Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 11 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s public persona has long been defined by ideological rigidity and administrative control. But those close to the 80-year-old leader say that the same precision and discipline visible in governance are equally evident in his personal habits.His habits are now being discussed more after a seer fish controversy broke out, which was put on the table by veteran CPI leader and former State Minister C. Divakaran and is now a ra…
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Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 9 (IANS) Kerala politics is perceived as centred on ideology and class struggle, but this week, it found itself floundering in murkier waters concerning a lunch layout, fish varieties, and contrasting memories — involving Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, no less.The trigger was veteran CPI leader and former state minister C. Divakaran, who casually disclosed a past “incident” which has now become a fully cooked controversy, that Chief Minister Vijayan once walked out of …
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) After conducting a comprehensive exercise to enhance key data relevance, accuracy and international comparability, the government is set to release a new series of GDP, CPI and IIP (based on the new base year) on February 27, February 12 and May 28, respectively, the Parliament was informed on Monday.Minister of State Rao Inderjit Singh told the Rajya Sabha that the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) decided on a comprehensive exercise for revisio…
Chennai, Feb 7 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the AIADMK, accusing it of betraying agricultural labourers and rural workers by supporting what it described as the Union government’s “systematic dilution” of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).In a strongly worded statement, CPI State Secretary M. Veerapandian said the AIADMK’s proposed protest against the state government’s implementation of the rural employme…
Wellington, Feb 4 (IANS) New Zealand’s unemployment rate rose to 5.4 per cent in the December 2025 quarter, the highest since the September 2015 quarter when it was 5.7 per cent, Stats NZ reported Wednesday. The unemployment rate of 5.4 per cent was up from 5.3 per cent in the previous quarter, said the statistics department, Xinhua News Agency reported.The number of unemployed people rose by 5,000 to 165,000 over the quarter, while both employment and participation in the labour market increase…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 4 (IANS) As Kerala moves closer to Assembly elections, State Transport Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar is heading into the campaign trail facing mounting political headwinds, with controversy and signs of voter fatigue threatening to complicate his sixth straight contest from Pathanapuram.Now 59, Ganesh Kumar is preparing for another electoral battle in the constituency he has represented continuously since 2001.A film actor-turned-politician, he burst onto the political scene…
Patna, Feb 3 (IANS) The proceedings in the Bihar Legislative Assembly continued on the second day of the Budget Session, with heated exchanges during the post-Question Hour period.An adjournment motion related to the alleged rape and murder of NEET aspirants was moved by CPI MLA Arun Singh (Karakat), which was rejected by the Speaker, though permission was granted for it to be read in the House.Raising the issue, Arun Singh informed the Assembly that two girl students from Jehanabad and Aurangab…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (ANS) The Consumer Price Index (CPI), with the new base year 2024, will increase marginally by 20-30 bps and in the months when food inflation is higher, the new CPI will be low by 20-30 bps, according to an SBI Research report.The government had formed an expert group to measure CPI accurately, with the changing consumption behaviour of the households and to incorporate latest global best practices including methodological developments.The first CPI series based on new base ye…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) As India gears up to table the Union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament on February 1, investors are likely to be focused on the debt metrics, deficit outcome and scheduled borrowings for the next year Budget to align with strategic objectives, a report showed on Friday.The size of borrowings will be an important consideration for the bond markets, said a note by DBS Bank.“Given our underlying math and deficit target, we expect FY27 net borrowings to rise to Rs 12 lakh crore…
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) India has recorded the lowest inflation rate since the beginning of the CPI series, with April-December 2025 average headline inflation coming in at 1.7 per cent, along with a robust GDP growth of 8 per cent, according to the Economic Survey 2025-26 tabled in the Parliament on Thursday.The survey attributes the moderation in retail inflation primarily to the general disinflationary trend in food and fuel prices, which together account for 52.7 per cent of India’s Consu…