New Delhi: Underscoring the importance of voter satisfaction and trust in the electoral system, the Supreme Court on Thursday told petitioners who sought its direction to go back to using ballot papers not to suspect the efficacy of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and appreciate if the Election Commission does good work. A bench of Justices…
Jaipur: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said here on Tuesday that India has been the fastest growing economy in the last three consecutive financial years and this growth can continue in the coming years as well. She said the next 25 years will be critical for India. In the financial year 2023-24, India witnessed a…
Wayanad: In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the Constitutional institutions of the country are not his personal property but belong to every single Indian citizen. Accusing the ruling BJP at the Centre of attempting to capture all the Constitutional institutions of the country,…
Panaji: Global awards, increased affluence and a mass of revellers trying new brands with international and internet exposure have rocked India’s single-malt whisky landscape. Established global brands such as Glenlivet, made by France’s Pernod Ricard and Talisker by Britain’s Diageo fight for shelf space with local rivals Kadamba, Indri, Amrut, Rampur and Paul John single-malts….
New Delhi: A city court on Monday issued notice to the CBI on BRS leader K Kavitha’s bail application in a corruption case linked to the alleged Delhi excise scam. Special judge for CBI and ED cases Kaveri Baweja, who sent Kavitha to judicial custody till April 23, directed the federal agency to file its…
New Delhi: Moody’s Analytics on Friday projected India’s economy to expand 6.1 per cent in 2024, lower than 7.7 per cent growth clocked in 2023. It said output in India remains 4 per cent lower than it would have been without the COVID pandemic and its various aftershocks — from supply snags to military conflicts…
Mumbai: The government’s focus on infrastructure development, coupled with buoyant business optimism, could nurture a sustained revival in the investment cycle, according to a Reserve Bank report. According to the RBI’s Monetary Policy Report- April 2024, domestic economic activity, backed by strong fundamentals, remained robust in the first half of 2023-24, weathering challenges from muted…
New Delhi: India imported a record crude sunflower oil of 4,45,723 tonne in March, taking advantage of lower prices, while the country’s total edible oil imports reached 11.49 lakh tonne in the month, industry body SEA said on Thursday. Crude sunflower oil imports stood at 1,48,145 lakh tonnes in March 2023, while total edible oil…
New Delhi: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday raised India’s GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7 per cent from 6.7 per cent earlier, saying the robust growth will be driven by public and private sector investment demand and gradual improvement in consumer demand. The 2024-25 growth estimate is, however, lower than…
Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices continued their record-breaking rally on Tuesday, with the BSE Sensex breaching the historic 75,000-mark for the first time ever in early trade and the Nifty climbing to its fresh new record peak. Buying in IT stocks contributed the most to the markets rally in early trade. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed…
