Tag: India

New Delhi: As Tesla firms up its plans to roll out its first all-electric car in India this year, the Elon Musk-run company has hired top executives in the country…

New Delhi: Fears of an economic crisis in India are likely to decrease and the country may recover from decelerating growth in 2020, a new report said on Tuesday. According to US-based private equity firm Blackstone, this year the Modi government is likely to continue business-friendly growth reforms, and the Indian economy is likely to […]

New Delhi: India on Wednesday issued an advisory for Indian nationals asking them to avoid travelling to Iraq for now. The advisory came soon after Iran claimed to have attacked two US military bases in Iraq, in retaliation to the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qasem Soleimani in an American drone attack on […]

New Delhi: With global oil prices hitting three-month high on heightened US-Iran tension, India is preparing to deal with all kinds of situations, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday, asserting that there was “no crisis” for the world’s third-largest energy consumer. Crude oil prices rose to a three-month high of almost USD 72 a […]

New Delhi: World Bank has cautioned India that credit flow from the non-bank financial companies (NBFC) is expected to linger while growth will remain subdued at 5 per cent for the current fiscal. “In India, where weakness in credit from non-bank financial companies is expected to linger, growth is projected to slow to 5 per cent […]

Pune: Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is one wicket away from becoming Indias leading wicket-taker in T20Is, and when Virat Kohli and Co. take on Sri Lanka in the third and final match on Friday, he can achieve the feat. Currently, he is tied with R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal with 52 wickets to his name. […]

New Delhi: Three Indian cities have been listed as the world’s fastest-growing urban areas, a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) revealed. Malappuram, Kozhikode and Kollam were the only three cities to make it to the top 10 of the world’s fastest-growing cities. Malappuram was ranked No. 1 in the world rankings with a […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to review within a week all orders imposing curbs in the Union Territory while holding that access to the Internet is a fundamental right under Article 19 of the Constitution. A five-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana also asked the J-K […]

New York City: India has paid its 2020 annual dues ahead of schedule to the cash-strapped world body earning its thanks. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Friday thanked India for sending the payment. India paid on Friday the full amount of $23.4 million for this year for the general budget due […]

New Delhi: India on Sunday declared a state mourning over the death of Oman’s Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said, who died at the age of 79 after ruling the Arab country for nearly five decades. The national flag will be flown at half-mast throughout Monday and there will be no official entertainment, the Ministry of […]

Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is slated to visit India next month, during which he will hold talks with his counterpart Narendra Modi, it was reported on Sunday. This will be his first trip to India after assuming office in November 2019 and the third high-level visit to New Delhi by a member of […]

Lahore: Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s statement in the terror-financing case against him could not be recorded in an anti-terrorism court here on Monday after his lawyer requested the court to give the JuD chief more time. Defence counsel requested the Anti-Terrorism Court-I Lahore for adjournment of the hearing against Saeed in the terror-financing […]

New Delhi: Higher prices of food items along with those of primary articles accelerated India’s annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices to 2.59 per cent in December from 0.58 per cent in November, official data showed on Tuesday. However, on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) data furnished by the […]

New Delhi: Praising Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos for his comment that 21st century will be India’s century, software major Infosys founder Narayana Murthy on Wednesday said the responsibility of making that prediction come true rests squarely on our shoulders. “Nearly 85 per cent of India’s business output comes from the unorganized sector, about 10 per […]

New Delhi: In a major announcement showing Amazon’s support for Indian MSMEs, CEO Jeff Bezos on Wednesday said that the company would invest $1 billion in digitising small and medium businesses (SMBs) on its platform in the country. Speaking at the Amazon ‘Smbhav’ event here, he also said that Amazon would support SMBs to export […]