New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has defended relevance of the BRICS summit, saying the grouping provides an important platform for the Global South and demonstrates India's diplomatic convening power after senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram questioned...
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) India Inc is increasingly aligning the ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’ vision with their business strategies and disclosures, with aerospace and defence, automobiles and banking emerging as the strongest sectors to meet the national development agenda, according...
Seoul, Sep 11 (IANS) Gender Equality Minister Won Min-kyong said on Friday that Google must take responsibility for any legal violations over an alleged leak of personal data of digital sex crime victims.The personal information was earlier exposed from a...
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Union Minister of Power and Housing & Urban Affairs Manohar Lal will participate in the G20 Energy Ministerial Meeting in Houston, United States, from September 14-16, an official statement said on Friday.The minister will participate...
Mumbai, Sep 11 (IANS) Domestic equity benchmarks opened sharply lower on Friday tracking weak global markets as escalating Middle East tensions pushed oil prices higher and raised concerns over inflation and interest rates.Sensex started nearly 600 points or 0.79 per...
Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday described India as a key engine of global growth after the country’s economy expanded 7.8 per cent in the second quarter, exceeding its expectations and the consensus among other...
Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) Technology will play a central role in expanding pension coverage in India, particularly among workers in the unorganised sector who do not have regular salaried employment, PFRDA Chairman Shivsubramanyam Raman said on Thursday.Speaking on the sidelines...
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday identified pharmaceuticals, engineering goods, chemicals, textiles, and food products as the main thrust areas to accelerate bilateral trade between India and Russia to meet the $100 billion...
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 10 (IANS) Kerala's banking sector has recorded strong growth, with credit to agriculture and MSMEs touching record levels even as total deposits crossed Rs 10.84 lakh crore, the State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) said.The banking sector’s performance was...
Guwahati, Sep 10 (IANS) State-owned Oil India Limited (OIL) is stepping up its focus on research, innovation and startups to unlock new opportunities across the energy sector, with its collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati emerging as...
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Infosys Chairman Nandan Nilekani said on Thursday at the Global Fintech Fest (GFF) that India’s best defence against job disruption from artificial intelligence may not be creating more large firms but enabling millions of small...
Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday recognised the Unified Fintech Forum (UFF) as a self-regulatory organisation for the fintech sector (SRO-FT), making it the second industry body to receive such approval from the central...