Business

Bengaluru: Domestic tech startups raised $2.5 billion in the January-March period this year (Q1 2025) to date, marking a 13.64 per cent increase from the previous quarter and an 8.7 per cent rise from the same period last year -- making India the third most-funded...

New Delhi: Brendan Lynch, the assistant US trade representative for South and Central Asia will pay a five-day visit to India beginning Tuesday to discuss issues relating to trade and tariffs between the two countries. Lynch's visit comes days ahead of coming into force of...

Born in a small village in Puri district, Manoj Kumar Sahoo, Director of Dion Group, has transformed himself into a key player in Odisha’s real estate and automobile industries. After finishing studies, he decided to join his family business running since 1980. He tried his...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of Power Manohar Lal held a detailed review meeting in Bhubaneswar Sunday with senior Odisha government officials on the development of the state’s power sector. The discussions covered key issues including fly ash utilisation, capacity addition, transmission infrastructure, and power allocation. Manohar...

New Delhi: Amid the debate on trade tariffs, industry leaders Sunday said India has a strong advantage in high-value manufacturing and this situation could actually open doors for them in exports with the right policy support. Policy support like extended PLI benefits and better export...

A civil engineer by qualification, Mansur Baksh, Managing Director of MSB Automotive Pvt Ltd, has transformed Odisha’s two-wheeler market with an extensive dealership network. He followed his passion for automobiles, starting with Mahindra two-wheelers in 2014 and later expanding with Bajaj. With a strong presence...

New Delhi: The government Saturday withdrew 20 per cent duty on onion exports, effective from April 1. To ensure domestic availability, the government had taken measures to check exports by means of duty, minimum export price (MEP), and even to the extent of an export...

New Delhi: The government Saturday said that it has blocked 357 websites/URLs of illegal/non-compliant offshore online money gaming entities so far, and 700 such entities are under the scanner. The Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DGGI) has intensified its enforcement actions against...

San Francisco: Twitter's iconic bird logo that was removed from the company's former San Francisco headquarters when Elon Musk took over the social media company and rebranded it to X has sold for nearly USD 35,000 at an auction. RR Auction, which deals in “rare...

Tokyo: Foreign ministers from Japan, China and South Korea reaffirmed the importance of denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula and sought common ground in areas like ageing, low birth rates, natural disasters and cultural exchange at a meeting that took place at a time of growing...