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Corporate investment, as a share of GDP, has been declining in India for some time now (Chart 1). This trend raises an important question: what explains this prolonged decline?A few things stand out in Chart 1. Corporate investment in India took off in 2004, when it jumped almost four percentage points, from 6.5% to 10.3%. After rising during the dream run of India’s growth story, it fell during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), but began a steady revival till demonetisation hit the economy in 2016 (marked by a vertical line in the chart). Since then, the decline has been singular. So much…
Ferrets were released on Rathlin Island in the mid-1980s, off the north coast of Northern Ireland, to deal with the island’s rabbit population | Wikimedia Commons Ferrets were released on Rathlin Island in the mid-1980s, off the north coast of Northern Ireland, to deal with the island’s rabbit population. The ferrets established a feral population and, over the following decades, became predators of the island’s nesting wildlife. By the 2020s, conservationists were trying to remove them from an island that supports Northern Ireland’s largest seabird colony, with more than 250,000 seabirds including puffins, razorbills, guillemots and Manx shearwaters. The Rathlin…
Donald Trump and Heidi Overton. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump has chosen White House policy aide Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday (August 18, 2026), months after previous chief Marty Makary quit.Also read | Trump announces staff secretary Will Scharf will be his new White House counselIf approved by the Senate, Ms. Overton will take over an FDA that has lost more than 3,000 staff, including division heads, over the past year, and is under pressure to rebuild confidence among industry and public-health groups…
File photo: Democratic socialist Angie Nixon (right) and former national security official Alexander Vindman Democratic socialist Angie Nixon scored a surprise victory in Florida’s Democratic primary for the US Senate on Tuesday, defeating retired Army officer and former national security official Alexander Vindman, according to projections by media outlets cited by Reuters.Nixon, a Florida state legislator since 2020, will now face Republican Senator Ashley Moody in the November general election for the final two years of former Senator Marco Rubio’s term. Rubio left the Senate after becoming US secretary of state under President Donald Trump.The result was a notable upset…
A woman holds a picture behind a placard with names of young people, while parents of children and young adults whose deaths were allegedly related to social media use hold a press conference, as Meta faces a landmark trial in federal court over claims from 29 states that the company illegally collected and used children’s data in violation of federal law, allegedly designed its social media platforms to keep young users hooked and misled consumers about their safety, in Oakland, California | Photo Credit: REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo As opening statements kicked off Tuesday in a trial for Meta Platforms, advocates and…
Maharashtra FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe announced strict action against eateries near educational institutions MUMBAI: Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe on Tuesday said strict action would be taken against eateries operating near educational institutions if they are found violating food-safety norms, as the department intensifies inspections across the state.Mundhe said the FDA had held a video conference with senior Education Department officials and local administration representatives and directed them to act in “mission mode” against violations.”Instructions have been issued once again and they have been told to take this up in mission mode,” Mundhe said.He said the…
New Delhi: The proposed Master Plan of Delhi (MPD) 2047 marks a significant shift in the approach to traffic management in the city, seeking to actively discourage the use of private vehicles through congestion pricing, parking demand management and stronger transport governance.Unlike MPD 2021, which merely acknowledged the need to reduce dependence on such vehicles, the new plan proposes specific regulatory tools to make their use less attractive, especially in congested areas.The plan, which is yet to be notified by ministry of housing and urban affairs, proposes that road-owning agencies or the transport department, in consultation with Delhi Traffic Police,…
A view of Ollemaradahatti Anti-Poaching Camp (APC) in the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary, several of which were reportedly ransacked or destroyed following the killing of three alleged poachers on August 15.A view of Ollemaradahatti Anti-Poaching Camp (APC) in the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary, several of which were reportedly ransacked or destroyed following the killing of three alleged poachers on August 15.A view of Ollemaradahatti Anti-Poaching Camp (APC) in the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary, several of which were reportedly ransacked or destroyed following the killing of three alleged poachers on August 15.A view of Ollemaradahatti Anti-Poaching Camp (APC) in the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary, several…
Hyderabad: The Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS) on Tuesday reopened online registration for MBBS and BDS admissions under the convenor (competent authority) quota for 2026-27.Eligible candidates who qualified NEET UG-2026 with the prescribed cutoff can register and upload certificates online from 2 pm on Aug 18 to 6 pm on Aug 20 for admission to govt and private medical and dental colleges in Telangana.Candidates who registered during the earlier window need not apply again.Registration and certificate uploading can be completed through the KNRUHS admission portal at tsmedadm.tsche.in. No fresh registrations will be accepted after 6 pm on…
Chennai: PMK MLA C Sivakumar from Vikravandi urged the Tamil Nadu govt to remove the toll on the Outer Ring Road from Vandalur to Minjur.Speaking at the assembly, he said there are plans to privatise the toll and road maintenance, with the revenue largely going to the private contractor. “They should not privatise the road,” he said.He further said there were about 78 tolls within NH limits, of which about 38 are within city limits. “These must be removed,” he said. A few other MLAs, including V Sampathkumar from Harur and PMK Gingee MLA P Ganeshkumar, demanded removal of tolls…