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PSBs approve Rs 52,300 crore of MSME loans, powered by...
- Jan 20, 2026
Public sector banks (PSBs) have sanctioned over 3.96 lakh MSME loan applications amounting to over Rs 52,300 crore between April 1 and December 31,...
Automobile exports surge by 24% in 2025 to 63,25,211,...
- Jan 19, 2026
Automobile exports from India rose by 24 per cent in 2025, driven by robust demand for cars, two-wheelers and commercial vehicles in the overseas...
OpenAI may soon carry ads in some ChatGPT versions to boost...
- Jan 18, 2026
OpenAI has said that it will start showing advertisements in ChatGPT to some US users. The proposal is aimed at ramping up efforts to generate...
Limited export of wheat, related products permitted as...
- Jan 17, 2026
The government has allowed limited export of wheat flour and related products, lifting a ban imposed in 2022 due to supply concerns.The new rules...
Supreme Court rules that Tiger Global’s Flipkart sales...
- Jan 16, 2026
The Supreme Court has ruled that Tiger Global’s $1.6-billion stake sale in e-commerce company Flipkart to Walmart is subject to taxes. The verdict...
Japan’s SMBC set to get in-principle approval to set up a...
- Jan 15, 2026
Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) is set to receive in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for setting up a...
Electronics exports grow past Rs 4 l cr in 2025, with...
- Jan 14, 2026
Electronics exports from the country have crossed Rs 4 lakh crore in 2025 and are expected to grow when four semiconductor plants begin production...
Ola enters BESS with Ola Shakti, designed for residential...
- Jan 13, 2026
Ola Electric has forayed into the country’s Rs 1-lakh crore battery energy storage systems (BESS) market, projected to grow to over Rs 3 lakh crore...
Top banks appeal to CIC against RBI’s orders to disclose...
- Jan 12, 2026
Four major banks – Bank of Baroda (BoB), RBL Bank, Yes Bank and State Bank of India (SBI) – have approached the Chief Information Commissioner...
Lemon Tree to spin off into hotel management company, arm...
- Jan 11, 2026
Lemon Tree Hotels has announced a reorganisation, leading to bifurcation of its businesses under two different entities.After the reorganisation,...
OpenAI, SoftBank to put $1bn in SB Energy to expand data...
- Jan 10, 2026
OpenAI and SoftBank Group will invest $500 million each in SB Energy to expand data centre and power infrastructure for their Stargate initiative, SB...
UpGrad’s negotiations to acquire Unacademy fall through...
- Jan 09, 2026
UpGrad has abandoned talks to buy Unacademy due to significant disagreements on valuation. Despite months of negotiations, Unacademy’s sharp drop...
FY26 real GDP growth estimated at 7.4%, nominal GDP pegged...
- Jan 08, 2026
India’s economy is estimated to grow by 7.4 per cent in real terms in FY26, according to the first advance estimates released by the Ministry of...
CCI probe puts Tata Steel, JSW, SAIL and others in the dock...
- Jan 07, 2026
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has reportedly found that market leaders Tata Steel, JSW Steel and State-run SAIL, along with 25 other...
ONGC in two JVs with Mitsui to transport ethane by large...
- Jan 06, 2026
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will take a 50 per cent stake in two joint venture (JV) companies that will own and operate very large ethane...
SPIRITUAL CORNER - Is ‘I Am A Part Of God’ True?
- Jan 06, 2026
Dadashri: Who are you?Questioner: I am a part of God (Ishwar).Dadashri: People have been led astray with these discussions about one being a part...
AT THE HELM - Meg O’Neill, CEO, BP
- Jan 06, 2026
In a dramatic shake-up of one of the world’s most storied energy companies, BP has named Meg O’Neill as its next chief executive officer (CEO)....
Subsidies account for 8% of States’ revenue expenditure;...
- Jan 05, 2026
State governments continue to devote a sizeable share of their budgets to subsidies, underscoring their role in welfare delivery, while intensifying...
