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New Delhi: India is likely to become the world's fourth-largest economy in the current fiscal on the back of its projected record-beating growth rate of 6.3-6.8 per cent that would help it overtake Japan. India recorded a growth of 6.5 per cent for the financial...

New Delhi: The government has met its fiscal deficit target of 4.8 per cent of the GDP for 2024-25, according to the data released by the Controller General of Accounts Friday. The fiscal deficit for the previous financial year works out to be Rs 15,77,270...

New Delhi: India's economic growth slowed to 7.4 per cent in the January-March period, and pulled down the annual growth rate for 2024-25 to a four-year low of 6.5 per cent, mainly due to the manufacturing sector, official data showed Friday. The size of the...

Mumbai: Stock markets closed lower in a range-bound trade Friday following losses in IT shares and sluggish trends in Asian markets due to trade uncertainty after a US appeals court temporarily reinstated reciprocal tariffs. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined by 182.01 points or 0.22 per...

Mumbai: Markets regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Thursday barred Hindi film actor Arshad Warsi, his wife Maria Goretti, and 57 others from the securities markets for periods ranging from 1-5 years. The regulator imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh each...

New Delhi: Anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal Wednesday disposed of complaints alleging impropriety and conflict of interest against former SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch based on a Hindenburg Research report, terming the charges as "presumptions and assumptions" not supported by any verifiable material. The Lokpal said that...

New Delhi: India's industrial production growth slowed to 2.7 per cent in April 2025 due to poor performance of the manufacturing, mining and power sectors, according to official data released Wednesday. The factory output, measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), rose...

New Delhi: Chief economists from across the world are the most optimistic about a strong economic expansion in South Asia, with India looking set to be the primary engine of growth in 2025 and 2026, a new survey showed Wednesday. The chief economists, however, warned...

New Delhi: Centre Wednesday raised the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy by 3 per cent (Rs 69) to Rs 2,369 per quintal, while up to 9 per cent rise in pulses and oilseeds rates for the 2025-26 kharif marketing season. The agriculture ministry's proposal...

Mumbai: Stock markets declined for the second straight day with benchmark Sensex falling by 239 points, dragged by FMCG major ITC after British multinational BAT Plc trimmed its ownership in the conglomerate. The 30-share BSE barometer declined 239.31 points or 0.29 per cent to settle...