NEW DELHI: India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.48 billion to $ 695.10 billion in the week ended August 15, driven primarily by gains in foreign currency assets (FCA), according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) latest ‘Weekly Statistical Supplement.’Foreign currency assets, the largest component of India’s forex reserves, increased by $1.92 billion to…
India’s cement demand set to expand at a 7–8% compound annual growth NEW DELHI: India’s cement demand is set to expand at a 7–8% compound annual growth rate over the medium term, powered by housing, infrastructure, and commercial projects, with prices expected to rebound after a sharp fall in FY25, UBS said in a report.UBS…
Acknowledging issues in trade deal talks with the Donald Trump administration, Jaishankar said that India has its ‘red lines’. Amidst ongoing tensions between India and the US on trade deal stalemate and the former’s continued Russia crude oil purchases, external affairs minister S Jaishankar has made it cleat that India’s policies will be in its…
NEW DELHI: Indian fashion jewellery makers are reeling under the surge of Chinese imports, which rose 25% year-on-year. Industry executives said importers are misdeclaring shipments and under-invoicing goods to evade anti-dumping duties, making Chinese jewellery nearly 50% cheaper than Indian products.Chinese jewellery’s share of the Indian market has doubled to 50% in 2024-25 from 25%…
Donald Trump secures 10% US ownership in Intel (Picture credit: AP) The United States government has acquired a 10 per cent holding in Intel, marking one of the most striking federal interventions in a private company since the 2008 auto bailouts. US President Donald Trump announced the agreement on Friday, describing the deal as “a…
Representational AI image US president Donald Trump on Friday announced that his administration has started a major investigation into imported furniture, a move that could soon lead to new tariffs. Posting on Truth Social, Trump said the investigation would be completed within 50 days. “Furniture coming from other countries into the United States will be…
NEW DELHI: The news of a reduction in goods and services tax (GST), while cheering consumers and companies, has also led to a peculiar problem for retailers – both offline (on ground) and online.Companies say that festive demand, that usually begins from Ganesh festival in Maharashtra and Onam in the south, is turning out to…
NEW DELHI: Over the last five years, India’s private hospital sector has shifted increasingly into the hands of global private equity giants, reshaping the over $80 billion healthcare market through consolidation and scale.Once dominated by public institutions and family-run setups, the sector has witnessed a surge of private equity interest – a sharp departure from…
Mumbai: Markets regulator Sebi is planning to incentivise fund distributors who bring in first-time women investors into the mutual fund (MF) fold, Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Sebi chief, said on Friday. “Another priority is to encourage greater participation of women in mutual fund investing. Financial inclusion will remain incomplete unless women are equally represented, and we…
Mumbai: Markets regulator Sebi on Friday proposed to hike the minimum amount for a large chunk of shares to qualify as a block deal, from Rs 10 crore now to Rs 25 crore. Block deals are executed through special 15-minute trading windows on stock exchanges twice a day and at prices that are fixed by…
