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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Deputy Chief Minister Prabhati Parida inaugurated the second edition of the Subhadra Shakti Mela at the IDCO Exhibition Ground in Bhubaneswar Saturday. The event, aimed at promoting women entrepreneurship and showcasing self-help groups’ (SHGs) products from across the...

New Delhi: Quarterly earnings, macroeconomic data announcements and global trends will drive the Indian stock markets in a holiday-shortened week, analysts said. Stock markets would remain closed Wednesday for the Guru Nanak Gurpurab holiday. "The holiday-shortened week is expected to remain eventful, with multiple key...

New Delhi: India's exports to the US have dipped 37.5 per cent during May-September 2025 from $8.8 billion in May to $5.5 billion in September, think tank GTRI said Sunday. It said that exports of pharmaceuticals, smartphones, metals and auto have declined during the period....

New York: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has referred to the “progress” his country has made with India as he stressed that Canada is building partnerships abroad amid tariff pressures with the US. Carney's remarks on Saturday came after US President Donald Trump last week...

New Delhi: The combined market valuation of four of the top 10 valued firms jumped by Rs 95,447.38 crore last week, with Reliance Industries emerging as the biggest gainer. From the top-10 pack, Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India and Life Insurance Corporation...

New Delhi: After withdrawing money for the past three months, foreign investors have turned net buyers with a net infusion of Rs 14,610 crore in October, supported by resilient corporate earnings, a rate cut by the US Federal Reserve, and hopes of US-India trade talks...

New Delhi: Top carmakers led by Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles and Kia India Saturday reported record sales in the domestic market riding on festive demand boosted by GST rate cut. Other manufacturers such as Skoda Auto India and Toyota Kirloskar...

Bhubaneswar: Power electronics chip company SiCSem performed groundbreaking ceremony in Bhubaneswar Saturday for setting up the country's first end-to-end silicon carbide semiconductor production plant, entailing investment of about Rs 2,000 crore. The integrated facility, expected to be operational by 2027-28, will have a capacity of...

New Delhi: Despite rate rationalisation, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections rose 4.6 per cent (year-on-year) in the festive month of October at about Rs 1.96 lakh crore, the official data showed Saturday. October also made it the 10th consecutive month that revenues remained...

New Delhi: In a significant move to provide digital convenience to Aadhaar cardholders, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has announced major reforms to make Aadhaar updates faster, simpler, and entirely online, effective from Saturday. The new changes will allow cardholders to update key...