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July 21, 2024 12:10 PM
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) added a record 19.50 lakh net members in May 2024, the highest since it began releasing payroll data in April 2018. This marks a 19.62% increase compared to May 2023. Out of the total new additions, 9.85 lakh were new members, reflecting a 10.96% ...
July 19, 2024 5:18 PM
Indian shares fell from record highs to end lower on Friday due to broad-based profit booking ahead of the national budget and a global cyber outage impacting multiple sectors. NSE Nifty 50 dropped 1.09% to 24,530.9, and BSE Sensex fell 0.91% to 80,604.65, after both indexes briefly hit record high...
July 19, 2024 3:57 PM
Chinese leaders reiterated their wide-ranging economic policy goals on Thursday, from modernizing industry to expanding domestic demand and curbing debt and property sector risks, without detailing implementation steps. The pledges were published in the official news agency Xinhua's account of a ke...
July 19, 2024 3:36 PM
India needs to enhance its participation in global value chains (GVCs), which account for 70% of global trade, to establish itself as a leading manufacturing hub for electronics, according to a report published by the policy think tank NITI Aayog. Titled "Electronics: Powering India's Participation...
July 18, 2024 10:26 PM
Driven by robust gains in information technology stocks, shares reached record closing highs on Thursday. LTIMindtree's exceptional results boosted confidence in a sector recovery. The NSE Nifty 50 added 0.76% to end at 24,800.85, while the S&P BSE Sensex settled 0.78% higher at 81,343.46. They...
September 16, 2024 5:54 PM
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) has forecasted a 7.0% annual median GDP growth for India in the fiscal year 2024-25, according to its latest Economic Outlook Survey. "Despite persisting headwinds, India's economic growth remains resilient, and the nation remains...
September 16, 2024 5:54 PM
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar inaugurated India's first overseas Jan Aushadi Kendra in Mauritius on Wednesday, marking a significant step in strengthening ties between the two nations. Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth was also present at the event. The Jan Aushadi Kendra, a...
September 16, 2024 5:57 PM
Indian stock markets are closed today in observance of the Muharram holiday, with trading set to resume on Thursday. In other Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei 225 experienced a modest increase, gaining 40 points to reach 41,310.70. Meanwhile, Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose by 9 points to 17,737.27. Taiwan...
September 16, 2024 5:55 PM
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its latest outlook, has raised India's growth projections for 2024 from 6.8 per cent earlier to 7 per cent, with the country maintaining the fastest-growing status in emerging markets and developing economies. The IMF had earlier projected growth rate o...
September 16, 2024 5:55 PM
In the first half of 2024 (January-June), domestic airlines in India carried 7.93 crore passengers, reflecting a 4.28% annual growth compared to 7.61 crore passengers in the same period the previous year. On a monthly basis, passenger growth stood at 5.76%. In 2023, domestic airlines transported 15...
