Saudi Arabia's first-quarter GDP grows by 3.4%, beating flash estimatesSaudi Arabia's economy showed unexpected growth in the first quarter of 2025. Government data indicates a 3.4% GDP increase, surpassing ear...
09 Jun, 2025, 05.33 PM IST
21 women among 288 winning candidates in Maharashtra; only 1 from opposition sideThe Maharashtra assembly elections saw 21 women candidates securing victory, with the BJP leading the pack with 14 wins. The ruling Shiv Se...
24 Nov, 2024, 09.37 AM IST
'Saudis to prioritise sports plans for NEOM project as costs balloon'Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into development projects through the kingdom's PIF sovereign w...
14 Nov, 2024, 11.06 PM IST
Saudi Arabia posts budget deficit of $3.30 billion in first quarterSaudi Arabia faces a Q1 2024 deficit of 12.387 billion riyals due to lower oil revenues. The kingdom plans giga-projects for economic diver...
05 May, 2024, 09.37 PM IST
Saudi Arabia's Q3 GDP shrinks 4.5% year on year as oil cuts weighOil activities decreased by 17.3% in the third quarter from a year earlier, the General Authority for Statistics data showed, pulling overa...
31 Oct, 2023, 02.03 PM IST
Saudi economy could contract in 2023 following oil output cut: AnalystsThe kingdom's energy ministry said on Sunday the country would cut its oil output to 9 million barrels per day (bpd) in July from around 10...
05 Jun, 2023, 10.35 PM IST
Saudi Arabia GDP grows 9.9% in Q1, beating flash estimateThis is the fastest expansion since the third quarter of 2011 with the increase in oil production a key factor, said Monica Malik, chief ec...
07 Jun, 2022, 01.14 PM IST
Saudi economy grows 1.8% in Q2 but non-oil sector loses steamThe figures, published on Monday by the General Authority for Statistics, revised upwards earlier estimates of a 1.5% overall growth in the...
13 Sep, 2021, 01.34 PM IST
Import rebound behind the decline in Saudi reserves, c.bank chief saysNet foreign assets at the central bank, known as SAMA, dropped monthly by roughly $8 billion to $436 billion in April, their lowest in more...
04 Jul, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
Riyadh hotels see uptick in January thanks to domestic demandSaudi Arabia saw a 4.1% economic contraction last year, according to preliminary government estimates, hurt by the twin shock of the corona...
11 Feb, 2021, 04.18 PM IST
Saudi Arabia economy contracts 4.2% in Q3 year-on-yearThe "flash estimates" for quarterly gross domestic product did not have a breakdown on how the oil and non-oil sectors performed in the thr...
10 Nov, 2020, 12.55 PM IST
Oman high-earner income tax expected in 2022: Finance ministryOman’s Sultan Haitham, who took power in January, last month approved the medium-term fiscal plan to make government finances sustainable a...
02 Nov, 2020, 12.53 PM IST
Oman to introduce 5% VAT in six months' time"The implementation of the #ValueAddedTax came to ensure the sultanate's financial sustainability, enhance its competitiveness, and reaffir...
13 Oct, 2020, 09.29 AM IST
Fashion bosses have a list for Nirmala Sitharaman: More funds for textiles, reforms boosting women-led start-upsFashion entrepreneurs are hoping for a change in regulation regarding collateral-free credit for start-ups and clarity on angel tax.
19 Jun, 2019, 03.50 PM IST
Saudi economy accelerates in Q2 but private sector still sluggishThe pick-up was mainly due to the government sector, where growth jumped to 4.0 percent from 2.7 percent as authorities boosted spending, t...
30 Sep, 2018, 08.04 PM IST
Ambala Zila Parishad election postponedDistrict Development and Panchayat Officer (DDPO) Renu Jain said election was deferred as the Presiding Officer cum ADC Monica Malik was un...
28 Mar, 2016, 06.16 PM IST
- Bedi released from Hyderabad jail
Monica Bedi, Bollywood actress and a companion of extradited gangster Abu Salem, was released from a jail here on Wednesday after she secur...
25 Jul, 2007, 09.52 AM IST