New Delhi/Moscow: India and Russia Wednesday agreed to boost bilateral trade to over USD 100 billion by 2030 by reinvigorating investments, using national currencies for trade and increasing cooperations in sectors ranging from energy to agriculture and infrastructure. In the joint statement issued following the...
Mumbai: India added nearly 4.7 crore jobs during 2023-24, taking the total number of employed people to 64.33 crore spread over 27 sectors covering the entire economy, according to Reserve Bank data. The number of employed people was 59.67 crore at the end of March...
Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded Tuesday, hitting their fresh record closing levels on the back of gains in auto and FMCG shares and foreign fund inflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 391.26 points or 0.49 per cent to settle at a new closing...
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to approach its all-weather ally China with a formal request to restructure its USD 15 billion energy debt to help the cash-strapped country wriggle out of its financial woes. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal and Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb would visit China...
Mumbai: The number of persons employed in 27 sectors, including agriculture, trade and financial services, increased by 3.31 per cent year-on-year to 59.66 crore in 2022-23, according to data published by the RBI Monday. During 2021-22, the employment in these 27 sectors stood at 57.75...
New Delhi: Signalling a normal monsoon ahead, The cumulative rainfall reached 1 per cent above the long-term average (as of July 6) while weekly rainfall (as of July 3) was 32 per cent above the long-term average in the country, a report showed Monday. Spatial...
Mumbai: India's high public debt offers limited fiscal space to undertake welfare measures which can help stimulate the economy, a foreign brokerage said Monday. In a report that comes weeks ahead of the presentation of the budget, Goldman Sachs said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman may...
Mumbai: Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended flat Monday in a lacklusture trade as investors opted to book profits after the recent record rally in equities. Weak cues from Asian markets also added to the muted trend in domestic equities. After beginning the...
London: The ascension of the Labour government has injected rare impetus into Britain's capital market. On Friday, the first day of the newly-elected Labour government, the domestically-focused FTSE 250 index rose by 0.86 per cent and the country's 10-year bond yield dipped by 0.8 percentage...
New Delhi: Equity markets will take cues from global trends and trading activity of foreign investors, while in the latter part of the week the first quarter earnings from IT majors TCS and HCL Technologies would guide investor sentiments, analysts said. Markets may consolidate after...
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