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Parliamentary committees to begin 11-day preparatory meetings, elect chairpersons

DODOMA, Jan. 8 -- PARLIAMENTARY Committees are set to begin an 11-day schedule of meetings next Tuesday in Dodoma, marking the first major activity of the 2026 legislative calendar ahead of the Second... Read More


FM Sitharaman holds pre-Budget interaction with Delhi School of Economics students

India, Jan. 8 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today held a Pre-Budget interaction with students of the Delhi School of Economics, ahead of the upcoming Union Budget 2026-27 in New Delhi. In a s... Read More


Final Trade Jan 8: Markets Plunge as Nifty Slips Below 26,000 on US Tariff Shock

BIZ DESK, Jan. 8 -- Indian equity markets witnessed a sharp sell-off on Thursday, with benchmark indices posting their steepest single-day decline in over four months. The Nifty 50 slipped decisively ... Read More


DDC Kupwara chairs Block Diwas at HSS Lalpora, resolves multiple Public Issues on the spot

Kupwara, Jan. 8 -- District Development Commissioner (DDC) Kupwara, Shrikant Suse, on thursday chaired a Block Diwas programme at Government Higher Secondary School (HSS) Lalpora aimed at hearing and ... Read More


SMC Commissioner Inspects Municipal Assets to Strengthen Financial Sustainability

Srinagar, Jan. 8 -- In a bid to reinforce financial sustainability and enhance the delivery of civic services, the Commissioner, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), Mr. Faz Lul Haseeb, IAS, on Thurs... Read More


Contractor loses claim for botched Naivasha industrial park tender

Nairobi, Jan. 8 -- The High Court has dismissed a Sh232 million damages claim against the Special Economic Zones Authority (SEZA) over the cancellation of a tender for the construction of the Naivasha... Read More


Contractor loses Sh232m claim for botched Naivasha industrial park tender

Nairobi, Jan. 8 -- The High Court has dismissed a Sh232 million damages claim against the Special Economic Zones Authority (SEZA) over the cancellation of a tender for the construction of the Naivasha... Read More


Jitters in Kenya's sugar industry as Comesa imports gate thrown wide

Nairobi, Jan. 8 -- The decision by the government to lift safeguards on cheap sugar imports from sugarcane-growing members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) has rattled the... Read More


It's Africa's moment, if we get reading right

Nairobi, Jan. 8 -- Africa stands at the edge of a historic demographic shift. By 2050, one in three young people in the world will be African. This represents an extraordinary opportunity for the cont... Read More


Dropped Adani power lines blow Sh32bn hole in PPP funding plan

Nairobi, Jan. 8 -- The cancellation of Adani Energy Solutions Ltd's (AESL) power transmission lines project left a Sh32.3 billion hole in the Treasury's projections for public-private partnership (PPP... Read More