Goyal has pitched India’s FTAs as an opportunity for investors to make use of and export to other countries. Commerce & industry minister Piyush Goyal Thursday said govt will focus on easing processes and faster clearances, wherever required, to boost FDI flows, while asserting that Indian economy has seen a robust expansion in first quarter,…
Streaming changed how the world listens to music. (Representative image) MUMBAI: Gaana has partnered with social media and creator platform Fenix360 to build a more direct relationship between artists and their audiences by bringing content, community and commerce together within one ecosystem. At the centre of the integration will be a native scrolling social feed…
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal in conversation with ROHM Co. Ltd. President. OSAKA: From focusing on high-tech industries to weaning away entities with presence in China and southeast Asia and wooing small Japanese banks, beyond the Big 3, that have strong local relationships, govt is deploying every tool to get Japanese firms to…
HDFC shares drop 2% over CEO uncertainty, legal woes MUMBAI: Shares of HDFC Bank fell 2% on Thursday, with analysts citing uncertainty over the appointment of its next CEO. The bank also faces legal action in the US over alleged violations of securities laws for not disclosing adverse information related to a bulk deposits case.HDFC…
Sudden movement in closing period triggers outcry online. MUMBAI: In the first monthly expiry of derivatives contracts on BSE after the introduction of Closing Auction Session, popularly known as CAS, sensex and Bankex, BSE’s banking index, witnessed wild swings, triggering social media outcry. The sharp movement in indices and some of their constituents also gave…
Passenger vehicle sales stood at over 12.7 lakh units during the April-June quarter. NEW DELHI: India’s vehicle market showed a clear regional divide in the first quarter of FY27, with Maharashtra emerging as the country’s biggest market for passenger and commercial vehicles, while Uttar Pradesh led sales of two- and three-wheelers.According to data released by…
The estimated cost of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project has been raised. India’s first bullet train project has seen its cost escalate to nearly double of the original estimate in a span of nine years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the first high-speed rail project of Indian Railways in September 2017,…
Can GCCs absorb talent across levels that are not finding jobs in traditional IT sector firms? The Indian IT sector is undergoing a tectonic shift with artificial intelligence rendering many traditional roles redundant and requiring an unprecedented skill upgradation to stay employable. Even as the traditional IT firms continue to hire and fire, one branch…
Trump’s tariff strategy has kept uncertainty high for governments and businesses From India and Canada to Iran and Venezuela, the countries may be thousands of miles apart and have little in common economically. Yet they have found themselves facing the same problem: an unpredictable US trade policy under President Donald Trump, in which tariffs and…
The average annual pay at the top 10 B-schools stood at 27.4 lakh. If you thought that your good old MBA (Master of Business Administration) degree was losing relevance, think again! According to Deloitte India’s Campus Workforce Trends 2026 report, MBA degrees continue to command a premium over engineering positions.In fact, an MBA is emerging…
