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India Seeks To Tax Goods Part Of Cross-Border Digital Trade
NEW DELHI: India has proposed that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) clearly define what constitutes goods and services in relation to cross-border electronic transmissions such as content streaming. The suggestion, made by senior Indian officials at a m...
India To Become $30-Trillion Economy By 2047: NITI Draft Vision Document
NEW DELHI: India is estimated to be a $30 trillion developed economy by 2047, preliminary results from the Centre’s vision document which is being prepared have shown, Niti Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam said on Sunday. The Vision India@2047 document is likel...
G-7 Trade Chiefs Set To Tackle Supply Chains, Economic Coercion
Trade ministers from the world’s most advanced economies will seek strategies to make global supply chains more resilient and governments less vulnerable to economic coercion from the likes of China when they gather in Osaka this weekend. Group of Seven t...
Tata Group To Make iPhones In India
BENGALURU: It’s final. Taiwan-based Apple contract manufacturer Wistron Corp on Friday approved the sale of its plant in Karnataka to Tata group. This paves the way for the salt-to-software conglomerate to become the first domestic entity to manufacture i...
JP Morgan Upgrades India To ‘Overweight’ From ‘Neutral’ Ahead Of Elections
MUMBAI: JPMorgan has upgraded the domestic markets to ‘overweight’ (OW) from ‘neutral’ on the “positive historical seasonality to general elections.” The investment bank joins US-based peer Morgan Stanley to flag preference for the Indian markets, which h...
India Inc Divided On Narayana Murthy’s Call For 70-Hour Work Week To Youth
KOLKATABENGALURUCHENNAIMUMBAI: How much time should one devote to work? Do long working hours mean more productivity? How important is the work-life balance in fostering creativity? India Inc seemed to be divided on such questions after Infosys founder Na...
India Mobile Congress 2023: India Will Lead The World In 6G, Says PM Modi
NEW DELHI: Even as 5G, 6G, made-in-India phones and the role of tech revolution in bringing social justice dominated the seventh edition of the country’s flagship telecom summit ‘India Mobile Congress’, satellite communication managed to steal some of the...
RIL Posts 29.7 Per Cent Jump In Q2 Net Profit To ₹19,878 Crore
MUMBAI: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), India’s biggest company by market capitalization, reported a 29.7% increase in consolidated net profit for the July-September quarter on account of higher sales and the robust overall performance of its businesses. N...
New CBI date to Harish Rawat to give voice samples likely
Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat has sought a fresh date from the CBI to give his voice samples in the 2016 ‘sting operation’ case citing health issues, a request that will be considered by the agency, officials said Friday. Earlier in the d...
Mahua denies receiving expensive gifts from Hiranandani
Darshan Hiranandani, the CEO of the real estate and infrastructure company Hiranandani Group, reportedly gifted Mahua Moitra “only a scarf, some lipsticks and makeup items”, and not a list of expensive presents as claimed by advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai an...
Another tussle brewing between AAP and LG
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Friday approved a proposal of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to terminate the services of all civil defence volunteers with effect from November 1, with AAP government sources saying they will approach the Supreme Co...
Buzz over old Fadnavis video promising ‘return’
The Maharashtra BJP on Friday posted a four-year-old video of its leader and former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announcing that he will return to helm the state, prompting speculation in political circles. “I will return for building a new Maharashtr...
AM/NS India Plans To Develop Greenfield Jetty Near Hazira
AHMEDABAD: ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), a joint-venture between ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel, plans to develop a Deep Draft Greenfield Jetty having a capacity of 65 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) at Suvali in Shivrampur villa...
SAIL Chhattisgarh Arm Makes Special Rods For Mumbai Coastal Road Project
RAIPUR: Steel Authority of India Limited’s (SAIL) Chhattisgarh arm Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) has developed a new product to be used in the high-speed Mumbai coastal road project. During a visit to customer premises in Mumbai last month, the contractor (inv...
India, UK Trade Ministers Review Progress Of Talks On Proposed FTA
NEW DELHI: India and the United Kingdom on Saturday reviewed the progress of negotiations of the proposed free trade agreement (FTA), talks for which have reached the final stage. The progress was reviewed by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal an...