Analysts do not see any change in Venezuelan oil output...
- Jan 04, 2026
Venezuela is unlikely to see any meaningful boost to output of crude oil for years, even if US oil companies do invest the billions of dollars in the...
Coal India throws open e-auctions to neighbouring countries...
- Jan 03, 2026
Coal India has opened up its e-auctions to foreign buyers from neighbouring Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal amid a decline in local demand for power...
Come February, cigarettes will burn a hole in your pocket,...
- Jan 02, 2026
Cigarette prices are set to rise from February 1, 2026, after the government has reintroduced the Basic Excise Duty (BED) on cigarettes. The BED on...
Vi gets a government lifeline with frozen AGR dues, payment...
- Jan 01, 2026
The Union Cabinet has approved a rescheduling of Vodafone Idea’s (Vi) adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues, amounting to Rs 87,695 crore. The...
India’s $4.18-trillion GDP races past Japan’s to become...
- Dec 31, 2025
India has overtaken Japan as the world’s fourth-largest economy, the government’s end-of-year economic review calculation shows.Official...
ATM number shrinks in FY25 with surge in digitalisation,...
- Dec 30, 2025
Number of automated teller machines (ATMs) has declined in FY25, reflecting an increasing adoption of digital payments, according to the Reserve Bank...
Shipbuilding capacity set for a big boost with Rs...
- Dec 29, 2025
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has rolled out two major shipbuilding initiatives with a total outlay of over Rs 44,700 crore.The two...
Climate change-induced natural disasters cost the world...
- Dec 28, 2025
Heat waves, wildfires, droughts and storms cost the global economy more than $120 billion in 2025, according to a new report by UK-based...
Coforge’s $2.35-billion acquisition of Encora set to...
- Dec 27, 2025
Coforge has said that its $2.35-billion acquisition of Encora positions the company among a small group of global leaders in AI-led engineering. The...
BP to sell 65% in Castrol to Stonepeak for $6 billion to...
- Dec 26, 2025
BP has agreed to sell a 65 per cent stake in its Castrol lubricants business to US private equity firm Stonepeak for about $6 billion. The deal is a...
Bharti Enterprises, Warburg Pincus to acquire 49% stake in...
- Dec 25, 2025
US private equity firm Warburg Pincus and Bharti Enterprises will together purchase a 49 per cent stake in appliance-maker Haier India, the companies...
HCLSoftware’s Rs 2,100-crore acquisition of Jaspersoft to...
- Dec 24, 2025
HCLSoftware, the software business division of HCLTech, has said that it will acquire Jaspersoft from Cloud Software Group for $240 million (around...
India, New Zealand seal FTA, look to double bilateral trade...
- Dec 23, 2025
India and New Zealand have concluded a landmark free trade agreement (FTA), a move expected to deepen economic ties and boost trade, investment and...
GeM aids government to mop up Rs 2,200 crore via sale of...
- Dec 22, 2025
Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has facilitated disposal of government assets worth Rs 2,200 crore over the past four years. The public procurement...
Corporate Tax collections race past personal Income Tax...
- Dec 21, 2025
Corporation Tax collections have overtaken personal Income Tax receipts so far during this financial year, underlining stronger corporate earnings...
MUFG Bank to acquire 20% in Shriram Finance for Rs 39,618...
- Dec 20, 2025
Japan’s MUFG will acquire a 20 per cent stake in non-bank lender Shriram Finance for Rs 39,618 crore, the companies have said. The transaction...
ByteDance forms JV with American, global investors to...
- Dec 19, 2025
TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, has signed binding agreements with three major investors to form a joint venture (JV) to operate TikTok’s US...
SEBI restructures mutual fund expenses, lowers trade cost,...
- Dec 18, 2025
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved a comprehensive overhaul of mutual fund regulations to improve cost transparency and...
Globally-accepted COICOP 2018 to guide govt’s new GDP...
