Economy

Time is running out for Pakistan as the deadline to repay $3.7 billion inches closer. The country’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has assured timely repayment of the debt – by …

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued orders against top five e-commerce platforms for selling car seat belt alarm stopper clips. The clips pose a risk to the life …

Officials of Andhra Pradesh Police detained four persons and seized gold bars worth Rs 2.5 crores from their possession in Tirupati district, a senior official said on Thursday. Sullurupeta Deputy …

South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor said on Thursday that  it will invest Rs 20,000 crore in Tamil Nadu over the next 10 years to expand the production of electric …

Exactly a year ago, Sri Lanka defaulted for the first time in its history. And now as Pakistan’s economic crisis deepens amid its currency crashing against the US dollar with …

Sanction-hit Russia may use its accumulated Indian currency for investments in government securities or even through foreign direct investment for greenfield or brownfield projects besides expanding bilateral trade as New …

The imminent expansion of the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) bloc could be a game changer. Albeit a slow starter, the group-set up in 2001, is now gaining momentum with several countries …

Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn has bought 300 acres of land near the Bengaluru airport, the company said in a filing with the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday as it looks …

The arrest of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad which has already led to violence in several parts of the country, will further dent the crumbling economy. Economic …

The spotlight is on Washington. Will it manage to avert a debt default? If the debt ceiling – the maximum amount that a country can borrow — is not enhanced …

Will Apple Inc’s top boss Tim Cook’s India visit drive more multinationals to look at expanding operations in the country? Cook during his visit to India last month launched two …

The Shehbaz Sharif government, which has not managed to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yet for the resumption of the $6.5 billion loan programme, will be …

India has begun the new financial year on a positive note, registering healthy growth in both manufacturing and services sectors. With an S&P Purchasing Managers’ Index for the services sector …

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen assets worth Rs 143 crore including eight bank accounts after searching six premises of Manappuram Finance Limited and its Managing Director, VP Nandakumar, in …

Issues related to sustainable development and climate change have been the thrust of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s deliberations at the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) annual meeting of the Board of …

India’s ban on food grain exports will not be lifted anytime soon amid rising concerns over an El Nino situation. After total exports of rice touched 22.28 million tonnes (MT) …

The Vijayawada Division of South Central Railway achieved another milestone as it flagged off its first oil rake from the newly commissioned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd Gati Shakti Rail Multi-Modal …

Concerns for Pakistan’s policymakers have risen as heavy rains lashed several parts of Pakistan including the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, crops. These regions were damaged by heavy floods last year …

Wadia Group-owned Go First airline will not operate any flights on Wednesday and Thursday as it has run into a financial crisis. The airline has also started insolvency proceedings with …

Tamil Nadu is poised to overtake Gujarat in GST collections to claim the number 2 rank in the country as revenue collections in the southern state have been growing at …

Global technology giant IBM (International Business Machines Corp) expects to replace around 7,800 jobs by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the next five years, CEO Arvind Krishna told Bloomberg News on …