EU think tank claims 30 false-flag tankers shipped €2.1 bn worth of Russian oil to India in 2025

Moscow: India imported 5.4 million tonnes of Russian Oil  worth €2.1 billion between January and September 2025 aboard 30 vessels sailing under false flags, a European think tank claimed on Thursday. The shipments made India the largest national destination for crude moved by Russia’s expanding “shadow fleet,” the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean…

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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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A Nation’s Memory, A Question of Legacy

India’s modern political imagination often returns to historical moments that shaped its democratic instincts long before they matured into institutions. Among these sits a lesser-discussed episode from the late 1940s—one that resurfaces whenever the country debates leadership, lineage, and national allegiance. It revolves around the Holkar dynasty of Indore, a young Republic defining its constitutional…

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Agreements worth Rs 3,000 cr signed for development of inland waterways in Northeast

Guwahati: The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has entered into agreements worth Rs 3,000 crore with various stakeholders for developing the sector and boosting industrial connectivity in the Northeast, an official statement said on Friday. It said Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) were signed during the India Maritime Week 2025, held recently in Mumbai. Union…

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Afghanistan seeks Indian investments, promises conducive environment

New Delhi: Afghanistan’s Commerce and Industry Minister Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi on Friday invited Indian businesses to invest in the landlocked nation, promising a conducive environment to foster bilateral trade and boost economic cooperation. He outlined mining, agriculture, health and pharmaceuticals, information technology, energy and textiles as areas where significant opportunities exist for business engagement. Azizi,…

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After using MCOCA to target drug crimes, govt mulls invoking tough Act to curb gutkha trade

Mumbai: Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Minister Narhari Zirwal on Tuesday said despite the existing ban on manufacture and sale of gutkha, illegal consignments of the tobacco-laced product continue to enter the state from outside, causing harm to students and youth. The state government is considering invoking the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime…

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