New Delhi: Foreign investors have made a strong comeback to Indian equities with a net investment of Rs 22,766 crore in the first two weeks of December driven by expectations of rate cut by the US Federal Reserve. This revival follows significant outflows in the...
Malkangiri: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday announced plans to set up a mega cement factory in Malkangiri district that would provide employment to about 2,000 people. "A cement factory with an investment of Rs 4,000 crore will be set up in the district....
New Delhi: In a significant week for the Indian startup ecosystem, nearly 40 startups secured more than $787 million in funding. These deals included 16 growth-stage deals and 23 early-stage ones. This is a massive jump from $250 million raised cumulatively across 18 deals last...
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has enhanced the collateral-free loan limit for farmers from Rs 1.6 lakh to Rs 2 lakh, effective January 1, 2025, a move aimed at supporting small and marginal farmers amid rising input costs. The new directive instructs...
New Delhi: The Swiss government has suspended the most favoured nation status (MFN) clause in the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and Switzerland, potentially impacting Swiss investments in India and leading to higher taxes on Indian companies operating in the European nation. According...
Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended sharply higher Friday amid heavy buying in telecommunication stocks and encouraging domestic inflation data. After falling 1,207.14 points in morning trade, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex recovered all the lost ground later and jumped 843.16 points or 1.04...
New Delhi: Subscribers of the retirement fund body EPFO may soon be able to withdraw claim amounts from their accounts through ATMs, a top official said. Union Labour Secretary Sumita Dawra has reportedly said that the labour ministry is upgrading information technology infrastructure to provide...
Mumbai: Food delivery and quick commerce services provider Zomato has received a tax demand notice of Rs 803 crore from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) department. In a stock exchange filing, the company said this notice has been given by the Joint Commissioner of...
Mumbai: Following a string of online bomb threats in the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has received a bomb threat via email, second such incident in a month for the Central Bank. Apparently written in the Russian language, the email was sent to...
Guwahati: The Union environment ministry has granted in-principle approval to divert around 4.50 hectares of forest land in Assam, home to the endangered hoolock gibbon, for oil and gas exploration by a Vedanta Group company. Cairn Oil & Gas will carry out exploratory oil drilling...
India’s espionage architecture is quietly shifting. The appointment of Parag Jain as the new chief of RAW comes at a...
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Revolting against oppression and seeking freedom is ingrained in human nature, something that a repressive regime finds out sooner or...
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US President Donald Trump, who had comfortably defeated his Democratic rival Kamala Harris in the recent presidential election and exuded...
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Months ahead of the Assembly polls in Bihar, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on 28 June launched a ‘special...
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