TCA Sharad Raghavan

1 month ago | htsyndication.com | TCA Sharad Raghavan

India, March 26 -- The hijacking of a train in Baluchistan appeared to mark a new stage in Pakistan's internal security evolution. Clearly, there are objective factors that have energised a long festering insurgency in that province into mounting such major and coordinated operations. Both in Baluchistan and in the tribal tracts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, there has been a decided uptick in terrorist militancy and related incidents.

1 month ago | hindustantimes.com | TCA Sharad Raghavan

The hijacking of a train in Baluchistan appeared to mark a new stage in Pakistan’s internal security evolution. Clearly, there are objective factors that have energised a long festering insurgency in that province into mounting such major and coordinated operations. Both in Baluchistan and in the tribal tracts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, there has been a decided uptick in terrorist militancy and related incidents.

1 month ago | htsyndication.com | TCA Sharad Raghavan

Posted On: 2025-03-25 Posted By: TCA Raghavan Health & Lifestyle Education Real Estate & Construction International Hindustan Times India, March 25 -- The hijacking of a train in Baluchistan appeared to mark a new stage in Pakistan's internal security evolution.

1 month ago | theprint.in | TCA Sharad Raghavan

“India’s merchandise exports fell for the fourth month on the trot, by 10.9 percent on-year to $36.9 billion in February from $41.4 billion a year ago, after a 2.4 percent decline in January,” Crisil said in a note analysing February’s trade data. “This is the sharpest contraction in trade in 20 months that stems from a broad-based decline in the exports of crude oil, core, and gems and jewellery, amid rising uncertainties from tariff actions,” it added.

1 month ago | theprint.in | TCA Sharad Raghavan

In 2015, the government announced the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) scheme. The idea was to reduce India’s gold physical imports while also providing the government with a cheaper source of borrowing. The bureaucrats in charge of the finance ministry thought it would be a good idea to bet on the future price of gold while also paying interest to gold bond holders. Then they had the brainwave of making gold bonds even more attractive by hiking the import duty on physical gold.