Category: Corporate
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Existing unit holders see no promise in J&K Industrial Policy 2021-30
“As the policy is mostly meant for the new industrial units only, should we bury the existing industries and build new ones on the graveyard of the buried ones?” By Haroon Reshi More than six months have passed since the Union Territory administration introduced Jammu and Kashmir Industrial Policy 2021-30. The new policy, which has…
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What Journalist Maria Ressa’s Nobel Means to Indian Journalists
Her recognition draws international attention to the plight of declining standards of journalism worldwide and more especially in India by Syed Ali Mujtaba The celebrated journalist from the Philippines, Maria Ressa has won the Nobel Peace Prize for outstanding work in the field of journalism amidst increasingly adverse conditions in her country. Her recognition undoubtedly…
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AUKUS vs. QUAD: A Reality Check
By Asad Mirza India it seems has been left out in the cold on the issue of maintaining regional security in the Asia-pacific region after the formation of AUKUS by the USA. The past week saw the US’s hard push to contain China in its own backyard, by the formation of a new defence agreement…
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India’s Afghan policy may impact its ties in Middle East
Amid divided viewpoints on the Taliban takeover, India’s Afghan policy could impact its bilateral alliances in the Middle East By SHAFEEQ RAHMAN In the aftermath of the messy evacuation of US forces from Afghanistan and dethroning of an elected government by the Taliban, India has undergone a diplomatic row while its relations have been already…
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PayPoint India, Bank of Baroda Tie-up to Widen Reach of Banking Services
Mumbai : In a major push towards financial inclusion, PayPoint India has entered into a partnership with one of India’s leading banks, Bank of Baroda (BoB) to provide banking services across the country through the Business Correspondent (BC) model. Commercial banks have been finding it unviable to set up owned branches at remote locations and…
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At First Meeting, Punjab Cabinet Announces Pro-poor Initiatives
Pro-poor initiatives like construction of 32,000 houses and provision of free electricity units up to 300 units would be launched from October 2 to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Cabinet decided CHANDIGARH — Eyeing to woo the people in Punjab just ahead of going to the polls in early 2022, the new Cabinet, led…
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Journalist Rana Ayyub Booked by UP Police over ‘Misappropriation’ of Funds
She is alleged to have collected ‘huge’ amount through online campaigns for slum-dwellers and farmers Zafar Aafaq | NEW DELHI Prominent journalist and author Rana Ayyub has been booked in a case by Ghaziabad Police in Uttar Pradesh following a complaint that she has allegedly misappropriated funds that she raised in online campaigns for different…
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Democracy, Minority rights, rule of law under peril in MP: JIH team concludes
By Pervez Bari New Delhi: “Democracy, civil liberties, minority rights, rule of law are under peril in BJP ruled Madhya Pradesh following hate violence in Malwa region of the state”. This was the conclusion drawn by a four-member delegation of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, (JIH), which visited Ujjain, Indore, Dewas and Bhopal to gather information about a number…
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The Wealth Gap Has Gone Sky High in the U.S.
By Frank F Islam “Fly me to the moon Let me play among the stars Let me know what spring is like On a Jupiter and Mars” Those are the lyrics to a song written by Bart Howard, recorded by Kaye Ballard in 1954 and made popular ten years later by Frank Sinatra. We don’t…
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The India story is back. But it needs courage and perseverance
By Frank F Islam Not long ago, India was termed the “darling of Davos,” a country destined to achieve greatness. In the first decade of this century, there was hardly an investor in the West who was not enamoured of the “India story”. Then came a series of miscalculations and poor legislative and executive moves,…