New Delhi: India’s manufacturing sector growth rose to an eight-month high in March, driven by quicker increases in factory orders and production amid buoyant demand conditions, a monthly survey said on Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) was at 58.1 in March, up from 56.3 in February, indicating a substantial…
New Delhi: India and Chile on Tuesday announced starting negotiations on a comprehensive economic partnership pact as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font held wide-ranging talks focusing on boosting the ties in areas of trade, defence, critical minerals, and health. Describing Chile as an important “friend and partner” for India in…
New Delhi: (Apr 1) Investors’ wealth dropped by Rs 3.44 lakh crore on Tuesday as markets fell sharply, with the BSE benchmark Sensex tumbling 1,390 points amid heightened uncertainty ahead of the anticipated rollout of the US reciprocal tariffs on April 2. The BSE benchmark gauge tanked 1,390.41 points or 1.80 percent to settle at…
New Delhi: NTPC Mining on Tuesday said it has achieved the total coal output of 45.72 million metric tons (MMT) in FY25 from five of its captive mines. The total dispatch of coal to NTPC’s power stations stood at 44.72 MMT, up 26 percent year-on-year. The company did not provide comparative production figures. NTPC Mining…
New Delhi: Moody’s Ratings on Tuesday said India’s growth at 6.5 per cent this fiscal will remain the highest amongst the advanced and emerging G-20 countries, supported by tax measures and continued monetary easing, and the country will continue to attract capital and withstand any cross-border outflow. In its report on emerging markets, Moody’s said…
New York/Washington: The White House has said India imposes a 100 percent tariff on American agricultural products, and the high levies charged by other countries make it “virtually impossible” for US products to be exported to those nations. President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized the high tariffs charged by India and other countries on American…
New Delhi: India’s external debt increased by 10.7 per cent to USD 717.9 billion at the end of December 2024 from USD 648.7 billion in December 2023, as per the data released by the finance ministry. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, there is a 0.7 percent increase in external debt from the level of USD 712.7…
Lucknow: Eid-ul-Fitr prayers were held peacefully on Monday across Uttar Pradesh, including in Sambhal, Lucknow, Aligarh, Varanasi, and Rampur, under heightened security and social media monitoring, with Artificial Intelligence-powered drones deployed for real-time surveillance, officials said. While the celebrations remained largely joyous, some people in Aligarh were seen wearing black armbands in protest against the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that various festivals being celebrated today and to be observed in the coming days are a pointer to the spirit of unity pervading India’s diversity and asked people to continue to strengthen this feeling. In his monthly Mann ki Baat broadcast, he said various states are…
New Delhi: India is sending a contingent of 80 NDRF personnel for aiding relief and rescue work in earthquake-hit Myanmar, officials here said on Saturday. Personnel of the federal disaster contingency force are being deployed under Operation Brahma, with quake rescue equipment such as strong concrete cutters, drill machines, hammers, plasma cutting machines, etc, to…
