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IMF keeps global growth rate at 3.2% for 2024 and 2025

03 Nov 2024

Global economic growth is expected to remain around 3.2 per cent in 2024 and 2025 with some minor uptick in some advanced economies

GST collection up 9% at Rs1.87 lakh crore in October

02 Nov 2024

Gross collection of revenue by way of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India increased by nearly 9 per cent year-on-year and stood at a 6-month high of Rs1.87 lakh crore in October.

Stock markets start Samvat 2081 with broad gains in Muharat trading

02 Nov 2024

Samvat 2081 started on a high note with stocks gaining across segments in Diwali Muhurat Trading on Friday, adding Rs3.26 lakh crore to market capitalisation of companies.

ABB renews focus on electrification and automation with new tagline

02 Nov 2024

ABB, a global leader in electrification and automation technology, has come out with a new tagline, 'Engineered to Outrun,' as part of its efforts to reposition itself in the areas of dominance.

Reliance-Disney joint venture in India gets EU approval

02 Nov 2024

Star India Private Limited (SIPL), the joint venture of Reliance Industries Limited and Walt Disney

CMA CGM hikes freight rates from Asia; slaps container surcharge in the Americas

01 Nov 2024

Shipping giant CMA CGM has announced a hike in freight rates of all kinds (FAK) beginning 15 November 2024

Maersk signs long-term methanol deal for fuelling its container fleet

01 Nov 2024

Danish shipping giant Maersk, part of the AP Moller-Maersk Group, has signed a long-term agreement with LONGi Green Energy Technology Co Ltd

L&T’s power transmission and distribution division wins major orders from Middle East, Africa

31 Oct 2024

Engineering and construction giant Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday said its Power Transmission & Distribution (PT&D) division has won new orders

India’s core sector production up 2% in September

30 Oct 2024

India’s core sector industrial production increased by 2 per cent in September 2024, a bit higher compared to the 1.8 per cent growth in September 2023.

Customs duty exemption, GST rate cut to bring down retail prices of cancer drugs

30 Oct 2024

The maximum retail prices (MRP) of three main drugs used in the treatment of cancer, viz, Trastuzumab, Osimertinib and Durvalumab

Kharif paddy procurement in Punjab tops 6 million tonnes

30 Oct 2024

Food Corporation of India (FCI) and state agencies have so far procured 6.06 million tonnes of paddy in Punjab in the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2024-2025.

Jio Financial Services get RBI nod for online payment business

30 Oct 2024

Jio Payment Solutions Limited (JPSL), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Jio Financial Services Ltd (JFSL), has received approval from the Reserve Bank of India

FEATURES

Hariman Sharma lets apple travel to India’s warmer climes

10 Feb 2025

Apple, which was the preserve of the cooler Himalayan region in India, is now everywhere – in the East, the West and the South - thanks to one enterprising Himachal farmer, Hariman Sharma.

The cost of neglecting water transport

03 Feb 2025

Inland water transport is widely recognised as a cheaper and environment friendly mode of transport and, as per a report prepared by RITES

Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System

27 Jan 2025

US President Donald Trump, it seems, is the latest to join the frenzy for personal or corporate currency, with $TRUMP, or what they call a meme coin, giving a further boost to his crypto image.

As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals

By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025

The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.

The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India

By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024

On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)

The remarkable Ratan Tata

By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024

One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.

Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful

By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024

In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!

COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions

By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023

The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.