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New Delhi: The Union government will borrow Rs 7.86 lakh crore in the second half of this fiscal year, reducing the total borrowing for the current financial year by a whopping Rs 1,20,494 crore. "During 2026-27, the Government of India is expected to have market...

New Delhi: Rejecting claims of bank employee unions regarding a commitment to implement a five-day work week, government sources said there was no commitment on the issue from the Finance Ministry. Bank employee unions under the United Forum of Bank Unions have announced a three-day...

New Delhi: India and Australia are working on a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement and a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to boost two-way trade and strengthen economic ties, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Friday. Addressing ICAI's first Oceania International Conference 2026 in Australia, the...

New Delhi: Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Managing Director Shailesh Chandra Friday said the company is weighing further progressive price increases as rising commodity costs continue to put pressure on margins. In an interview to PTI, Chandra said the company is still absorbing a significant residual...

Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded Friday after value buying in blue-chip banking, oil & gas, and auto shares following recent sharp losses. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 315.20 points, or 0.43 per cent, to settle at 73,895.74 with 19 of its constituents...

Bhubaneswar: BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik Friday blamed BJP MPs from Odisha for the passage of the amended mines law in Parliament, and asked the Chief Minister to pause its implementation as the legislation infringes the state's constitutional rights and would stymie its progress. The party...

New Delhi: Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in India has touched a highest-ever level of USD 94.53 billion in 2025-26, while cumulative FDI inflows during 2014-26 have reached USD 843 billion, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Friday. He also said that as of March...

Washington: The US and China have agreed to extend their trade-war truce by two months, to give more time for a potentially larger deal between the two countries, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said. Bessent made these remarks Wednesday shortly after Chinese leader Xi...

New Delhi: India’s semiconductor industry is moving from policy announcements to commercial production and ecosystem building, with Semicon 2.0 and SEMICON India 2026 creating the foundation for what industry leaders describe as a “positive spiral” of investment, manufacturing and localisation. Speaking after the conclusion of...

New Delhi: An IndiGo Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft with over 250 passengers on board returned to London’s Heathrow Airport early Wednesday due to a technical snag shortly after taking off for Delhi. An emergency was declared, following which the aircraft was given priority to land...