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06 Jun

India’s economic fundamentals, growth prospects remain encouraging: Analysts

New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) With the new government set to take oath under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, top global brokerage firms and market analysts said on Thursday that India’s economic fundamentals remain strong and the country's growth prospects, inflation dynamics, current account status, and fiscal progress are "all encouraging". India has several positive factors in its favour and historical data indicates that markets tend to perform well over the 6-12 months following election results, said experts. “There are no evident bubbles in the Indian corporate balance sheets, banking sector, or property market. Debt levels of listed…

05 Jun

अंतरिक्ष में युद्ध का खतरा और संरा में रूसी वीटो

हाल ही में रूस ने सभी देशों पर अंतरिक्ष में खतरनाक परमाणु हथियारों को तैनात करने की होड़ पर रोक लगाने सम्बन्धी संयुक्त राष्ट्र सुरक्षा परिषद के एक प्रस्ताव पर 24 अप्रैल 2024 को वीटो कर दिया। अमेरिका व जापान द्वारा अंतरिक्ष में सामूहिक विनाश के हथियारों (डब्लूएमडी) पर 1967 की वाह्य अंतरिक्ष संधि की रोक की पुष्टि करने के लिए सं‌युक्त राष्ट्र सुरक्षा परिषद के प्रस्ताव पर रूस के वीटो ने अमेरिका के जो बाइडेन प्रशासन को कथित योजना की आलोचना से मुक्त कर दिया। लगभग छः सप्ताह की बातचीत के बाद अमेरिका और जापान ने आउटर स्पेस ट्रीटी…

05 Jun

Taiwan’s new president congratulates PM Modi, looks forward to enhancing ‘fast-growing’ partnership

New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Taiwan's new president Lai Ching-te on Wednesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the BJP-led NDA's victory in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections. "My sincere congratulations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his election victory. We look forward to enhancing the fast-growing Taiwan-India partnership, expanding our collaboration on trade, technology and other sectors to contribute to peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific," he posted on X. Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party, Lai Ching-te was sworn in as Taiwan's new president last month. He took over the Presidency from Tsai Ing-wen, under whose leadership he…

05 Jun

PM Modi tenders resignation to President; NDA to make fresh claim for govt formation

New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday and tendered his resignation along with the Council of Ministers. The President accepted the resignation and requested the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers to continue till the new government assumes office. The Union Cabinet held its last meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence on Wednesday morning, where a proposal was passed for the dissolution of the 17th Lok Sabha. This comes a day after Lok Sabha election results gave an absolute majority to the BJP-led NDA with close to 295 seats, paving the…

03 Jun

चीनी इशारे पर मालदीव के तीखे होते तेवर

मालदीव द्वीपों का बड़ा समूह है। जिसमें 12000 टापू है। इनमें सिर्फ 200 द्वीपों पर ही लोग बसते हैं। मोहम्मद मुइज़्ज़ू मालदीव के नवनिर्वाचित राष्ट्रपति बन चुके हैं। और उनकी विदेश नीति से स्पष्ट होता है कि उसके केंद्र में चीन है। हाल में ही चीन के दौरे से लौटने के बाद उन्होंने भारत के खिलाफ एक से बढ़कर एक फैसले लिए हैं। इन फैसलों की कीमत भले ही मालदीव की जनता चुकाएगी, लेकिन मुइज़्ज़ू को फिलहाल भारत विरोध के अलावा कुछ नजर नहीं आ रहा। चीन का दुष्प्रभाव मुइज़्ज़ू के राष्ट्रपति बनते ही उन्होंने सबसे पहले चीन का दौरा…

31 May

Former Pak PM Imran Khan under fire for taking U-turn on regime change narrative

Islamabad, May 31 (IANS) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has come under severe criticism from his political opponents for giving a clean chit to the US and other Western countries on their alleged involvement in the ouster of his government in April 2022 and instead putting the entire blame on friend-turned-foe former Army Chief General (Retd.) Qamar Javed Bajwa. In an interview with journalist Mehdi Hasan, Khan retracted from his earlier stance where he had slammed the US for orchestrating a regime change in Pakistan and being part of a conspiracy along with Bajwa and opposition political parties to…

30 May

Sri Lanka slams Trudeau govt yet again for engaging in vote bank politics

Colombo, May 30 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government has once again slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for engaging in vote bank politics by consistently spreading "false narrative" about the ethnic conflict against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). In a meeting with the Canadian Deputy Minister for International Development Christopher MacLennan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs earlier this week, Lankan Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane expressed the island nation's deep concerns over the "high-level pronouncements" made in Canada "representing a false narrative of genocide" in connection with the conflict that took place in the country for over three…

27 May

New Parliament convenes in Tehran days after deadly helicopter crash

Tehran, May 27 (IANS/DPA) A new Parliament convened in Iran's capital Tehran for the first time on Monday, days after a deadly helicopter crash that killed the country's President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The State radio reported that lawmakers in the Islamic Consultative Assembly opened the first session of the legislative period with a recitation from the Quran. A new Parliamentary Speaker is set to be elected in the coming days. Incumbent Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is running for re-election against religious hardliner Mojtaba Zonnour and former Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. Elections in Iran are widely seen as…

26 May

The Third Eye: Raisi had built Iran as a key player in the Middle East

New Delhi: Reactions of the world community to the demise of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and some other Iranian dignitaries in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan border on May 19, threw light on the importance of Iran as a prime mover behind the recent developments in the Middle East and the geopolitical alignments that are shaping up in the region around the increasing polarisation between the US on one hand and the Russia-China axis on the other. Raisi a hardliner conservative was appointed President of Iran in 2021 -- he had earlier succeeded over his pragmatic rival Hassan Rouhani…

22 May

IANS Interview: BJP will fulfil its ‘400 par’ target, party in strong position after five phases, says Rajnath Singh

New Delhi, May 22, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will succeed in its ‘400 paar’ mission and said that the ‘emerging trends’ after five phases of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are an affirmation of this target. Rajnath Singh, speaking exclusively to IANS, said that “400 paar hamara sankalp hai, poora karenge” (400 paar is our resolve, we will attain it). “The trends after five phases of elections show that we are heading towards the majority mark. Whatever target we have kept, we will achieve that,” he added. Rajnath’s fresh assertions on…