India outlook: Reforms put wind in its sails amid global headwinds; PMO’s Shaktikanta Das maps the road ahead

India is at the cusp of a historic economic journey, with government policies and reforms giving the country “wind in its sails” even as global trade uncertainties intensify, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Shaktikanta Das said on Friday.Delivering the inaugural Bibek Debroy Memorial Lecture, Das said India has emerged stronger from successive global shocks…

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Rs 11,000 crore pulled out! FIIs exit IT stocks as AI threat rattles outlook

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) are sharply reducing exposure to technology sector, amid rising concerns that advances in artificial intelligence could disrupt traditional software services business models that have long powered the country’s IT industry.FIIs pulled out Rs 10,956 crore from Indian IT stocks in the first fortnight of February alone, as the launch of new…

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NRAI suspends national coach Ankush Bhardwaj after minor accuses him of sexual harassment | Gurgaon News

NRAI suspends national coach Ankush Bhardwaj after minor accuses him of sexual harassment NEW DELHI: Ankush Bhardwaj, a member of India’s shooting coaching staff, has been accused of sexual harassment by a minor shooter, prompting the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) to suspend him, news agency PTI reported. The NRAI confirmed that an FIR…

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Top commander eliminated in Odisha encounter: Rs 1.2-crore bounty Maoist Ganesh Uike among 4 gunned down; weapons seized | Bhubaneswar News

Ganesh Uike (left) was gunned down along with three associates in an early-morning encounter. BHUBANESWAR: Maoist central committee (CC) member and Odisha in-charge, Ganesh Uike (69), was among four Naxals killed in an encounter with security forces in Kandhamal district on Thursday. This brings the total number of Maoists killed in the district to six…

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Eggs safe, cancer claims baseless: FSSAI | India News

File photo (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) firmly rejected claims linking eggs to cancer risk, saying eggs sold in India are safe for consumption and that recent reports and social media posts are scientifically unsupported and alarmist.Clarifying concerns over alleged presence of nitrofuran metabolites (AOZ), the…

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Axar Patel picks tougher of his two ‘out of this world’ catches: ‘Ball was chasing me’ | Cricket News

Axar Patel dives to take the catch of England’s captain Harry Brook. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: India vice-captain Axar Patel produced two extraordinary moments in the field that turned the tide in India’s thrilling semifinal victory over England at the Wankhede Stadium, and the all-rounder later revealed which of the two catches he believes was…

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Hate speech PIL ‘targets’ BJP CMs: Supreme Court | India News

NEW DELHI: SC on Tuesday criticised 12 ’eminent’ persons who together filed a PIL “targeting” CMs of BJP-governed states for alleged hate speeches while making a plea for framing guidelines to restrain constitutional functionaries and bureaucrats from breaching fidelity to constitutional morality. Appearing for petitioners, senior advocate Kapil Sibal told a bench of Chief Justice…

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