- Dec 17, 2025
The new Gross Domestic Product (GDP) series is set for a major overhaul, with the government proposing various changes. The changes include adoption...
Amid centenary celebrations, McKinsey announces 10% layoffs...
- Dec 16, 2025
McKinsey & Company is planning to reduce staffing in non-client-facing roles by about 10 per cent, potentially affecting a few thousand employees...
300 potential products listed out to help bridge trade...
- Dec 15, 2025
The government has identified about 300 products across sectors – such as engineering, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and agriculture – to help...
India’s old economy-led capex boom a hedge against global...
- Dec 14, 2025
India’s capital expenditure (capex) cycle is gaining strong momentum, driven largely by old-economy sectors. This old economy-led capex boom acts...
Bill to hike FDI limit in insurance sector to 100% gets...
- Dec 13, 2025
The Union Cabinet has approved a bill to raise foreign direct investment (FDI) in the insurance sector to 100 per cent.The bill may be introduced in...
Pension funds can now invest in gold, silver ETFs as PFRDA...
- Dec 12, 2025
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has allowed pension fund managers to expand the investment universe to include gold and...
Amazon lines up over $35 billion in India to scale up AI,...
- Dec 11, 2025
Amazon plans to invest more than $35 billion in India by 2030 to expand its operations by boosting artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and...
Government slashes 10% of IndiGo’s winter schedule...
- Dec 10, 2025
India has ordered IndiGo to cut 10 per cent of its planned flights. The decision follows the airline’s cancellation of at least 2,000 services last...
PSBs write off Rs 6.15 lakh crore of loans in five years,...
- Dec 09, 2025
Public sector banks (PSBs) have written off loans worth Rs 6.15 lakh crore in the last five-and-a-half years, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj...
SPIRITUAL CORNER - The True Nature Of Prayer
- Dec 08, 2025
Questioner: What is prayer (prarthana)?Dadashri: Pra + arthana = prarthana. Pra means extra. It means to ask God for a...
AT THE HELM - Priya Nair, MD & CEO, Hindustan Unilever
- Dec 08, 2025
When Hindustan Unilever (HUL) tapped Priya Nair as its new managing director and chief executive officer from August 1, 2025, it marked a historic...
Renewable energy ministry asks lenders to be cautious in...
- Dec 08, 2025
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has urged banks and other lenders to be cautious in financing new solar photovoltaic (PV) module...
Advent-Whirlpool negotiations to buy the latter’s Indian...
- Dec 07, 2025
Global private equity firm Advent International’s talks to acquire US company Whirlpool’s India unit for up to $1 billion have collapsed due to...
RBI delivers a surprise Repo Rate cut of 25 bps, pegs FY26...
- Dec 06, 2025
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slashed its Repo Rate by 25 basis points (bps) from 5.50 to 5.25 per cent. Announcing the Repo Rate cut, RBI...
BAT looks to sell stake worth Rs 776 million in ITC Hotels...
- Dec 05, 2025
British American Tobacco (BAT) plans to offload its stake worth about $776 million in ITC Hotels, the company has, as it looks to reduce debt and...
China permits first batch of large companies to export rare...
- Dec 03, 2025
China has issued the first batch of new rare earth export licences that should accelerate shipments to certain customers. This development fulfils a...
Q2 CAD rises sequentially to 1.3% of GDP as US tariffs, FPI...
- Dec 02, 2025
Worries on the current account front seem to have returned after a phase of comfort. India’s Current Account Deficit (CAD) moderated to 1.3 per...
PNGRB panel urges government to reform gas market, free...
- Dec 01, 2025
A high-level expert committee set up by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has called for sweeping structural reforms to create a...
Chinese central bank vows crackdown on stable-coins as...
- Nov 30, 2025
China’s central bank has reaffirmed its tough stance on virtual currencies, warning of resurgence in speculation and vowing to crack down on...
Q2 FY26 GDP surges by 8.2% on rural demand, farm output,...
