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May 29, 2024 12:00 PM
China's economy is set to grow 5% this year, after a "strong" first quarter, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, upgrading its earlier forecast of 4.6% expansion though it expects slower growth in the years ahead. The global lender's new projections come as Beijing steps up efforts t...
May 29, 2024 11:47 AM
The Reserve Bank of India has launched three major initiatives - the PRAVAAH portal, the Retail Direct Mobile App and a FinTech Repository - aimed at enhancing public access to the central bank and facilitating regulatory approvals and transactions. The PRAVAAH (Platform for Regulatory Application,...
September 16, 2024 6:42 PM
Contract negotiations between the governments of India and France for 26 Rafale Marine fighter jets, valued at Rs 50,000 crore, are scheduled to begin on May 30 with the arrival of a high-level French delegation in New Delhi. The French delegation would meet with its Indian Defence Ministry counter...
May 28, 2024 12:47 PM
After a stellar rally over the past few weeks, Indian benchmark indices have faced resistance in the past couple of sessions. On Tuesday, both the Sensex and Nifty traded flat with a downside bias. The NSE Nifty 50 was down 0.17% at 22,890.6 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.18% to 75,25...
September 16, 2024 6:37 PM
Russia has invited Afghanistan's Taliban to its biggest annual economic forum as Moscow moves to remove a ban on the Islamist movement, a senior Russian diplomat was quoted as saying on Monday. Since the Taliban seized power in August 2021 as U.S.-led forces withdrew after 20 years of war, Russia h...
September 16, 2024 6:16 PM
Asian shares firmed on Monday as investors braced for a busy run of inflation data that could set the scene for a European rate cut as soon as next week and a U.S. policy easing within just a few months. Holidays in Britain and the United States made for thin trading ahead of Friday's figures on co...
May 27, 2024 10:32 AM
Indian stock indices continued their rally, reaching yet another fresh lifetime high on Monday tracking strong global market cues, hopes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comfortable return to office, besides other strong macroeconomic fundamentals. At 9.19 am, at the time of filing this report, Se...
May 25, 2024 10:04 AM
India's foreign exchange reserves rose for the third straight week, by USD 4.549 billion to USD 648.700 billion in the week that ended on May 17, according to data shared by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). In the process, they touched a fresh lifetime high. Preceding these three weeks, the forex k...
September 16, 2024 5:55 PM
Varanasi's ancient wooden toy industry, once on the brink of collapse, is now witnessing a remarkable revival with an annual turnover of around Rs 45 crore. This thriving industry is not only providing employment opportunities for thousands of artisans, but also enriching homes worldwide with its ex...
May 24, 2024 2:57 PM
The OPEC+ group of oil producers, comprising the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies led by Russia, has pushed back its output policy meeting by a day to June 2 and will convene online. The meeting was to have been in Vienna on June 1, but will now be held online a d...
