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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said that Odisha aspires to be among the top five state economies in the country by 2047, when India will celebrate 100 years to independence. While addressing the joint business session between MEA and Odisha organised as part...

Washington: Challenging the decision of the Biden administration to investigate the activities of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, an influential Republican lawmaker has said such selective actions risk damaging critical alliances with key partners. In a strongly worded letter to US Attorney General Merrick B Garland,...

New Delhi: Farm workers and drivers will figure among the fastest growing jobs over the next five years, while roles of cashiers and ticket clerks will see the largest decline, a new study showed Wednesday. In its Future of Jobs Report 2025, the World Economic...

New York: Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said Tuesday it's scrapping its third-party fact-checking programme and replacing it with a Community Notes programme written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk's social media platform X. Starting in the US, Meta will end...

Bengaluru: Microsoft will invest USD 3 billion (about Rs 25,700 crore) to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence capabilities in India, its chief executive officer Satya Nadella said on Tuesday. The tech giant will also train 10 million people in AI skills in India...

New Delhi: India's economic growth rate is estimated to slip to a four-year low of 6.4 per cent in 2024-25, mainly on account of poor showing by the manufacturing and services sector, according to government data released Tuesday. The gross domestic product (GDP) rate of...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) bought another eight tonnes of gold in November 2024 as Central banks around the world continued their buying spree with a collective purchase of 53 tonnes of the precious metal during the month, according to the latest World...

Bhubaneswar: Five major industrial projects worth Rs44,793.03 crore which are set to generate 23,005 jobs were approved by the state government Monday. The clearance came during the 38th high-level clearance authority (HLCA) meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. These projects, to come up...

Washington: Nippon Steel and US Steel are filing a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration's decision to block a proposed nearly $15 billion deal for Nippon to acquire Pittsburgh-based US Steel. The suit, filed Monday in the US Court of Appeals for the District of...

New Delhi: India's services sector growth touched a four-month high in December, supported by new business inflows on strong demand conditions and easing inflationary pressures, a monthly survey said Monday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Services Business Activity Index, rose from 58.4 in November to...