- Nov 29, 2025
The economy delivered a surprisingly-strong performance in the July-September quarter, with GDP rising 8.2 per cent year-on-year. The growth saw a...
CBDT launches NUDGE 2.0 to boost tax compliance on foreign...
- Nov 28, 2025
Intensifying its efforts to curb tax evasion, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has launched the second phase of its NUDGE initiative to...
Reliance JV to set up $11-billion 1-gw data centre in...
- Nov 27, 2025
A Reliance Industries (RIL) joint venture (JV) will invest $11 billion (about Rs 98,000 crore) over five years to develop 1-gw of AI data capacity in...
HP may slash 6,000 jobs globally as it hastens adoption of...
- Nov 26, 2025
HP has said that it expects to cut between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs globally by financial year 2028 as a part of a plan to streamline operations and...
Top executives of power companies review progress of India...
- Nov 26, 2025
The Union Ministry of Power had convened a meeting of the India Energy Stack (IES) Taskforce recently to accelerate the development of the nation’s...
US appeals court upholds $194 million in damages against...
- Nov 24, 2025
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has informed stock exchanges that it has received an adverse ruling from a US appeals court. The court has upheld...
Amid bitter row, COP30 ends without any timeframe to stop...
- Nov 23, 2025
The UN climate summit COP30 in Belem, Brazil, has ended with a deal that contains no direct reference to fossil fuels that are heating up the planet...
Four labour codes come into force, minimum wages fixed,...
- Nov 22, 2025
The Central government has announced implementation of four new labour codes, aimed at simplifying and streamlining the existing, decades-old labour...
With 1 billion subscriptions, India set to be the world’s...
- Nov 21, 2025
India is on track to becoming one of the world’s largest 5G markets, with Ericsson’s Mobility Report 2025 projecting that the country will cross...
Saudi, US talk billion-dollar deals amid Prince Salman’s...
- Nov 20, 2025
Saudi Arabia and the US have touted billions of dollars in new investments and growing financial ties between the two countries, coinciding with...
Supreme Court recalls verdict barring retrospective green...
- Nov 19, 2025
A split Supreme Court has recalled one of its own judgments by 2:1 majority that had allowed post-facto environmental clearance to...
Oil companies seal first major LPG import deal with US, to...
- Nov 18, 2025
In a significant development, government-controlled oil marketing companies (OMCs) will import around 2.2 mtpa of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from...
NMDC celebrates over six-and-a-half decades of excellence...
- Nov 18, 2025
NMDC, India’s largest iron ore producer, entered 68 years of operations and celebrated its foundation day on November 15 with great pride. The...
NTPC targets 30 gw of nuclear power generation by 2047,...
- Nov 17, 2025
NTPC plans to set up nuclear power projects with 700, 1,000 and 1,600 mw capacities across various locations in the country, according to a senior...
Arattai’s major encryption upgrade set to push it further...
- Nov 16, 2025
Arattai, the homegrown messaging platform from Zoho, is set for a major upgrade that will bring end-to-end encryption across its entire ecosystem....
With rules in place, Digital Personal Data Protection Act...
- Nov 15, 2025
The government has formally issued rules under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act. This marks the operational rollout of the country’s...
Longest US govt shutdown ends after President Trump signs...
- Nov 14, 2025
President Donald Trump has signed a spending bill to reopen the government and end the longest shutdown in US history.He signed the short-term budget...
Government unveils Rs 25,060-crore mission to boost...
- Nov 13, 2025
The government has approved an export promotion mission with an outlay of Rs 25,060 crore for six financial years, beginning from this financial...
Tata Power putting Rs 1,572 cr in SPV to set up 1,125-mw...
- Nov 12, 2025
Tata Power will be investing Rs 1,572 crore for acquiring a 40 per cent equity stake in a special purpose vehicle (SPV) that will set up 1,125-mw...
Jobless rate dips marginally to 5.2% in Q2, urban...
