India’s retail inflation for the month of August stood at 6.69 percent, according to data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on September 14. The consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation rate for July has been revised to 6.73 percent from 6.93 percent. The combined…
read moreFifteen days after the Center detailed two options for states to borrow to offset the compensation deficit of Rs 2.35 lakh crore this budget under the goods and services tax (GST) regime, a total of 12 States, in their majority, made up…
read moreHow dangerous is the situation given the size of the People’s Liberation Army, its firepower, and the area it occupies? The People’s Liberation Army has deployed more than two regular divisions (about 40,000 soldiers), as well as supporting weapons, logistics and air…
read moreTurkish coffee is celebrated in literature and song and is an important part of ceremonies and festivals: when Kaldi, an Ethiopian goat herder, took his goats to pasture, he noticed that two of them were eating berries from a bush and they…
read moreThe specter of Britain’s hasty exit from the EU, which has been closing in almost since the June 2016 referendum, has returned, months before the country’s planned departure on December 31. But that’s not the most important feature of this week’s controversial…
read moreWhile Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi negotiated a five-point deal that they hoped would lead to a process of disengagement between aligned Indian and Chinese troops, on top of each other along the Line…
read moreDeputy Governor of Jammu and Kashmir (GG) Manoj Sinha on Friday launched the Jammu and Kashmir Integrated Complaints Tracking and Resolution System (JK-IGRAMS), with the aim of engaging with the public and focus on governance issues in the union territory. First in…
read moreIndustrial production fell 10.4% in July 2020, compared year-on-year to the Industrial Production Index (PII), released by the Center on Friday. Mining and manufacturing fell 13% and 11%, respectively, although power generation fell back to a 2.5% contraction. Economists believe the recovery…
read moreOn Thursday, farmers’ organizations in Haryana defied ban orders imposed amid the pandemic to stage a protest at the Pipli grain wholesale market, near Kurukshetra. They even blocked the Delhi-Chandigarh national road for a few hours, when the police initially did not…
read moreThe Macroeconomic Report for July, released by the Economic Affairs Department said. “With India unlocking, the worst seems to be over for the economy as high-frequency indicators recovered in June 2020 from unprecedented troughs in April; however, risks on account of rising…
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