Davos, Jan 21 (IANS) India is a strong and confident economy that cannot be dictated to by external forces and is firmly on track to become a $5 trillion economy under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, M.A. Yusuff...
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday that the Geological Survey of India (GSI) will step up exploration efforts for critical and strategic minerals by taking up about 300 projects in 2026-27.He directed...
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The debate over Bangladesh achieving a trillion‑dollar economy by 2034 has moved from party manifestos into national conversation and online trolling, even as some economists have claimed the target may perhaps be achievable, said a...
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Indian manufacturing sector is seeing sustained growth and "increasing optimism" across scale as the industry's performance index touched an all-time high in the third quarter of FY26, a report has said.The Federation of Indian...
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) With the Union Budget 2026–27 set to be presented on February 1, expectations are rising across sectors, including real estate, capital markets, MSMEs, women, and senior citizens, experts said on Wednesday. They said that the...
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Experts in Pakistan have slammed the expansion of corporate farming and land acquisition, lamenting that such government schemes are displacing farmers and privatising land and water resources, particularly in Punjab and Sindh.A report in viacampesina.org...
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) India’s two-wheeler industry recorded a sharp rebound in December 2025 up 9.5 per cent year-on-year, supported by year-end demand, policy-led affordability improvements and improving macro conditions, a report said on Wednesday.Ratings agency ICRA said in...
Dhaka, Jan 21 (IANS) Bangladesh interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus has failed to meet the expectations of the people who are forced into a budgetary belt-tightening under the combined effects of high inflation rates, low wages, and an artificial...
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) Indian equity benchmark indices ended lower on Wednesday for the third straight session, weighed down by rising geopolitical tensions that kept investors cautious.The Sensex closed at 81,909.63, slipping 270.84 points or 0.33 per cent. Meanwhile, the...
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Pakistan is unable to attract sufficient domestic or foreign investment because of poor governance, bad law and order situation, weak judicial system, bureaucratic hurdles and political uncertainty, according to an article in the Karachi-based Business...
Bengaluru, Jan 21 (IANS) With less than two weeks to go for the Union Budget 2026–27, experts from different sectors are sharing their expectations, stressing the need to sustain economic growth while creating large-scale employment opportunities.Speaking to IANS, Karnataka Digital...
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, on Wednesday said that recent legislative, regulatory, and policy reforms mark a landmark and progressive transformation of India’s upstream sector.He underscored that these reforms, coupled with...