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Opinion | Budget 2025: What's Better Than Reforms? Execution
The success of the Centre's ambitious measures under Union Budget 2025 will depend on swift and effective implementation. Reforms that remain on paper do little to improve economic efficiency or investor confidence.
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Nirmala Sitharaman To Make History With 8th Consecutive Budget
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 will present a record eighth consecutive budget that is expected to contain measures to shore up weakening economic growth.
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How Beijing Reduced Air Pollution By Up To 89% In A Decade
Despite a tripling of vehicle numbers, pollution levels have decreased, making Beijing a model for other cities tackling similar problems.
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Invisible Burden: Jharkhand's Cycle Coal Workers And Weight of Survival
For coal mine workers in Jharkhand, each election offers a measure of hope to improve their miserable social and economic fortunes but each, ultimately, dissolves into nothingness, each day filled with long hours of toil buried underground.
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Sri Lanka Votes In First Presidential Poll Since Economic Collapse
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe is fighting an uphill battle for a fresh mandate to continue belt-tightening measures that stabilised the economy.
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"Budget 2024 Based On PM Modi's Mantra Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas": Pankaj Chaudhary
Budget 2024: This budget, marking Sitharaman's seventh consecutive presentation and surpassing Morarji Desai's record, will include proposed changes in income tax and measures to enhance business ease.
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Why Are Food Prices Rising? Centre Answers In Key Document Before Budget
The central government's timely interventions and stability measures by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) helped maintain retail inflation at 5.4% despite the pandemic and geopolitical tensions, according to the Economic Survey 2024.
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India "Watchful" Of Chinese Vessel Docked In Maldives, Says Ministry
India is "watchful" of the presence of a Chinese vessel in the Maldives and taking "appropriate measures" to safeguard its national and economic security, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.
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Apple to Let Music Streaming Apps in Europe Link to Own Websites for Purchases to Comply With EU Rules
Apple announced measures on Friday to make it easier for music streaming apps on its App Store in the European Economic Area to inform users of other ways to purchase digital services, as it looks to comply with a European Union mandate.
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Cash-Strapped Pak Bans Red Carpets At Official Events To Cut Costs
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has banned the use of red carpets at government events, reserving them exclusively for diplomatic receptions, as part of austerity measures to cut down unnecessary expenditures in the cash-strapped nation.
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University Body Releases Measures To Benefit Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups
UGC has asked the universities and higher educational institutions to introduced bridge course, earn-while schemes and outreach programmes.
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Vivek Ramaswamy's Vision On Declaring "Economic Independence" From China
Indian-American Republican presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy has called for declaring "economic independence" from China, for which he proposed a slew of measures including an expanded relationship with countries like India.
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Japan's Cabinet Reshuffle Reflects PM's Focus On Gender, Defence
Japan's prime minister promised "drastic" economic measures on Wednesday after reshuffling his cabinet and increasing the number of female ministers in an effort to boost his flagging popularity.
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Chinese Exports Tumble In June, Deepening Economic Challenges
Chinese exports tumbled more than expected in June, official data showed today, putting fresh pressure on Beijing to unveil more stimulus measures to kickstart the flagging recovery.
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Opinion: Rethinking How We Measure Women's Workforce Participation
Female labour force participation in India continues to be dominated by high informality and precarity, and is frequently undertaken as a consequence of household economic distress.
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Opinion | Budget 2025: What's Better Than Reforms? Execution
The success of the Centre's ambitious measures under Union Budget 2025 will depend on swift and effective implementation. Reforms that remain on paper do little to improve economic efficiency or investor confidence.
-
Nirmala Sitharaman To Make History With 8th Consecutive Budget
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 will present a record eighth consecutive budget that is expected to contain measures to shore up weakening economic growth.
-
How Beijing Reduced Air Pollution By Up To 89% In A Decade
Despite a tripling of vehicle numbers, pollution levels have decreased, making Beijing a model for other cities tackling similar problems.
-
Invisible Burden: Jharkhand's Cycle Coal Workers And Weight of Survival
For coal mine workers in Jharkhand, each election offers a measure of hope to improve their miserable social and economic fortunes but each, ultimately, dissolves into nothingness, each day filled with long hours of toil buried underground.
-
Sri Lanka Votes In First Presidential Poll Since Economic Collapse
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe is fighting an uphill battle for a fresh mandate to continue belt-tightening measures that stabilised the economy.
-
"Budget 2024 Based On PM Modi's Mantra Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas": Pankaj Chaudhary
Budget 2024: This budget, marking Sitharaman's seventh consecutive presentation and surpassing Morarji Desai's record, will include proposed changes in income tax and measures to enhance business ease.
-
Why Are Food Prices Rising? Centre Answers In Key Document Before Budget
The central government's timely interventions and stability measures by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) helped maintain retail inflation at 5.4% despite the pandemic and geopolitical tensions, according to the Economic Survey 2024.
-
India "Watchful" Of Chinese Vessel Docked In Maldives, Says Ministry
India is "watchful" of the presence of a Chinese vessel in the Maldives and taking "appropriate measures" to safeguard its national and economic security, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.
-
Apple to Let Music Streaming Apps in Europe Link to Own Websites for Purchases to Comply With EU Rules
Apple announced measures on Friday to make it easier for music streaming apps on its App Store in the European Economic Area to inform users of other ways to purchase digital services, as it looks to comply with a European Union mandate.
-
Cash-Strapped Pak Bans Red Carpets At Official Events To Cut Costs
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has banned the use of red carpets at government events, reserving them exclusively for diplomatic receptions, as part of austerity measures to cut down unnecessary expenditures in the cash-strapped nation.
-
University Body Releases Measures To Benefit Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups
UGC has asked the universities and higher educational institutions to introduced bridge course, earn-while schemes and outreach programmes.
-
Vivek Ramaswamy's Vision On Declaring "Economic Independence" From China
Indian-American Republican presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy has called for declaring "economic independence" from China, for which he proposed a slew of measures including an expanded relationship with countries like India.
-
Japan's Cabinet Reshuffle Reflects PM's Focus On Gender, Defence
Japan's prime minister promised "drastic" economic measures on Wednesday after reshuffling his cabinet and increasing the number of female ministers in an effort to boost his flagging popularity.
-
Chinese Exports Tumble In June, Deepening Economic Challenges
Chinese exports tumbled more than expected in June, official data showed today, putting fresh pressure on Beijing to unveil more stimulus measures to kickstart the flagging recovery.
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Opinion: Rethinking How We Measure Women's Workforce Participation
Female labour force participation in India continues to be dominated by high informality and precarity, and is frequently undertaken as a consequence of household economic distress.
