Chennai, Aug 25 — The State Legislative Assembly will on Tuesday take up demands for grants concerning key departments, including Natural Resources, Industries, Investment Promotion, Commerce, Information Technology and Digital Services. The ongoing session has entered the department-wise…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met British Virgin Islands' Premier and Finance Minister Natalio D. Wheatley here on Monday. Wheatley is leading a delegation of financial services experts to India and is visiting New Delhi, GIFT City, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. He informed…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — India and Mauritius on Monday agreed to further strengthen cooperation in public service, training and capacity building, with greater emphasis on sustained institutional engagement and exchange of expertise between the two countries, according to an official statement issued on…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — The government on Monday rolled out upgraded Dak MITRA and Dak Sewa mobile applications and inaugurated 14 renovated Post Office buildings across the country. Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, Union Minister of State for…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — The recent rise in sugar prices cannot be attributed to ethanol production as India has sufficient sugar to meet domestic demand and maintains adequate buffer stocks, Padma Shri awardee Dr Bakshi Ram, agricultural scientist and former Director of ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding…
Mumbai, Aug 24 — Adani Enterprises Director Pranav Adani on Monday said he has contributed Rs 15 crore towards the addition of 100 new cars to the Mumbai Police fleet, aimed at supporting the city's policing and security infrastructure.In a post on social media platform X, Pranav Adani said the…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — The Central government on Monday announced that it is offloading up to a 6 per cent stake in public sector Hindustan Copper in the stock market through an Offer for Sale (OFS), with the floor price fixed at Rs 514 per share."Government of India offers to divest 3 per cent equity…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — The Reserve Bank of India's special USD-INR forex swap facility for FCNR(B) deposits, Overseas Foreign Currency Borrowings (OFCB), and External Commercial Borrowings (ECB), launched on June 8, has driven an unprecedented surge in foreign exchange inflows into the country to the…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — India and Cambodia on Monday agreed to diversify and deepen bilateral trade through cooperation in traditional medicine, e-governance modules, recognition of the Indian pharmacopoeia, trade statistics reconciliation, and strengthening the digital payments system between the two…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — The Income Tax Department on Monday reminded taxpayers with business or professional income who are not subject to tax audit that August 31, 2026, is the deadline for filing their income tax returns for assessment year 2026-27.In a post on social media platform X, the department…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — India has sufficient sugar stocks to meet domestic demand, and prices are likely to moderate over the next few weeks as supplies improve, the Indian Sugar and Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) said on Monday, dismissing concerns of an actual shortage in the market.ISMA…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Monday introduced an IT Resilience Index (ITRI) framework for market infrastructure institutions (MIIs) to strengthen the resilience and reliability of technology systems in stock exchanges, clearing corporations and…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Monday said it will acquire MHP Management‑ und IT‑Beratung GmbH, the management and IT consulting arm of German automaker Porsche, for an enterprise value of Rs 3,573.44 crore.TCS will set up a dedicated AI Mobility Centre of Excellence for…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — A structural shift toward financialisaton remained intact in fiscal 2026, as individual bank deposits and market‑linked assets showed strong growth, a report said on Monday.The report from JM Financial services said individual bank deposits grew 9.7 per cent year‑on‑year to Rs…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — The recent rise in sugar prices is being driven primarily by market sentiment and expectations around the next sugarcane crop rather than diversion of sugarcane for ethanol production, Grain Ethanol Manufacturers Association (GEMA) said on Monday.Speaking to IANS about concerns…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — The call for applications is open for GENESIS Entrepreneur‑in‑Residence (EIR) Cohort‑3 through September 3, 2026, and the program supports aspiring entrepreneurs, innovator and early‑stage founders to scale innovative ideas into technology-driven ventures, an official statement…
Tokyo/New Delhi, Aug 24 — India is negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs) with at least eight to nine more groups of countries and individual nations that together account for around $15 trillion of GDP, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday, as New Delhi seeks to expand…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — The government is closely monitoring onion prices, market arrivals and availability across states to ensure adequate supplies and protect consumers from undue price volatility, government sources said on Monday, adding that onion availability is currently comfortable to meet…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — Hailing growing ties with India, Argentina's Ambassador Mariano Caucino on Monday highlighted that the trade partnership between both countries has increased to over USD six billion now. Speaking to IANS, Caucino mentioned that the economies of India and Argentina complement…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — Pakistan is losing an estimated $2 billion annually due to high post-harvest losses, with inadequate storage facilities, weak supply chains and poor enforcement of quality standards undermining the country's agribusiness sector, a report has said.A report published in Dawn said…
New Delhi, Aug 24 — The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has issued an advisory to state governments and power sector PSUs to grant up to four months’ extension to renewable energy projects affected by disruptions due to the West Asia situation under the Force Majeure provisions.Generally, the…