Akasa loses one more co-founder as Iyer quits

New Delhi: Akasa has lost another co-founder as Praveen Iyer — also the airline’s chief commercial officer (CCO) — has resigned. A few months back, co-founder Neelu Khatri, who was in charge of international operations had also quit. Akasa has appointed chief information officer as the new head of commercial. The resignations of key people…

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Must take full advantage of FTAs: Goyal

NEW DELHI: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal Wednesday asked exporters to take full advantage of the recently concluded Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with developed countries to boost exports of goods and services and help create jobs.“Industry must now intensify its efforts to penetrate new markets, upgrade quality and become more competitive to take maximum…

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Viksit Bharat: Rolls Royce CEO meets PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Rolls Royce CEO Tufan Erginbilgic met PM Narendra Modi Wednesday to discuss strategies to scale up operations to be part of Viksit Bharat, including expanding global capability centre (GCC) to be the largest globally, co- creating complex manufacturing and building high value engineering capabilities. “It was wonderful meeting Tufan Erginbilgic earlier today. We…

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Budget sets total expenditure at Rs 53.47 lakh crore for 2026-27 as govt balances growth with fiscal discipline: FM Sitharaman

The Union Budget for FY 2026-27 has pegged total expenditure at Rs 53.47 lakh crore, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while replying to the discussion on the Budget in the Lok Sabha, outlining the government’s strategy of maintaining high capital spending alongside fiscal consolidation.The revised estimate for the current financial year ending March 31 has…

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PSU bank rally: SBI overtakes TCS to become India’s 4th most valuable listed firm

State Bank of India (SBI) has overtaken Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to become India’s fourth-largest listed company by market capitalisation, supported by a sharp post-results rally and improving sentiment around public sector banks.SBI’s market capitalisation now stands at nearly Rs 10.92 lakh crore, ahead of TCS at about Rs 10.52 lakh crore, according to an…

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