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New Delhi: Beleaguered edtech firm BYJU's founders, Byju Raveendran and Divya Gokulnath, are gearing up to file an over $2.5 billion suit against Glas Trust and others for damage to their reputation and business, a statement from their counsel said Thursday. The founders are preparing...

New Delhi: Negotiations between India and the US are underway to iron out pending issues for a trade deal, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Thursday. The comments came a day after US President Donald Trump said that Washington is "very close" to the...

Mumbai: India's festive season is expected to generate over 2.16 lakh seasonal jobs in the second half of 2025, marking a 15-20 per cent year-on-year increase in gig and temporary employment, a report said Wednesday. The rise in festive hiring is being driven by sectors,...

New Delhi: Reserve Bank will "wait and watch" the evolving situation before deciding on any further rate cut, Governor Sanjay Malhotra has said as he emphasised that both growth and price stability are equally important. With inflation on a downward trend, the RBI's Monetary Policy...

Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed marginally higher Wednesday as investors stayed on the sidelines amid weak global market trends and tariff-related uncertainty. Rising for the second day in a row, the 30-share BSE Sensex edged up 63.57 points or 0.08 per cent...

New Delhi: Cabinet Wednesday approved Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana for a period of six years, covering 100 districts with an annual outlay of Rs 24,000 crore. The programme, announced in the Union Budget, will converge 36 existing schemes and increase adoption of crop diversification...

New Delhi: The government Wednesday permitted state-run NTPC to invest up to Rs 20,000 crore for renewable energy capacity addition to achieve 60 GW capacity by 2032. I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shared details about the decision taken at the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)...

Washington: President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he plans to place tariffs of over 10 per cent on smaller countries, including nations in Africa and the Caribbean. "We'll probably set one tariff for all of them," Trump said, adding that it could be "a...

New York: US President Donald Trump stated that India is working on a trade deal along the same lines as the one he announced with Indonesia, which will provide the US with greater access to the Indian market. Under the deal with Jakarta, there will...

New Delhi: India and the European Union (EU) will hold the next round of negotiations on the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) in September here as both sides have exchanged offers related to the services sectors last week, an official said Tuesday. L Satya Srinivas,...