- Nov 11, 2025
Unemployment rate in the country fell to 5.2 per cent in the July-September quarter from 5.4 per cent in the previous three months. The drop was...
AT THE HELM - Ajay Seth, Chairman, IRDAI
- Nov 10, 2025
After a rather long gap, the vital office of the chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has finally been...
SPIRITUAL CORNER - Religion
- Nov 10, 2025
To Be The Self Is The Religion Of The SelfQuestioner: What is religion (dharma)? That is what I want to understand.Dadashri: That which holds you...
MANAGEMENT MANTRA - “Credit The Team Always” - Brian...
- Nov 10, 2025
Brian Almeida is the founder of Points for Good, an award-winning philanthropic platform that enables individuals and organisations to convert...
Government permits 15 lakh tonnes of sugar exports, scraps...
- Nov 10, 2025
The Centre has decided to allow export of 15 lakh tonnes of sugar for the 2025-26 sugar season that started from October, according to Food Minister...
SEBI cautions investors about dealing in unregulated e-gold...
- Nov 09, 2025
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued a public statement, cautioning investors against dealing in digital gold or e-gold...
Power cost shoots up as transmission capacity lags behind a...
- Nov 08, 2025
India’s rapid addition of renewable energy capacity is straining grid operations, while contributing to rising cost of power supply due to mismatch...
TVS Motor to offload stake in Rapido to Accel, MIH for Rs...
- Nov 07, 2025
TVS Motor Company has announced that it has entered into agreements to divest its stake in bike-taxi aggregator Rapido for Rs 287.93 crore. The two-...
FATF lauds ED’s efforts in busting money laundering...
- Nov 06, 2025
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has praised the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for its diligent and efficient handling of money laundering cases...
Gopichand Hinduja – the man who oversaw Hinduja Group’s...
- Nov 05, 2025
Gopichand P Hinduja, the chairman of the Hinduja Group and one of Britain’s most influential businessmen, passed away in London at the age of 85. A...
Hindujas line up Rs 20,000 crore across green energy,...
- Nov 04, 2025
The Hinduja Group has signed an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh government, committing to invest Rs 20,000 crore in a phased manner. The agreement was...
Steel companies ask government to unveil more measures to...
- Nov 03, 2025
Steel-makers have urged the government for more measures to check rising imports from select group of countries, including China, which has produced...
Rs 2,000 banknotes worth Rs 5,817 crore still in...
- Nov 02, 2025
High-value Rs 2,000 notes worth Rs 5,817 crore are still in circulation, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI data.The RBI had announced...
Ford set to revive its Chennai plant, invest Rs 3,250 crore...
- Nov 01, 2025
American automaker Ford has said that it will invest Rs 3,250 crore in its Chennai plant to produce new-generation engines.The automaker, which had...
US slashes tariffs on Chinese imports to 47% after a...
- Oct 31, 2025
US President Donald Trump has agreed with President Xi Jinping to trim tariffs on China in exchange for Beijing cracking down on the illicit fentanyl...
Government sets up panel to review rates of tax refunds...
- Oct 30, 2025
The government has constituted a committee to review the rates of tax refund under the export schemes – Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported...
REC and SMFCL team up to boost maritime infrastructure...
- Oct 30, 2025
REC and Sagarmala Finance Corporation (SMFCL), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the India Maritime Week 2025 in Mumbai.The MoU has...
Tata Trusts row set to intensify with Mehli Mistry failing...
- Oct 29, 2025
Mehli Mistry is set to exit the Tata Trusts after a majority of trustees voted against extending his term on the boards of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust...
Vodafone Idea gets Supreme Court relief in additional ADR...
- Oct 28, 2025
The Supreme Court has allowed the Centre to examine Vodafone Idea’s plea, seeking to quash additional adjusted gross revenue (AGR) demands raised...
Homebuyers’ association urges government to amend RERA...
