MUMBAI: The suspense over new Maharashtra chief minister is expected to end on Wednesday when BJP’s state legislature party elects its new leader at a meeting in Vidhan Bhavan. All newly elected MLAs have been told to attend the meeting. Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, who were appointed as…
BENGALURU: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India should position itself as a nation practising responsible capitalism. “We need to understand that capitalism also has its limitations. It is important to brand India as a responsible capitalist country, one that knows how to take care of its people, with many of its institutions doing their job,”…
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday challenged the notion that patriarchy hinders women’s progress in India, citing Indira Gandhi‘s rise as prime minister. During her interaction with CMS Business School students in Bengaluru on Saturday, Sitharaman asked if patriarchy stopped women from achieving what they wanted in…
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and World Bank president Ajay Banga held discussions on various topics during their meeting on the sidelines of the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings 2024 in Washington, DC. The discussions focused on private capital participation in Global Public Goods, energy security, and reforms in Multilateral Development Banks…
NEW DELHI: Amid expectations of easing curbs on investment from China, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said government will maintain checks on FDI in the “national interest,” given the sensitivity in the region.“We want business, we want investments, but we also need some safeguards because India is located in a neighbourhood, which is very,…
NEW DELHI: The portal for registration for the PM Internship scheme went live on Saturday, a scheme that has attracted several large companies and is aimed at enhancing the employability of young men and women entering the workforce.Over 190 companies ranging from Reliance Industries, Larsen & Toubro, Maruti Suzuki, Jubilant Foodworks, Eicher Motors, ONGC, HDFC…
MUMBAI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said there is a need to delve into facts before attacking the Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch on grounds that Caesar’s wife should be above suspicion. “There’s just no way in which all of us can sit around here and talk about this Caesar’s wife business saying ‘No no… regulators…
NEW DELHI: India will nearly double per capita income in the next five years and will see steepest rise in living standards for its citizens, along with reduced inequality on account of the reforms undertaken by govt, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.“While it took us 75 years to reach a per capita income…
NEW DELHI: Three senior ministers on Monday hit out at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his comment that he would not die before PM Narendra Modi was removed from office and said Modi was not PM at Congress’s suffering.After a bout of dizziness while addressing a poll rally in Kathua in J&K on Sunday, Kharge…
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The Karnataka high court granted a temporary relief to union minister Nirmala Sitharaman and other BJP leaders on Monday by issuing an interim stay on the investigation into the electoral bond extortion case.According to the court’s ruling, Section 286 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS),…
