Seoul, July 21 (IANS) Nearly 60 per cent of South Korea's mid-sized companies have no plans to hire new employees in the second half of the year due to an economic slowdown, a local business lobby group said on Monday.In...
Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) India’s microfinance sector is projected to clock a 15 per cent CAGR in the gross loan portfolio (GLP), surpassing Rs 10 trillion (Rs 10 lakh crore) loan portfolio over the next five-six years, a report said...
Seoul, July 20 (IANS) The number of foreigners using South Korea's railway services reached nearly 3 million in the first half of this year, nearly doubling from two years earlier, local railway operators said on Sunday.From January to June, a...
Seoul, July 20 (IANS) National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac has reportedly departed for the United States on Sunday, a ruling bloc official said, with less than two weeks left until the Aug. 1 negotiation deadline for tariff talks with the...
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is poised to launch a nationwide initiative to expedite the biometric update of Aadhaar cards for children through schools in the next two months. The initiative aims to...
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Both gold and silver prices witnessed strong gains this week as global uncertainty pushed investors towards safe-haven assets.Gold prices rose by more than Rs 700 per 10 grams, while silver surged over Rs 5,100 per...
Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) The outlook for India's initial public offering (IPO) market in the second half of 2025 remains cautiously optimistic, experts said on Sunday. Ratiraj Tibrewal, CEO of Choice Capital Advisors, believes that economic conditions are likely to...
Seoul, July 20 (IANS) Foreign ownership of Samsung Electronics has climbed back above 50 percent in the South Korean stock market, while retail investors favoured SK hynix this month, the main bourse said on Sunday.In the first three weeks of...
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) India Cements Limited, a subsidiary of UltraTech cement, on Saturday slipped into losses in the first quarter of the financial year (Q1 FY26), reporting a net consolidated loss of Rs 132.90 crore.The Aditya Birla Group-owned cement...
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Around 76,000 startups in India today are women-led and a large number of them from tier 2 and 3 cities, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said on Saturday.The minister said that India’s path to becoming...
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Long treated as a remote corner of the country, the northeastern region is becoming a frontrunner in several fields amid a mega infrastructure drive, and the mineral-rich states are now receiving focused attention to transform...
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) Central Bank of India on Saturday reported a 33 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in net profit, reaching Rs 1,169 crore for the first quarter of FY26, the bank said in an exchange filing on Saturday.In...