New Delhi: India's agriculture sector is poised for stronger growth in the 2024-25 fiscal year, driven by favourable monsoon conditions, according to Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister PK Mishra. "Monsoon has been good... I am very optimistic this year," Mishra told PTI in an...
Hong Kong: China's exports in December grew at a faster pace than expected, as factories rushed to fill orders to beat higher tariffs that US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose once he takes office. Exports rose 10.7% from a year earlier. Economists had...
New Delhi: Investors will take cues from the December quarter corporate earnings, with blue-chips like Infosys, Reliance Industries scheduled to report their results this week, in addition, inflation data and trading activity of foreign investors will also be crucial in dictating market trends, analysts said....
New Delhi: The combined market valuation of five of the top-10 most-valued firms tumbled Rs 1,85,952.31 crore last week, with HDFC Bank taking the biggest hit, in-line with a weak trend in domestic equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark slumped 1,844.2 points or 2.32 per...
New Delhi: Foreign investors have withdrawn Rs 22,194 crore from Indian equities this month, driven by expectations of a weak earnings season, a steady rise in the US dollar, and concerns over tariff war during Donald Trump's presidency. This came following an investment of Rs...
Berhampur: The managing committee of Aska Cooperative Sugar Industries Ltd (ACSIL) in Odisha has increased sugarcane price by Rs 420 to Rs 3,500 per tonne this year, officials said. The factory will also bear the transportation charge of sugarcane beyond the 10-km distance this time,...
Hatadihi (Keonjhar): Irregularities have come to light in spending of funds under the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) in Keonjhar. Allegations indicate widespread corruption through approvals for various projects. Significant expenses were incurred for a single project, despite trust board meetings not being held in regular...
New Delhi: Focus on the quality of work and not on the quantity, as one can change the world in 10 hours, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra said on Saturday, joining the debate on a 90-hour work week. Speaking at the National Youth Festival in...
Berhampur: The mother of Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S Saturday expressed happiness that her son was conferred the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award. Ravi Kumar who is originally from Berhampur in Ganjam district was among 27 people in the Indian diaspora who received the award...
New Delhi: Driven by strong fundamentals and a resilient economy, the Indian equity markets are likely to see another record-breaking year for initial public offerings (IPOs), according to reports. The fundraising activity in the country has been broad-based across sectors so far. Domestic investments provided...
US President Donald Trump is opening new theatres of his global tariff war. This appears to be a strategy he...
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Many of the acts of omission and commission by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the recent past have...
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One of the most remarkable democratic developments of recent times came from New York City this month. A 33-year-old man...
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It’s hard not to see the flight of over a dozen IAS officers from Tripura’s cadre as a crypto-threshold moment....
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