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Manu Bhaker, Manu, Bhaker

India and New Zealand should address market access issues for goods, promote collaborations in key sectors, and work on improving connectivity with an aim to boost bilateral trade, which is just USD 1.5 billion, think tank GTRI said on Sunday.
Both countries should set a target to double two-way trade within five years by identifying products for early tariff relief and organizing business delegations and roadshows in India, it said.
It also said that India's proposed free trade agreement with New Zealand would have limited benefit to domestic companies as they are already enjoying duty free access to a significant number of goods in that market.
New Zealand's average import tariff is just 2.3 per cent, compared to India's 17.8 per cent.
Besides, 58.3 per cent of New Zealand's tariff lines (or product categories) are duty-free, meaning Indian products already enjoy significant access without a trade pact in the New Zealand market, the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said.


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The mother of Sanjoy Roy, who was convicted for the rape and murder of the medic of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, on Sunday said if her son is guilty then he should get the punishment he deserves, even if it means hanging.
She said she will "cry alone" but will accept his punishment as destiny.
Initially reticent to speak to the media after the Sealdah court convicted Sanjay on January 18, Malati Roy the mother of Sanjay told reporters on Sunday morning that being a woman, and a mother of three daughters, "I can feel the anguish and pain of the mother of the woman medic who is like my daughter."
"If the court decides to hang him to death, I don't have any objection as his crime has been proved in the eye of the law, I will cry alone but accept it as a quirk of fate, something willed by destiny," the 70-year-old-woman said standing on the doorstep of her shanty on Shambhunath Pandit Street, about 5 km away from the commotion and buzz at Sealdah Court the other day.
Asked if 

Doctors and students protest at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday 	(Photo: PTI)

Their moves followed TikTok's decision to proactively suspend its services to US-based users a few hours earlier when it took its platform offline

TikTok

Things seemed to be looking up for Venezuela in 2022. Following years of authoritarian rule and withering economic sanctions, President Nicols Maduro had agreed to work toward a democratic presidential election. The White House, in return, granted him a financial lifeline: a permit for US energy giant Chevron to pump and export Venezuelan oil.
Oil wells roared back to life and massive tanker ships returned to Venezuela's coast to be filled with heavy, hard-to-refine crude destined for the US.
Maduro's promised election was neither fair nor free, and the longtime president was sworn in this month for a third six-year term despite credible evidence that his opponent got more votes. Yet, the sanctions reprieve the US offered to support the restoration of democracy is still helping fill state coffers.
Venezuela's opposition says Maduro's government has earned billions of dollars from exports allowed by the permit.
The White House has ignored calls from the main opposition coalition, as

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuelan President

Net interest income grew by 10 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs 7,196 crore, while fees and services for Q3FY25 also grew 10 per cent to 2,362 crore

Kotak Mahindra Bank

RG Kar rape-murder: Nationwide protests had erupted after a trainee docto was found dead in the hospital's seminar room on August 9

The Net Interest Income (NII) grew nearly 3 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs 1585 crore due to lower (Joint Liability Group) JLG funding and increased slippages causing interest reversals

RBL Bank

President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of the Upper and Lower Houses on January 31, after which the Economic Survey will be tabled

Union Budget, Budget 2024, Budget tablet, Sitharaman, Nirmala Sitharaman

NITI Aayog member and renowned economist Arvind Virmani on Saturday said he has revised his GDP growth projection for India on the lower side for FY'25 due to rising global uncertainties and risks, particularly from the United States and China.
Virmani, who had earlier predicted a GDP growth in the range of 6.5-7.5 per cent, adjusted the projection to 6.5-7 per cent now with high probability of it being sub-7 per cent, amidst heightened risk aversion stemming from global political and economic challenges.
"My focus from the beginning of the year was 7 per cent plus-minus 0.5 per cent, which means 6.5-7.5 per cent. But now I am revising it to 6.5-7 per cent. The political uncertainties created by the US elections is much higher than I had anticipated," Virmani said.
"The US election uncertainty has a domino effect, influencing Europe, China, and other regions, indirectly impacting India," he said on the sidelines of an interactive session with MCCI.
He highlighted the significant ..

The Supreme Court has strongly criticised the Enforcement Directorate for submitting that rigorous bail conditions in money laundering cases will apply to women despite a statutory exception explicitly provided under the law.
A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih, while hearing the bail plea of Shashi Bala, a government school teacher accused in a money laundering scam involving the Shine City Group of Companies, called the ED's submissions "contrary to statute" and emphasised that such arguments would not be tolerated.
"We will not tolerate conduct... to make submissions contrary to statute," the bench said and granted bail to Bala in the case, saying she had been in custody since November 2023 and there was little likelihood of her trial concluding anytime soon.
"If people who appear for the Union of India do not know basic provisions of law, why should they appear in the matter," the bench said on Wednesday.
The ED argued that the stringent bail ...

Supreme Court, SC

Goldiam International has rallied 9% to Rs 569.50 in intraday trade, zooming 82% in 2 months and PGIL has surged 6% to Rs 1,718.05 in intraday trade, soared 71% in two months.

A Teflon resilience in markets that won’t let declines stick

A Teflon resilience in markets that won't let declines stick

Indian firms in the electronics, solar, and electric vehicle (EV) sectors are experiencing delays and disruptions due to China's restrictions on export of key inputs and machinery, economic think tank GTRI said on Thursday.
It said the curbs could be China's response to India's restrictions on Chinese investments and visas.
"This also signals deeper geopolitical tensions and trade war. We hope India-specific restrictions go away soon as they will also hurt China," Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) Founder Ajay Srivastava said.
He added that while these measures impact India's electronics, solar, and EV sectors, they are also harmful to China's own manufacturing and exports.
"Indian firms in electronics, solar, and EV sectors are facing delays and disruptions as China blocks exports of inputs and machinery," it said.
India must stay firm against unreasonable demands from China and focus on building local manufacturing capabilities and diversifying supply chains, he ...

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Harvard Business School reported that 23 per cent of its 2024 MBA graduates were still job-hunting three months after graduation, up from 20 per cent the year before

Harvard Business School

The northward move in the company's shares followed the company's announcement that it has received an order estimated to be worth Rs 105.08 crore from DeltaBulk Shipping

Equity markets around the world continue to be on a tear. The MSCI Global Equity Index is close to its lifetime highs, up a staggering 30 per cent over the last year. But it is not just equities; all asset classes have thrived in recent months.

Dinesh Kumar Saraogi offers expert advisory services to optimize steel projects, enhancing profitability, efficiency, and sustainability using 43 years' experience.

Dinesh Kumar Saraogi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Make in India" campaign has also got lost somewhere in the labyrinths of this bureaucratic maze

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l The CMIE data also points to a worrying 57.1 per cent year-on-year decline in the value of government projects completed and a 40 per cent decline in that of the private sector

Budget

Let us look at the data. We find out technically that there was a regime shift in terms of movements in the value of the rupee when it crossed 80 to the dollar in August 2022

Rupee

The challenge for macro policy is to respond to the domestic slowdown without appearing to let its guard down against a hostile global environment