating Budget For Challenging Times

Growth-Stimulating Budget For Challenging Times

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Vk Vijayakumar

Maharashtra To Immensely Benefit From Union Budget's Four Growth Engines – Agriculture, MSMEs, Investment & Exports

Maharashtra To Immensely Benefit From Union Budget's Four Growth Engines – Agriculture, MSMEs, Investment & Exports

The road to Viksit Bharat is driven by four engines; agriculture, MSMEs, investment and exports. It is also through reforms in financial fiscal...

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Vijay Page

Union Budget 2025: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Goes For Middle Stump

Union Budget 2025: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Goes For Middle Stump

Mumbai: As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her eighth consecutive Union Budget proposals on Saturday morning, did she mean what she...

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Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

Union Budget 2025: Inaugurating A New Era Of Growth & Development

Union Budget 2025: Inaugurating A New Era Of Growth & Development

The Union Budget 2025-26, delivered by the Finance Minister, is a bold step towards realising the dream of Viksit Bharat 2047. With an emphasis on...

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Sanjaya Mariwala

Union Budget 2025: Dilemma Of Two Tax Regimes Solved

Union Budget 2025: Dilemma Of Two Tax Regimes Solved

In the Finance Act, 2020 a new Section 115BAC was inserted as part of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act) with a view to providing an option to a...

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Hardik Pathak

From Table Tennis To Cricket: China's 5-Year Plan To Shock Sporting World

From Table Tennis To Cricket: China's 5-Year Plan To Shock Sporting World

Mumbai: Cricket, once the crown jewel of the British Empire, has long been the sacred playground of legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, and...

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Ketan Narottam Tanna

Ease Of Paying Taxes Should Be Considered

Ease Of Paying Taxes Should Be Considered

There have been a plethora of suggestions and requests for various changes in the budget, both on the revenue and expenditure sides, before it is...

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Madan Sabnavis

Sewer Cleaning, Scavenging: Blots On Indian Society That Must Be Effaced

Sewer Cleaning, Scavenging: Blots On Indian Society That Must Be Effaced

At the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, India continues to practice the age-old method of sending men and boys down into sewers,...

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Yogi’s Moh-Maya Prevent Him From Following His Karma And Dharma

Yogi’s Moh-Maya Prevent Him From Following His Karma And Dharma

It is time for Adityanath to decide if he wants to function as a yogi or as the chief minister. He has failed as a yogi, if one goes by the tenets...

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Abhay Mokashi

Union Budget 2025: With Limited Room To Manoeuvre, Can It Boost Economy?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her record eighth budget to Parliament on February 1. This is her second one during the third term...

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Ajit Ranade

President Donald Trump, With Attacks On DEI, Damages Societal Gains

President Donald Trump, With Attacks On DEI, Damages Societal Gains

Instead of sympathising with the families affected by the horrific mid-air collision of a commercial plane with the United States’ defence...

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Budget 2025: Rethink, Refocus And Redraw

The corporate buzzwords like zero-based budgeting and outcome budgets find resonance in the Union budget too, but one wonders whether they are used...

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S Murlidharan

Why We Need Not Put Up With Roads Dug Up All Over Mumbai

Why We Need Not Put Up With Roads Dug Up All Over Mumbai

Have you met a road, any road, anywhere in Mumbai that has not been dug up? If the venerable Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) were to run a...

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Smruti Koppikar

Donald Trump's Second Term: Aggressive Trade Policies, Tariff Threats And Global Economic Fallout Unfold At Davos

Donald Trump's Second Term: Aggressive Trade Policies, Tariff Threats And Global Economic Fallout Unfold At Davos

A foretaste of what President Donald Trump’s vaunted ‘Make America Great Again’ agenda might have in store for the rest of humanity was on full...

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