- Oct 27, 2025
Homebuyers’ body Forum For People’s Collective Efforts (FPCE) has demanded that Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA), 2016, should...
Office rentals in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Mumbai expand by...
- Oct 26, 2025
India’s three major office markets – Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Mumbai – have seen an average 4.3 per cent annual growth in rentals of prime...
In IPO boom, SEBI’s ban on pre-offer placements...
- Oct 25, 2025
The SEBI has told mutual fund managers that they cannot invest in companies before they list.Certain mutual funds had sought clarifications from the...
India’s Russian oil imports set for a big plunge after US...
- Oct 24, 2025
Refiners in India – particularly Reliance Industries (RIL) – are set to reduce imports of Russian oil sharply after the Donald Trump...
Government scales up scrutiny in edible oil sector with...
- Oct 23, 2025
The government has said that it will launch inspection drives to verify compliance with new edible oil regulations.The regulatory tightening is...
REC clocks 19% jump in net profit at Rs 8,877 crore in H1...
- Oct 23, 2025
Board of directors of REC have approved the limited reviewed standalone and consolidated financial results for the period ended September 30, 2025.On...
Exporters from India, ASEAN may be hit by US transshipment...
- Oct 22, 2025
A 40 per cent transshipment tariff by the US will create major compliance issues for companies in India and the ASEAN region, with high risks for...
Changing global economic conditions posing challenges to...
- Oct 21, 2025
Flux in the global economy presents considerable challenges to the global macroeconomic outlook, and the Indian economy is not immune, the central...
NTPC’s subsidiary NGEL’s arm starts operation of 38-mw...
- Oct 20, 2025
State-owned NTPC has begun commercial operation of a 38-mw solar power capacity of its step-down subsidiary in Gujarat.The new unit is a part of the...
ENBD to snap up 60% in RBL Bank for Rs 26,853 cr in largest...
- Oct 19, 2025
Emirates NBD (ENBD) will buy a 60 per cent stake in private lender RBL Bank for Rs 26,853 crore. This is the largest cross-border acquisition in the...
Banks can tap the M&A funding boom only by honing their...
- Oct 18, 2025
In a significant step, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has permitted Indian banks to finance mergers and acquisitions (M&A) within the country....
Ola Electric drives into BESS market with launch of...
- Oct 17, 2025
Bhavish Aggarwal-led Ola Electric has announced launch of Ola Shakti, a portable device that can be used to power ACs and refrigerators at home,...
HMIL drives in Rs 45,000-cr India plan, names first Indian...
- Oct 16, 2025
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Company is doubling down on India with investments of Rs 45,000 crore by FY30 and elevating an Indian, Tarun Garg, for...
Google picks Visakhapatnam for India’s first, gw-scale,...
- Oct 15, 2025
Google has announced a $15-billion investment to set up a large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) hub in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, its biggest...
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt win 2025 Nobel...
- Oct 14, 2025
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the 2025 Nobel Prize for economics on Monday for their work on how innovation and the forces of...
Tourism set for a CAGR of 25%, empowering people: Gajendra...
- Oct 13, 2025
Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said that the tourism sector contributes Rs 20 lakh crore to India’s GDP and is expected to grow at a...
Several job cuts on as US shutdown enters 12th day, Mr...
- Oct 12, 2025
President Donald Trump has blamed Democrats for his decision to lay off thousands of workers across the US government, as he has followed through on...
Rift between Tata Group and SP Group widens with the latter...
- Oct 11, 2025
The Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) Group has called for a public listing of Tata Sons as a “moral and social imperative”. This may queer the pitch for a...
SPIRITUAL CORNER - Religion
- Oct 10, 2025
To Be The Self Is The Religion Of The SelfQuestioner: What is religion (dharma)? That is what I want to understand.Dadashri: That which holds you...
AT THE HELM - Hisashi Takeuchi, MD & CEO, Maruti Suzuki
- Oct 10, 2025
Late August, Maruti Suzuki’s Hansalpur plant in Gujarat rolled out its first-ever electric car (e-car), e Vitara. E Vitara interestingly happens...
