India US trade deal talks envoy meeting. FS-Kwatra

Indian envoy to US meets US Trade Representative amid talks on finalising trade deal

Washington:  Indian Ambassador to the US Vinay Mohan Kwatra met US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and former National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien here. The meeting on Wednesday comes as India and the US are negotiating the finer elements of a bilateral trade agreement (BTA). A delegation of Indian officials is expected to visit the US…

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Jaishankar West Asia

Attacks on merchant shipping completely unacceptable, says Jaishankar amid West Asia situation

New Delhi:  In the backdrop of the ongoing West Asia conflict and its global ramifications, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday underlined India’s strong commitment to “safe and unimpeded” transit passage of maritime shipping, even as he emphasised that attacks on merchant shipping are “completely unacceptable”. The EAM said this in his remarks while…

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Columnist-M.S.Shanker

TCS Love Jihad Exposed

What has exploded out of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Nashik unit is not merely a corporate scandal—it is a damning indictment of institutional apathy, systemic collapse, and a pattern of abuse that was conveniently dismissed for years as “propaganda” or “conspiracy.” Not anymore. The disturbing allegations—ranging from sexual harassment and rape to coercion and…

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Columnist-BG-Srinivas

When the Pyramid Inverts: Demographic Decline, the Global Real Estate

The Global Premise: Demographic Decline as a Real Estate Thesis-Killer The most durable real estate bull market in modern history was, at its foundation, a demographic story. Post-war baby booms created large generational cohorts that progressively moved through the property cycle — from renting in their twenties, to first-home buying in their thirties, to upgrade…

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