New Delhi: India Inc on Friday hailed the Economic Survey saying it expects a stable macroeconomic environment and looks forward to rationalisation of the tax structure in the Budget to drive consumption through higher disposable income. Most industry experts agreed with the survey’s economic growth projection for India ranging from 6.3-6.8 percent for 2025-26, anticipating…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table Economic Survey 2024-25 on Friday (January 31), providing an official assessment of the performance of the economy in the ongoing financial year, and listing out the challenges being faced by the nation. The Economic Survey, tabled in Parliament ahead of the Union Budget also provides the roadmap for…
New Delhi: The US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) indictment of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is a strategic blunder with severe geopolitical consequences, leading American publication Forbes has said. In an article titled “The US Harms The West’s Alliances With A Far-Flung Indictment In India”, the author, Melik Kaylan, argued that the indictment, which alleges bribery…
Goa: Imagine a drink that offers an exhilarating experience without the aftereffects of a hangover. Enter ‘Feni’, Goa’s 500-year-old signature spirit. Specifically, ‘Cashew Feni’, is a drink produced exclusively in Goa and nowhere else in the world. Goa’s Feni barrel finished ‘Balivada Single-malt whisky’ triumphs as the epitome of elegance: wins 2024 National Award. Honorable…
New Delhi: Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd has approached the Centre for partial de-notification of its multi-product SEZ in Mundra, Gujarat, and the proposal will be taken up by the commerce ministry on Friday. The proposal will be discussed in the meeting of the Board of Approval, the highest decision-making body for special…
Davos: Attributing the fall in the Indian rupee solely to the US dollar getting stronger, former Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan has said any intervention by the RBI on this can end up harming Indian exports even as he urged policymakers to focus on creating more jobs and boosting household consumption. Asked what the second…
Davos: India will comfortably maintain a 6-8 per cent economic growth rate while keeping inflation under check in the years to come, senior Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. Speaking at a session during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting here, the minister said inclusive growth remains a key pillar of the country’s economic…
Mumbai: The upcoming Wadhawan Port near the financial capital will help take India into the top 10 among container ports globally by 2034, Union Shipping and Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Wednesday. The port off the coast of Dahanu in Maharashtra being developed under a public-private partnership will be able to handle ultra-large vessels…
Davos: Leaders from across the world have called for renewed global cooperation with constructive optimism as they continued their deliberations here at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. They highlighted the need for new pathways to greater cooperation in an era of heightened geopolitical uncertainty. Cooperation and dialogue in a time of uncertainty emerged as…
Ankara: A fire raged through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday during a school holiday, killing at least 76 people — at least two of them when they jumped from the building to escape the flames, officials said. At least 51 people also were injured in the fire…
