NEW DELHI: Goods exports rose 6.7% to $35.1 billion in Aug – possibly due to exporters advancing shipments to beat higher US tariffs – while imports dropped 10% to $61.6 billion, helping narrow the trade deficit.“Despite global uncertainty, the trade policy uncertainty, India’s exports have done extremely well. It shows that the policies have worked…
MUMBAI: You will soon be able save more when you shop for groceries because prices of a host of products you use daily – from jams to shampoos are set to get cheaper. With barely a week to go for the rollout of the new GST rates, FMCG companies have begun firming up price cut…
MUMBAI: Govt has directed e-commerce firms to disseminate information about the GST reforms on their platforms. In a meeting held last week, it was suggested that platforms run a ‘GST Bachat Utsav’ campaign on their portals for 100 days starting Sept 22. Firms were also asked to reflect GST reduction in the bill. “All the…
BENGALURU: What was once billed as India’s challenger to global giants in artificial intelligence and semiconductors has quietly dwindled into a shadow of those ambitions. Krutrim, the AI venture founded by Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal, is now largely sustained by his personal wealth and loans tied to his Ola Electric stake, with most of its marquee…
Tata Trusts vice-chairman Vijay Singh has said that he did not attend the board meeting of Tata Sons on Friday (Sept 12) as he had resigned a day before. He said that he had merely gone to meet other directors “for the usual courtesies” before the meeting started and then left the room. Singh was…
MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi has approved the IPO of Pine Labs, a document on its website showed on Monday. The updated DRHP is not yet public. Draft papers filed by the fintech earlier this year had showed that it is seeking to raise up to Rs 2,600 crore through fresh issue of shares. In all,…
MUMBAI: Former Axis MF fund manager Deepak Agrawal has settled a regulatory case with Sebi by paying Rs 85.8 lakh and surrendering over 43,000 units. The case related to charges of financial misconduct, including sharing stock tips, passing on trading information, and failing to disclose directorships, which Sebi said amounted to violation of MF regulations….
NEW DELHI: Wholesale price inflation swung to positive territory in Aug after contracting for two months in a row as food and manufactured product prices inched up. Data released by the commerce and industry ministry on Monday showed inflation, as measured by the wholesale price index (WPI), rose to a four-month high of 0.5% in…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Patent Office (IPO) has revoked the patent on Novartis’ cardiac blockbuster drug Vymada on grounds of lack of novelty, potentially paving the way for affordable generics to enter the market.The popular therapy has been in the spotlight for years, with generic versions from Natco, Torrent Pharma, MSN Labs and Eris Lifesciences…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that regulation has to keep pace with the adoption of AI. “Artificial intelligence is not static. It is a rapidly progressing, real-time dynamic thing. Therefore, all of us will have to be conscious that we don’t sit back on the ethics,” Sitharaman said at the launch…
