Mumbai: Net sales growth of the select FDI companies moderated to 8.7 per cent in 2024-25 from 9.4 per cent in the previous year, according to the RBI data on finances of foreign direct investment firms. The central bank on Wednesday released the data relating to the financial performance of non-government non-financial (NGNF) foreign direct…
Sultanpur (UP)/New Delhi: A Jaguar fighter jet, a C-295 transport carrier, and other key military aircraft took off and landed at an emergency airstrip on the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday as part of a two-day exercise, with the Indian Air Force (IAF) demonstrating its operational versatility, much to the delight of residents….
New Delhi: The Indian economy, largely driven by consumption, has the potential to grow over 7 per cent annually even if crude oil costs USD 90-100 per barrel, industry body Assocham said on Wednesday. India’s resilience to high energy costs has increased significantly over the years, as the country has absorbed severe oil shocks while…
Kolkata: The EC directed the West Bengal assembly election candidates not to leave their respective constituencies from 6 am on April 23, the first phase of polling, until the voting concludes, a senior official said on Wednesday. Polling will be held across 152 constituencies in 16 districts of Bengal on Thursday. According to a guideline,…
Beijing: Air China has resumed its non-stop Delhi-Beijing flight, reconnecting the flight services between the two capitals. With the resumption of the Delhi-Beijing flight, air connectivity between several cities of the two countries, disrupted since 2020 due to COVID-19 and then the military standoff in Eastern Ladakh, has been restored. Air China has resumed non-stop…
Tehran/Washington: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday seized three ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz as US President Donald Trump extended a temporary ceasefire between both countries. The IRGC, in a statement earlier in the day, confirmed the seizure of two ships. “The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval force this morning identified and stopped…
Hyderabad, Apr 22: The Telangana BJP on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Congress government led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, accusing it of deliberately sabotaging the prosecution of former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and his family in the multi-crore Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project scam. In a sharply worded statement, BJP Chief…
London: The European Union (EU) on Wednesday expressed solidarity with the people of India in commemoration of the first anniversary of the “heinous terrorist attack” in Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of 26 people on April 22 last year. In a statement on behalf of the 27-member economic bloc, the EU reiterated its condemnation of…
Jerusalem: Vowing to fight against terrorism “resolutely” in “all its forms”, Israel on Wednesday expressed solidarity with grieving India on the first anniversary of the dastardly Pahalgam attack, which claimed the lives of 26 people on April 22 last year. “On behalf of the State of Israel, on one year to the Pahalgam terror attack,…
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that the Congress would not win even a single seat in the West Bengal assembly polls, and that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s association with the grand old party will weaken her further politically. Addressing an election rally at Dum Dum near New Barrackpore, Shah also said…
