New Delhi: Net direct tax collection so far in current fiscal grew 20 per cent year-on-year to Rs 15.60 lakh crore, which is 80 per cent of revised budget estimates for full fiscal year. "The provisional figures of direct tax collections continue to register steady...
New Delhi: Four of the top-10 most valued firms together added Rs 2.18 lakh crore in market valuation last week, with Life Insurance Corporation and State Bank of India emerging as the biggest gainers. From the top-10 pack, Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Life...
New Delhi: Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) continued their bullish stance on the country's debt markets with a net infusion of over Rs 15,000 crore so far this month, on the back of inclusion of Indian government bonds in the JP Morgan Index along with relatively...
Sambalpur: India should go beyond achieving the desired level of per capita income and be 'atmanirbhar' in all aspects, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Pramod Kumar Mishra said Saturday. Speaking at the 56th annual conference of the Odisha Economic Association at Sambalpur, he also...
San Francisco: Global networking giant Cisco is reportedly geared up to lay off “thousands” of employees next week, as the company pivots to focus on “high-growth areas". Cisco is expected to report its Q2 2024 earnings February 14 and the layoff announcement is likely to...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday took a dig at the Congress saying the grand old party mastered the art of ruining accomplishments of the previous government as they did while managing inflation during the 10-year UPA regime. Replying to a short duration discussion...
New Delhi: India has embarked on the journey to reach $300 billion electronics production, including $100 billion in exports, in the coming few years which is a realistic and achievable target for the government, Union Minister for Electronics and IT and Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said...
Bhubaneswar: The JSW group Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Odisha government for establishment of an Integrated Electric Vehicle (EV) and EV Battery manufacturing project at an investment of Rs40,000 crore in the state. At Naraj in Cuttack district the JSW group will...
New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO Saturday fixed a three-year high interest rate of 8.25 per cent on employees' provident fund (EPF) deposits for 2023-24. In March 2023, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) had increased the interest rate on EPF marginally to 8.15 per...
New Delhi: ChatGPT maker OpenAI is currently generating about 100 billion words per day, its Co-founder and CEO Sam Altman revealed Saturday, as he seeks trillions of dollars to reshape the future of chips and artificial intelligence (AI). In a post on X, Altman said...
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