Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina described her recent visit to India as “very fruitful” on Tuesday and asserted that the outcome of her talks with the Indian leadership, including PM Narendra Modi, will play a “pivotal role” in bolstering the India-Bangladesh bilateral ties and open up new areas of cooperation. Hasina, who is the first foreign leader to visit India after the new government was formed, was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday after she was personally greeted by PM Modi. She held a tete-a-tete meeting with Modi and oversaw the signing of several agreements and…
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According to a recent regulatory filing, One97 Communications, a prominent fintech firm, disclosed a 19% YoY growth in flight bookings for the January-March quarter of FY24. This growth is part of Paytm’s marketing services vertical. Its revenue increased by 1% to US$ 47.3 million (Rs. 395 crore) during the same period. Paytm maintained a strong market share trajectory among online travel aggregators (OTAs), surpassing industry growth rates with a significant rise in flight bookings. The company’s marketing services portfolio includes ticketing for travel, movies, and events, advertising, credit card marketing, and deals with gift vouchers. Despite market disruptions, Paytm reported…
A rift has emerged within the I.N.D.I.A. bloc as the Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that his party was not consulted about K Suresh’s candidature as the Opposition’s joint nominee for the Lok Sabha Speaker post. “No one contacted us. There have been no talks, unfortunately, this has been a unilateral decision,” Banerjee said. Banerjee further said that party chief Mamata Banerjee will take a decision on backing Suresh. Notably, the I.N.D.I.A. bloc fielded Congress leader K Suresh as its candidate for the Speaker’s position against BJP’s Om Birla. Sources said over 10 sets of nominations were…
The Delhi High Court pronounced its order on a plea by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking a stay on the trial court order granting bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday. Kejriwal did not get relief as the court stayed the bail order by the lower court. He has been in the money laundering case stemming from the alleged excise scam. Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday interrogated Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and recorded his statements in connection with the Excise policy case. The central agency has also got permission to present Kejriwal before the concerned…
The government and Opposition are locked in a faceoff after the ruling NDA decided to renominate BJP MP Om Birla for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker while not deciding on the post of Deputy Speaker. The Opposition responded by fielding Congress MP from Kerala Kodikunnil Suresh for the post of Speaker, setting the stage for a rare contest for the high office, first time after independence. Accusing the ruling National Democratic Alliance of not following the convention of giving Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker’s position to the Opposition, the INDIA bloc on Tuesday fielded Congress leader K Suresh as its candidate for…
By Nava J Thakuria As the nation celebrates the reincarnation of Nalanda University and remember the brutality of invader Mohamad -I- Bakhtiyar Khilji, it’s time to honour Kamrup Nripati Prithu, who defeated the notorious Turkish-Afghan enemy, with a life-size statue of the mediaeval Kamrup king somewhere in the prehistoric city, argues the Patriotic People’s Front, Assam (PPFA). In a media statement, the forum of nationalist citizens, urges both the governments in Dispur and New Delhi to take pragmatic plans to spread the bravery and patriotism of Maharaja Prithu among the new generation of Bharat. The Union government and Prime Minister…
Bharatiya Janata Party has declared Union Health Minister and party’s national president JP Nadda as the Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha. He replaced Piyush Goyal, who entered Lok Sabha in 2024 after winning the Mumbai North constituency. Goyal was elected as the Rajya Sabha MP on July 5, 2010 and was declared the Leader of the House on July 14, 2021. He was elected as the Lok Sabha MP on June 4, and was sworn in the Lower House on June 24. JP Nadda was first elected to Rajya Sabha on April 3, 2012. He was made the Leader of the…
The Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) announced that export projections for the current fiscal year are still being finalized, while efforts are underway to improve the ease of doing business to meet the government’s goal of achieving US$ 2 trillion in exports by 2030. Total exports in FY24 were US$ 778 billion, showing a marginal increase from the previous year’s exports of US$ 776 billion. The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) estimates that the country’s total exports of goods and services for the current fiscal year could be around US$ 890-910 billion. “The export target for the current…
The International Trade Unions Confederation (ITUC) General Secretary Luc Trianble recently met with the head of the group tasked with drafting an international treaty on corporate accountability. Luc Triangle, accompanied by the trade union negotiator for the process, Ruwan Subasinghe, presented the Ecuadorian ambassador to the UN, Cristian Espinosa Cañizares, with a letter expressing the support and demands of the ITUC and the Global Unions for the work of the Open Ended International Working Group (OEIGWG). Mr Cañizares chairs the OEIGWG, which is working on an international legally binding instrument to regulate the activities of transnational corporations under international human rights law. The…
In a significant message ahead of the beginning of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that a “majority” is required to run the government but “consensus is very important” to run the country. In his remarks to the media before the commencement of the session, PM Modi said, “In the last 10 years, we have constantly tried to establish a tradition because we believe that [a] majority is required to run the government but consensus is very important to run the country. Therefore, our constant endeavour will be to serve mother…