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United Nations: India's economic growth forecast for 2025 has been revised downward to 6.3 per cent, and despite a projected moderation, the country remains one of the fastest-growing large economies, supported by resilient consumption and government spending, the United Nations has said. The UN on...

New Delhi: Visits of Indian tourists, hosting of destination weddings and shooting of Indian films are likely to significantly drop in Turkiye and Azerbaijan in the coming days as the government may discourage people from going to the two countries which had actively supported Pakistan...

Mumbai: Benchmark BSE Sensex soared by 1,200 points while NSE Nifty closed above the 25,000 mark for the first time in seven months Thursday following across-the-board buying by investors and fresh foreign fund inflows into shares. Rising for the second day, the 30-share BSE Sensex...

Ghaziabad: Amid growing tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack, Turkey’s support for Pakistan has sparked strong reactions across India. In response, fruit traders in Ghaziabad have announced a boycott of apples and other products imported from Turkey. They assert that Turkey’s...

Karachi: The International Monetary Fund has disbursed a second tranche of USD 1.023 billion under the Extended Fund Facility programme for Pakistan, the central bank said Wednesday. The disbursement of the second tranche comes on a day when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is holding...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended higher on Wednesday as retail inflation eased to a nearly six-year low of 3.16 per cent in April, creating enough room for the RBI to go for another rate cut in the June monetary policy review. A...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a Rs 3,706 crore semiconductor plant at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh, to be set up by the HCL-Foxconn joint venture to manufacture display driver chips for mobile phones, laptops, and automobiles. The plant will have the capacity to...

New Delhi: The government plans to conduct more stringent reviews of some major investment proposals from Chinese companies to invest in India, which could delay the go-ahead for these ventures, according to an NDTV Profit report. The decision comes in the backdrop of China’s support...

New Delhi: India’s annual rate of inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) slowed to a 13-month low of 0.85 per cent in April, down from 2.05 per cent in March and 2.38 per cent in February, according to data released by the Ministry...

Washington: The White House Tuesday announced what it described as “the largest defence sales agreement in US history” — a nearly $142 billion package of arms and military training deals with Saudi Arabia. While the statement provided few specifics, it said the agreements fall into...