Rlys to hire private PR professionals
in every zone for publicity
New Delhi, Jun 16 : A team of private public relations professionals will soon drive the railways' publicity campaign both at the Union ministry in the national capital as well as in each of its zones, with the national transporter for the first time issuing a set of guidelines to hire such private agencies to manage its publicity......
Read moreArmies of India, Myanmar target
NE militants in coordinated operation
New Delhi, Jun 16 : The armies of India and Myanmar carried out a three-week-long coordinated operation from May 16 in their respective border areas, targeting several militant groups operating in Manipur, Nagaland and Assam, defence sources said on Sunday......
Read moreAll-party meet: Opposition demands
debate on unemployment, farm distress
New Delhi, Jun 16 : A day before the budget session, an all-party meeting convened by the government was held Sunday in which the opposition demanded that issues such as farm distress, unemployment and drought should be debated upon in Parliament......
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COMMENT
is Running Aground
Prabhat Patnaik
The official gross domestic product (GDP) data have just been released, which show that the growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2018-19 (January-March) over the fourth quarter of 2017-18 was 5.8%. This is the lowest quarterly growth rate in five years......
Read moreHuawei Sanctions: Continuing Trade-cum-
Tech War Between US and China
Prabir Purkayastha
The US sanctions on Huawei has transformed what started as a trade war between the US and China into a full-blown tech war. The US has followed the additional tariffs of 10-25% on $200 billion Chinese goods by putting Huawei, the Chinese telecom and mobile manufacturing giant, on the “entities list”, which is effectively a sanctions lis...
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