Singapore: India is growing and Singapore sees many opportunities to expand bilateral cooperation with South Asia’s fastest growing economy, senior minister Lee Hsien Loong has said. “India is growing, and on the move,” Lee, who served as prime minister for 20 years, told the Indian business community on Saturday. “Singapore has a good brand name…
Washington: The Indian economy is expected to be “a little weaker” in 2025 despite steady global growth, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said. Georgieva also said she expects quite a lot of uncertainty in the world this year mainly around the trade policy of the US. In her annual media roundtable with a group…
New Delhi: India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant on Friday said the country needs to become a global champion in sunrise sectors to achieve the target of becoming a developed nation and a USD 32 trillion economy by 2047. Addressing the ‘Bharat Climate Forum 2025’, Kant further said the US, Europe and India have lost the…
New Delhi: Global venture capital firm Accel on Monday announced that it has raised a USD 650 million early-stage fund to fuel the next generation of category-defining startups in the focus sectors of artificial intelligence (AI), consumer, fintech and manufacturing. Accel is the first institutional investor in 80 per cent of its portfolio companies. Its…
Patna: The Enforcement Directorate Friday conducted searches in multiple states, including in Bihar on premises linked to RJD MLA Alok Kumar Mehta, as part of a money laundering investigation linked to alleged funds embezzlement at a state cooperative bank, official sources said. About 18 premises in Bihar, West Bengal (Kolkata), Uttar Pradesh and Delhi are…
United Nations: The Indian economy is projected to expand by 6.6 percent in 2025, primarily supported by robust private consumption and investment, according to a United Nations report that said economic growth in South Asia is expected to remain robust this year mainly driven by the “strong performance” in India. The UN World Economic Situation…
Panaji: People have to decide if they want freebies or better roads, good drainage system, and improved water supply, said economist and 16th Finance Commission Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Thursday. He was interacting with the media here after a meeting between a delegation of the commission and top ministers and officials from Goa. To a…
In a shocking twist on international diplomacy, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly threatened to make Canada the 51st state of the United States. This startling proposition, accompanied by an unprecedented warning of potential use of force, has rattled the political landscape on both sides of the border. While this assertion has raised more eyebrows…
New Delhi: Shares of ONGC climbed 3 per cent on Wednesday, on a day when UK’s BP Plc won a bid for ONGC’s giant Mumbai High oil and gas field, offering to raise crude oil production by 44 per cent and natural gas by a staggering 89 per cent over a 10-year period. The stock…
Washington: Challenging the decision of the Biden Administration to investigate the activities of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and his companies, an influential Republican lawmaker on Tuesday said such selective actions risk damaging critical alliance partners. In a strongly worded letter to US Attorney General Merrick B Garland, Congressman Lance Gooden, member of the House Judiciary…
