Nasdaq futures soar 2%; tech shares soar on tariff relief for some electronicsWall Street futures rose on Monday and most tech stocks surged after the White House exempted smartphones and computers from new tariffs on...
14 Apr, 2025, 06.50 PM IST
US citizens are not bothered about an impending US recession; consumer sentiment rises, shoppers go on a buying spreeThere may not be major fears of an incoming US recession, or at least among avid shoppers who are currently going on a buying spree, going ...
14 Sep, 2024, 11.45 PM IST
Budget 2024: Congress leader P Chidambaram accuses FM Nirmala Sitharaman of not speaking on real issuesFormer Finance Minister P Chidambaram critiqued Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech, describing it as "boastful claims" and...
02 Feb, 2024, 11.20 AM IST
Pros and cons of National Register of Citizens in AssamNRC enumeration has brought relief to the 95% of Muslims who made it to the citizenship list. Given the highly charged political atmosphere...
09 Jan, 2023, 11.26 PM IST
Labour Party surges ahead of Tories, PM Liz Truss continues to defend UK mini-budgetThe Labour Party maintained its highest lead since 1998 in all weekly polls. While PM Liz Truss defended the mini-budget, the opposition an...
30 Sep, 2022, 09.12 PM IST
Covid care facilities inaccessible in case of emergency: SPI survey in mini grid villagesIt has accordingly partnered with three non governmental organisations (NGOs)- GiveIndia Foundation, Swasth Foundation and Eka Care to prov...
01 Jun, 2021, 12.18 PM IST
Sensex up 100 points, Nifty above 12,050; Kotak Bank adds 5%Nifty Metals and Nifty IT were only two sectoral indices that traded in the red.
31 Jan, 2020, 09.40 AM IST
Aurangabad: ‘On-grid solar pumps in water-scarce areas’The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Delhi, conducted a survey of districts that are highly dependent on solar pumps and has come ...
08 Nov, 2019, 12.38 PM IST
Phase-III completion to take metro span to over 350 km, ridership to 40 lakh: SurveyWith the opening of the Pink Line's Majlis Park-Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus corridor of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) last wee...
19 Mar, 2018, 09.43 PM IST
New wine in old bottle, but the red phone booths deserve a rehash tagThere is no reason why phone booths cannot be re-imagined to play host to a new breed of Supermen and Superwomen.
02 Jun, 2016, 10.36 AM IST
Maharashtra economic survey 2014-15: Bad monsoon to slow state's growth to 5.7 per centThe state's economy is slated to grow at 5.7% which is lower than last fiscal's 7.3%, the survey noted, attributing the fall to an 8.5% con...
18 Mar, 2015, 01.02 PM IST
- Union Budget 2012-13: Cement manufacturers announces price hikes between Rs 7-10 per bag
Makers said the altering of methodology to levy excise duties on cement plus an increase in base excise duty rate from 10% to 12% necessita...
17 Mar, 2012, 12.32 PM IST
Budget 2012: Pranab Mukherjee's budget to be the 81st proposal in India's historyThe govt will present its 81st budget proposals in the history of independent India, when Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presents the Bu...
16 Mar, 2012, 09.44 AM IST
- Nath assures secure jobs, hints at low interest rates
The government will take measures to check job losses in sectors taking a hit due to the global reduction in demand, commerce and industry ...
11 Feb, 2009, 12.45 AM IST
- They want it to be Special Economic Bodo Zone
Special economic zones (SEZs) may be in trouble in states like West Bengal and Goa, but here is one region - Bodoland.
06 Feb, 2008, 02.28 AM IST
- Centre likely to skip economic survey this year
The pre-Budget economic survey is unlikely to be presented this year but finance minister Jaswant Singh might outline a quarterly review of...
17 Jan, 2004, 12.35 AM IST
- FM to do some stock-taking
In a move that would mark another significant step in demystifying the making of the fiscal policy, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh will pre...
03 Dec, 2002, 01.59 AM IST