India is on course to overtake China in the number of affluent consumers by 2036, a shift that could redraw the map of global consumer spending and give companies a powerful new reason to look beyond China for their next big growth market. The number of Indians spending more than $90 a day is projected […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the Kremlin on Monday, with the two leaders discussing the strengthening of India-Russia ties and cooperation across key sectors. Welcoming Jaishankar to Moscow, Putin said his visit reflected the strength of India-Russia relations, which had developed over several decades. “I am very glad to
The Kremlin accused Britain on Monday of obstructing peace efforts in Ukraine, after London agreed to share classified information on British-made components used in SCALP long-range cruise missiles, allowing Kyiv to expand domestic production of the weapons. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Britain was preventing peace in Ukraine by handing Kyiv information needed to produce
Few constitutional promises have remained as persistently unfulfilled, or as politically charged, as Article 44’s directive towards a Uniform Civil Code. Conceived by the framers as an aspiration rather than an obligation, it has resurfaced in recent years as an active legislative project, with Uttarakhand implementing its own version and other states signalling intent to
India routinely tops the list of the world’s fastest-growing major economies, and successive quarters of healthy GDP growth are cited as proof that the country is on the right track. Yet a persistent unease runs beneath these headline numbers: growth is not translating into jobs at the pace or quality that a young, aspirational population
India’s federal architecture was designed as a delicate balancing act. The Constitution’s framers, wary of both the chaos of excessive decentralisation and the dangers of over-centralisation witnessed during Partition, chose a model that leans towards the Centre while still granting states meaningful autonomy. For decades, this balance was tested but rarely broken, sustained by single-party
MELAGHAR: A gang of thieves broke into a locked house in the Char area of Melaghar and decamped with gold and silver ornaments along with cash, taking advantage of the homeowner’s absence. According to local sources, Minati Saha, wife of the late Subhash Saha, had gone to a relative’s house in Bishalgarh for a family
AGARTALA: The Tripura TET Teachers Welfare Association submitted a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister to the Education Director, raising two key demands concerning the service conditions of TET-qualified teachers in the state. The association demanded that TET teachers be granted a regular pay scale from the very first day of their appointment, rather than
PECHARTHAL: Students of Nabinchara Higher Secondary School blocked the Assam-Agartala National Highway No. 8 from Monday morning, protesting an acute shortage of teachers at the school, causing traffic to pile up on both sides of the road in the Nabinchara area. Holding placards, the students staged a sit-in on the highway, demanding immediate appointment of
LEFUNGA: A daring theft was reported from a house in Lefunga Wasika area, under Lefunga police station, after burglars struck while the family was away, causing widespread concern in the locality. According to homeowner Shiba Debbarma, the thieves took advantage of the family’s absence to break into the house and make off with two gas