Modi, Starmer strengthen bilateral ties, ink defence deals...
- Oct 10, 2025
India and the UK have signed two defence deals worth over $800 million and have also agreed to collaborate further in education, clean energy,...
Modi opens Rs 19,650-cr Navi Mumbai airport, set to start...
- Oct 09, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated the first phase of the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), built at a cost of around Rs...
Airbus A320 flies past Boeing 737 to become the world’s...
- Oct 08, 2025
Europe’s Airbus has broken a major commercial barrier, with its A320 family of planes overtaking the Boeing 737 to become the most-delivered...
CRISIL sees moderate rise in gross NPAs of banks’ MSME...
- Oct 07, 2025
Gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of the banking system’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) portfolio are likely to rise moderately to...
SPVs with industry partners planned to upgrade 1,000 ITIs...
- Oct 06, 2025
Special purpose vehicles (SPVs) with credible anchor industry partners will be set up under the Rs 60,000-crore Pradhan Mantri Skilling and...
Financial assets worth Rs 1.82 lakh crore lying unclaimed...
- Oct 05, 2025
Financial assets worth Rs 1.82 lakh crore are lying unclaimed with banks and regulators, and institutions need to ensure that these reach the...
Overseas loans to get cheaper for India Inc, if govt...
- Oct 04, 2025
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed a significant easing of rules for external commercial borrowings (ECBs). The proposal is aimed at making...
Abu Dhabi’s IHC to purchase 41% in Sammaan Capital for Rs...
- Oct 03, 2025
Abu Dhabi-based International Holding Company (IHC), the most valuable holding company in West Asia, has entered into definitive agreements to...
Manufacturing expands at a slower pace in September amid...
- Oct 02, 2025
Manufacturing activity continued to expand in September but at a slower pace as the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) stood at 57.7,...
NMDC bags 15 awards at the 15th PRCI Excellence Awards 2025
- Oct 01, 2025
NMDC, India’s largest producer of iron ore, has been recognised for its outstanding contributions to corporate excellence, inclusive leadership and...
India must grow at 12.2% to avoid slipping into a jobs trap...
- Oct 01, 2025
India’s economy needs to expand at an extraordinary 12.2 per cent pace each year to solve its underemployment crisis, Morgan Stanley economists...
Two Rs 4,000-crore cross-border railway lines planned...
- Sep 30, 2025
India has announced a joint plan with Bhutan to implement two cross-border rail links with Bhutanese cities of Samtse and Gelephu at a cost of more...
GST 2.0 continues to roil FMCG distributors, struggling...
- Sep 29, 2025
The government’s recent circular has brought clarity on trade discounts and credit notes under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. But it has...
India in exclusive club of nations as BSNL’s swadeshi 4G...
- Sep 28, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Bharat Sanchar Nigam’s (BSNL) indigenously-developed 4G stack on Saturday, signalling a major leap in the...
Supreme Court reverses BPSL verdict, upholds its...
- Sep 27, 2025
The Supreme Court has said that JSW Steel’s $2.3-billion takeover of Bhushan Power and Steel (BPSL) can go ahead, reversing its own earlier...
Defence Ministry seals Rs 62,370-crore deal with HAL to buy...
- Sep 26, 2025
The Ministry of Defence has signed a Rs 62,370-crore deal with Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) for procurement of 97 Tejas Mark-1A fighter jets for the...
Shipbuilding and maritime gets Union Cabinet’s Rs...
- Sep 25, 2025
The Union Cabinet has approved around Rs 70,000-crore package for the shipbuilding and maritime sector.“In a transformative push for maritime...
Air India Express to operate 20 daily flights from Navi...
- Sep 24, 2025
The Air India Group on Tuesday announced that it will commence commercial flights from Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), operated by Adani...
Goa Cabinet gives green light for Rs 2,500-crore projects...
