Political, economic and strategic dynamics worldwide has thrown fresh challenges. International trade is not a zerosum game and there is always complex dynamics at play. Despite Washington’s displeasure, it will be business as usual for Indo-Russian defence relations. Indo-Russian defence cooperation, especially in the naval nuclear domain, will continue to prosper irrespective of US concerns. […]
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday hiked tax on petrol and diesel, raised import duty on gold, levied additional surcharge on super rich and brought a tax on high value cash withdrawals as she sought to spur growth with reduction in corporate tax and sops to housing sector, startups and electric vehicles. Presenting the maiden budget […]
The new Cabinet comprises 20 Ministers, including 10 new faces and two women. Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik was sworn in as Chief Minister of Odisha for the fifth consecutive term in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. As many as 20 other members of the new Council of Ministers were also sworn in at the […]
India’s GDP falls to five-year low at 5.8% in Jan-Mar; unemployment rate rises to 45-year high The Central Statistics Office (CSO) also revealed that GDP growth during 2018-19 fiscal stood at 6.8 per cent, lower than 7.2 per cent in the previous financial year. On rate cut hopes & falling oil prices, bond yields fall […]
New Delhi, May 31. Amit Shah will be the new Home minister, Rajnath Singh the new Defence minister and Nirmala Sitharaman the new Finance minister, the Rashtrapati Bhavan announced on Friday. Former foreign secretary turned minister S Jaishankar has got the External Affairs ministry while Smriti Irani will be the new Women and Child Development Minister […]
Ranchi, May 28 (PTI) Eleven personnel of the CRPF and the state police were injured in an IED blast triggered by Naxals in Jharkhand’s Seraikela Kharsawan district in the early hours of Tuesday, officials said. The blast took place around 5 am when a joint team of the CRPF’s special jungle warfare unit, CoBRA, and […]
Priyanka attacks Modi, says Duryodhana too had such arrogance In a veiled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tuesday said the Mahabharata character Duryodhana too had such arrogance . Addressing a public meeting here, she also criticised Modi for calling her late father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi Bhrashtachari […]
Lakhs of people have been affected, and the State government has launched massive rescue and restoration operations. Life remained paralysed on Saturday, a day after ‘extremely severe’ cyclonic storm Fani, ripped through eight districts of Odisha. Initial reports suggested 20 people had died due to collapse of walls, trees and electric poles. The Office of […]
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said he regrets having nominated Baijayant Panda as BJD candidate from Kendrapara Lok Sabha seats twice and supporting his elections in 2009 and 2014. Panda, who had last year resigned from ruling BJD, recently joined BJP and is contesting from Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat as a saffron party […]
Dubbing the BJP as pro-rich, BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday said the saffron party had lost the assembly polls in the Hindi heartland for betraying the poor, farmers, women and youths. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his poll campaigns in the state during the day at Kendrapara and Balasore had accused […]