New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Kerala's spices, coir industry, and food-processing sectors are set for a huge boost due to recent goods and services tax (GST) reforms that reduced rates on several key products, the government said on Wednesday.The GST...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) The World Bank’s project BETI (Business Enterprise Technology for Indian women) has trained micro-level women in the country in digital tools and financial management, enabling them to build businesses.The pilot project, along with SEWA (Self-Employed...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) India's organised gold loan market is expected to reach Rs 15 trillion (Rs 15 lakh crore) in the current financial year (FY26) -- a year ahead of earlier projections, a report said on Wednesday.Further, the...
Mumbai, Oct 8 (IANS) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has called off its scheduled press conference to announce its Q2 FY26 earnings results, citing the anniversary of Ratan Tata as the reason.The IT bellwether confirmed that the cancellation was due to...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) In a fillip for ‘Make in India’ and the production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes, tech giant Apple has registered iPhone exports worth about $10 billion or more than Rs 88,500 crore from the country in the...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Google on Wednesday announced a major update for its AI-powered Search experience in India, expanding AI Mode to seven new Indian languages -- Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.With this rollout, millions more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Gold prices reached a historic milestone on Wednesday, crossing the $4,000 per ounce mark in international markets for the first time ever.The precious metal touched a record high of $4,002.53 in spot trading, while December...
Mumbai, Oct 8 (IANS) Indian stock markets opened slightly higher on Wednesday amid mixed movement in key stocks on Dalal Street.The Sensex rose 63 points or 0.08 per cent to 81,990, while the Nifty gained 16 points or 0.06 per...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) The government has said that notices issued to social media intermediaries must be standardised and include essential elements like relevant legal provisions, clarity and consistency to help curb unlawful information.With the rapid growth of digital...
Seoul, Oct 8 (IANS) South Korea's imports of coffee beans jumped sharply from a year earlier in 2024, with imports this year widely expected to reach an all-time high, customs data showed on Wednesday.Imports of coffee beans, including both raw...
Doha, Oct 7 (IANS) Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal met with Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs, Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Sayed, in Doha on Tuesday, reaffirming India’s commitment to strengthening bilateral trade and investment relations...
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) India’s fintech ecosystem has witnessed the entry of over 11,000 new players in the past decade, which have raised nearly $200 billion in total capital, but a smaller number of platforms are emerging as dominant...