External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has sent out a clear message on the issue of investments from China, stating that India as a country can’t compromise its national and economic security in the name of opening up the economy. Jaishankar said that India is well within its rights to safeguard the interests of its manufacturers,…
India’s move to remove the 40% import duty on desi chana has caused international prices of the commodity to surge by 7-10% within a day of the announcement on Friday. This decision, made during the ongoing sowing season in Australia, will likely motivate farmers there to increase the acreage and production of Bengal gram for…
Stock market today: BSE Sensex and Nifty50, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in green on Monday on the back of positive global cues. While BSE Sensex moved up 300 points, Nifty50 was above 22,500. At 9:17 AM, BSE Sensex was trading at 74,095.91, up 218 points or 0.29%. Nifty50 was at 22,523.55, up 48…
India is planning a comprehensive overhaul of its urban transportation system, integrating metro and bus networks with a focus on transitioning to clean fuel. The plan includes incentives to promote the use of small trucks for greening intracity goods transport and aligning bus and metro routes for enhanced viability. Source link
MUMBAI: Two years ago, people laughed off the concept of quick commerce or instant deliveries. Some even asserted that consumers do not need products in 10-15 minutes. Today, however, quick commerce is fast becoming ubiquitous for many millennial and Gen Z households. Companies have moved beyond groceries to deliver items ranging from fans and T-shirts…
Warren Buffett recently shared his thoughts on the potential impact of Artificial Intelligence during Berkshire Hathaway‘s Annual Shareholder meeting. He expressed concern about the technology’s ability to deceive, citing a personal experience where he witnessed a video of himself delivering a message that he never actually recorded. The video was so convincing that even his…
MUMBAI: Billionaire businessman Harsh Goenka fears that a stock market scam is brewing that could be equated with the ones which were perpetrated by infamous market operators like Harshad Mehta and Ketan Parekh.Goenka alleged that this time the scam may have its origin in Kolkata. In a post on X, Goenka on Saturday alleged that…
LAS VEGAS: Google has added Bengali, Tamil and Telugu, among 52 additional languages it has announced, to its ‘Workspace’ — a platform with 3 billion users comprising AI-powered apps like Gmail, Chat, Meet, Calendar, Drive and Docs.The tech giant is seeing “India as a strong market with Workspace, both in consumer space as well as…
NEW DELHI: Strong growth in India continued to reap rich dividends for Apple as CEO Tim Cook said the company is “very, very pleased” after scoring a double-digit revenue growth here.Cook spoke about Apple’s growing engagement in India across retail functions and developer ecosystem as he pointed to sustainability efforts initiated by the company in…
The RBI has suggested more stringent rules for project funding, which will increase the cost for lenders when offering loans for infrastructure and industrial projects such as roads, ports, and power plants. The new regulations mandate that lenders reserve 5% of the funds they have provided as a precaution for both current and future loans….
