Business

New Delhi: The government has bought nearly 71,000 tonnes of onion so far this year for buffer stock, out of the total target of procuring 5 lakh tonnes for price stabilisation and it expects retail prices to ease with the progress of monsoon over most...

New Delhi: About 28 Indian startups have raised $800.5 million in funding across 29 deals this week. This represents an increase of 296 per cent from the $201.8 million secured by the startups last week across 21 deals, reports Inc42. Quick commerce unicorn Zepto announced...

New Delhi: India and Bangladesh Saturday firmed up a futuristic vision to expand cooperation in several new areas and inked a raft of agreements, including to boost ties in the maritime sphere and blue economy. The pacts were finalised at the wide-ranging talks between Prime...

London: Britain's wealthiest family, the Hindujas, have said they were “appalled” by a Swiss court's ruling of jail terms for some members and have filed an appeal in a higher court challenging the verdict finding them guilty of exploiting vulnerable domestic workers from India at...

Islamabad: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement for a 250 million US dollar policy-based loan to assist Pakistan's sustainable investments in infrastructure and services through public-private partnerships. The bank's country director for Pakistan, Ye Yong, and Secretary of the Economic Affairs Division...

Geneva: A Swiss criminal court Friday sentenced four members of the wealthy Hinduja family with between four and 4 1/2 years in prison for exploiting their vulnerable domestic workers. The court at the same time threw out the more severe charges of human trafficking. The...

Mumbai: Stubborn food prices are responsible for the slow pace of decline in overall retail inflation, argued Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das while voting for a status quo in the policy rates during the MPC meeting earlier this month, according to the...

Hyderabad: The Ministry of Coal Friday put up 67 coal mines for auction across eight states, including Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, West Bengal and Telangana. Union Minister of Coal and Mines, G. Kishan Reddy, launched the 10th tranche of commercial coal mine...

London: Around 1,500 Tata Steel workers based in Port Talbot and Llanwern in Wales will begin "all-out indefinite strike action" from July 8 in protest against the company's "disastrous plans" to cut 2,800 jobs and close its blast furnaces. Unite the Union said it is...

New Delhi: Output growth across India's private sector regained growth in June with business activity increasing at quicker rates among manufacturing companies and services firms while hiring of workers shot up to an 18-year high, according to HSBC’s flash PMI data released Friday. There was...