- Sep 23, 2025
The Goa Cabinet has approved seven development projects, collectively valued at Rs 2,500 crore, to be taken on a public-private partnership (PPP)...
ONGC, OIL embarking on a Rs 3,200-cr drilling campaign for...
- Sep 22, 2025
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India (OIL) are planning to begin a Rs 3,200-crore stratigraphic drilling campaign in untapped...
India set to bear the brunt as US hikes annual fee for H-1B...
- Sep 21, 2025
The Trump administration has said that it will ask companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B worker visas. This has prompted some big tech...
States’ combined public debt trebles to Rs 59.60 lakh...
- Sep 20, 2025
The combined public debt of all 28 States has trebled in 10 years, rising from Rs 17.57 lakh crore in 2013-14 to Rs 59.60 lakh crore in 2022-23,...
PFRDA’s draft norms may leave non-govt NPS subscribers...
- Sep 19, 2025
The pension regulator has proposed to increase lump-sum payout to non-government sector subscribers of the National Pension System (NPS) to 80 per...
Nvidia chief disappointed with China ordering tech firms to...
- Sep 18, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said that Washington and Beijing “have larger agendas to work out”. Mr Huang’s statement comes against the backdrop...
No ITC on GST paid on input services by life, health...
- Sep 17, 2025
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued a set of frequently-asked questions (FAQs) on the nitty-gritty of the...
NITI Aayog report notes that AI can add $1.7 trillion to...
- Sep 16, 2025
The AI-based opportunities could add around $1.7 trillion towards achieving the goal of Viksit Bharat and contribute in achieving 8 per cent GDP...
Insurance Amendment Bill permitting 100% FDI likely in...
- Sep 15, 2025
Insurance Amendment Bill, which proposes 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the insurance sector, is likely to be introduced in the...
Rs 77,000-cr rail projects on track in North-East to boost...
- Sep 14, 2025
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that railway projects worth Rs 77,000 crore are being implemented in the North-East region.Mr Vaishnaw made...
SEBI relaxes norms for IPOs, eases entry for low-risk...
- Sep 13, 2025
Stock market regulator SEBI’s board has cleared significant reforms, focusing on IPO regulations, simplified entry for foreign investors and a new...
Infosys unveils its largest-ever share buyback programme of...
- Sep 12, 2025
The board of directors of Infosys has approved the company’s largest-ever share buyback programme worth Rs 18,000 crore.The IT services company...
India’s renewable energy generation hits 250 gw, with...
- Sep 11, 2025
India’s non-fossil fuel electricity generation capacity has jumped over three-fold to touch 250 gw from 81 gw in 2014, New and Renewable Energy...
Consumer goods manufacturers allowed to display revised MRP...
- Sep 10, 2025
The Department of Consumer Affairs has allowed manufacturers to revise the maximum retail price (MRP) on unsold stock using stickers following...
Jaishankar stresses on need for fair and transparent...
- Sep 09, 2025
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that economic practices must be fair, transparent and to everyone’s benefit in the environment of...
SPIRITUAL CORNER - The Path of Moksha Is…
- Sep 08, 2025
Dadashri: There is only one path to moksha (ultimate liberation) and not two. When you look, you will see that there is only one path that leads to...
AT THE HELM - Sajjan Jindal, Managing Director, JSW Group
- Sep 08, 2025
Sajjan Jindal stands out starkly among India Inc. The 65-year-old chairman of the JSW Group has lined up huge investments across sectors. The...
ONGC, Mistui join hands to build, operate two VLECs to...
- Sep 08, 2025
Mitsui OSK Lines will operate two very large ethane carriers (VLECs) for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to import the petrochemical feedstock...
Hindujas to invest Rs 7,500 cr to boost Tamil Nadu’s EV...
- Sep 07, 2025
Tamil Nadu (CM) Chief Minister M K Stalin has announced investment of Rs 7,500 crore by the Hinduja Group, which will boost electric vehicles (EV)...
