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Nearly 14 lakh SIR forms identified as ‘uncollectable’ so far in West Bengal

Kolkata: Nearly 14 lakh SIR enumeration forms have so far been identified as “uncollectable” in West Bengal, the Election Commission said on Tuesday. These forms are “uncollectable” since the voters were either absentee, duplicate, dead or permanently shifted, an official said. The figure was 10.33 lakh on Monday. “As of Tuesday noon, the number stood…

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Bangladesh’s convicted ex-PM Hasina’s party announces nationwide protests till Nov 30

New Delhi/Dhaka: Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party on Tuesday announced nationwide agitations and “resistance marches” till November 30 in protest against the death sentence handed to the former premier by what it described as an “illegal” tribunal. On November 17, the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) sentenced 78-year-old Hasina to death along…

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India’s Equity Market: Riding on the Resilience of Domestic Investors

Amid rising concerns over global market volatility—driven largely by developments in the US and Japan—India’s equity markets continue to display remarkable resilience. This confidence is rooted not in luck but in a structural transformation in market ownership and investor behavior that now clearly sets India apart from most global peers. Here is a grounded, fact-based…

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The Challenges to the Economic Development of India

A billion rupees saved is equal to a billion rupees earned. Several billions of rupees can be added to India’s wealth by unearthing unaccounted money. Several trillions of rupees can be earned by expanding international trade. Furthermore, if every Indian is sensitized, motivated, facilitated, and mentored with effective financial education, our economic growth would be…

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