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India’s financial landscape is on the verge of a transformative shift with the introduction of low-ticket systematic investment plans (SIPs) aimed at broadening the reach of equity investments.
India’s financial landscape is on the verge of a transformative shift with the introduction of low-ticket systematic investment plans (SIPs) aimed at broadening the reach of equity investments.
India prepares to unveil its Budget 2025, there is a growing need to ensure that interests of small and marginal farmers are at the forefront of agricultural policymaking.
India’s decision to re-engage diplomatically with the Taliban marks a significant shift in its regional approach. Following the collapse of the previous Afghan government led by President Ashraf Ghani in 2021, India faced a major setback to its two-decade-long investments in Afghanistan’s development and democratic institutions.
Lack of friends at a time when India is a significant military and economic power surprises oldtime diplomats. Within living memory, the pendulum has swung from one extreme to the other; in the 1950s and 1960s when we had little to offer to the world except moral guidance, we were the undisputed leader of developing nations.
In a cluster of villages inhabited by Tharu tribals in the terai area of Uttarakhand, a nutrition survey discovered that despite other problems, people had managed to avoid malnutrition to a remarkable extent.
In other words, with huge uncertainty in the geopolitical situation, financial markets have become speculative, as investors seek higher risk, short-term returns, even as the Fed has cut interest rates four times since September but hinted at only limited cuts next year.
Four decades after the catastrophic gas leak that devastated Bhopal, the recent removal of toxic waste from the Union Carbide plant marks a small yet significant step in addressing the lingering fallout of one of the world’s worst industrial disasters.
As the war in Ukraine grinds into its third year, the shifting dynamics of international politics and battlefield realities could make 2025 a pivotal year.
Lea Ypi, professor of political theory at the London School of Economics, believes a new “European militarism” has not only empowered the radical right but also undermined the very ideals that made the European Union such an attractive proposition.
The case of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse sentenced to death in Yemen, has raised serious questions about the protection of citizens abroad, the role of the Indian government in handling such cases, and the broader implications of foreign legal systems on our nationals.
