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Trump’s levy decision fails to spook India: PM Modi says will shield farmers at any costA day after the US announced steep new tariffs on Indian goods, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed his government’s commitment to prot...- Kerala CM makes statement on Vizhinjam in Assembly; says rehabilitation top prioryThe Left government has assured this in all development projects and the approach is the same in the case of Vizhinjam port as well, he sai...
- Ongoing protests may delay completion of Adani port in VizhinjamThe government claimed it has accepted almost all demands of the protesters. However, the protesters are not ready to budge, alleging the p...
- Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul Gandhi discusses rising fuel costs, reduced subsidies with fishermenThe yatra on Monday was kickstarted from Punnapra and senior Congress leaders K Muraleedharan, Kodikkunnil Suresh, Ramesh Chennithala, K C ...
- Karnataka to seek special grants from Centre for rain havoc in Bengaluru: CMBommai said the new memorandum would highlight problems that Bengaluru faced due to overflowing lakes and flooding in low-lying areas. "We ...
- WTO: India rejects fish sops document, says it does not provide level playing fieldThe WTO members are negotiating the fisheries subsidies agreement, which aims at eliminating subsidies for legal, unregulated and unreporte...
- WTO: India resists plan to end fish sops in developing countriesChina, the EU and the US dole out $7.3 billion, $3.8 billion and $3.4 billion, respectively, annually as fishery subsidy while India provid...
- WTO agreement: Blocking subsidy to Indian fishermen to affect millions of fishers, their familiesIndia is not a major fishery subsidy provider unlike countries like China, the European Union (EU) and the US which provide an annual fishe...
- Oppose fish subsidy withdrawal proposals at WTO, protect small fisherfolk: BMS to govtThe trade union said that it is the organised sector’s fishing which catches fish through mechanised trawlers and huge ships particularly b...
- Will hear India's concerns: WTO DG Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaWTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Friday said India has a strong voice in the World Trade Organization and she is hopeful of a good outcome ...
- India to push for easy movement of healthcare pros, affordable medical goods at WTO meet todayAbout 20 trade ministers are participating in the mini-ministerial and Covid-19 response and fish subsidies negotiations are on the agenda,
- View: Sorry Abhijit Banerjee, high taxes and freebies don’t create egalitarian utopiaThe cut in corporate tax is an attempt to find a way forward, but will work only with supplementary reforms.
- EU, US oppose India on ending sops that aid illegal fishingThe US and European Union (EU) have opposed the proposal as they give such subsidies to transport and water sports sector.
- Why Universal Basic Income is a bad ideaBenefit under the Universal Basic Income will not be universal, but targeted at specific votebanks.
- Fish subsidies rise 23%, but India feels it won't be an issueTamil Nadu, Gujarat and Karnataka doled out the highest sops for fisherfolk in 2017-18.
- State growth performance favours Mamata Banerjee and is iffy for JayalalithaaMamata’s five year average to be 7.44%, beating the Left Front’s 6.85%.TN, on the other hand, has decelerated sharply in GDP under Jayalali...
- Tamil Nadu elections: Using liquor revenues for freebies is not economically sustainableElections are contested mainly on the personal popularity of Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi, and on competition in freebies.
- Consider impact of fishing on greenhouse gases: ScientistPrincipal scientist and scientist in-charge of Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) M M Prasad said that as climate change is s...
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