Recent Views 25 NEW DELHI: The Indian economy is expected to grow 7.1% in 2026-27, against 6.6% estimated earlier, on the back of strong domestic demand and exports, despite global headwinds, the World Bank said Tuesday.The multilateral agency is the latest to revise its projections after India’s growth accelerated to 7.8% during the first quarter…
Recent Views 20 ‘North by Northwest’ star Eva Marie Saint passes away at 102. (Instagram) Eva Marie Saint, one of the silver screen’s most graceful stars, has passed away. She left for her heavenly abode at 102. The Oscar-winning actress, Marie, was well known for her work in films like ‘On the Waterfront,’ ‘Exodus,’ ‘Nothing…
Recent Views 22 Centre approves Rs 10,000 crore fund for equity capital of SME as FTAs open expansion opportunities NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the setting up of Rs 10,000 crore SME Growth Fund (SGF), aimed at catalysing growth-oriented capital for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to enable the emergence of champion…
Recent Views 26 Supreme Court said the state’s petition will be listed for hearing either Wednesday or Thursday NEW DELHI: Hours before CBI carried out searches at Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann‘s camp office in Chandigarh and registered an FIR against his OSD and others, Punjab govt had rushed Supreme Court to urgently hear its appeal…
Recent Views 29 MUMBAI: After a break of about two weeks, Closing Auction Session (CAS) again played truant during Tuesday’s late session as weekly derivatives contracts on NSE were expiring. Within a span of just 30 seconds-between 15:20:00 and 15:20:30-Nifty rallied a little over 300 points or about 1.5%, and in the next eight minutes…
Recent Views 20 Roma have blocked Paulo Dybala and Nahuel Molina from attending Lionel Messi’s final Argentina farewell due to scheduling and travel concerns/ Image: Instagram Lionel Messi’s final Argentina appearance was supposed to bring together almost the entire group that helped him win the 2022 World Cup, but two familiar faces will be missing…
Recent Views 31 Smartphone prices (Image for representation) NEW DELHI: Costlier smartphones are slowing India’s shift to 5G. Rising component costs are driving a comeback for 4G devices as buyers seek better specifications at affordable prices.Shipments of 4G smartphones are expected to grow 3% in 2026 even as the overall market declines, according to Counterpoint…
Recent Views 27 Meet the Monarchs: The ‘endangered’ 3,000-mile traveller butterflies that survive on poisonous milkweed diet Picture this: Every autumn, one of nature’s most extraordinary journeys begins with a creature weighing less than even a gram! Millions of monarch butterflies, light as a feather, take to the skies across North America, travelling thousands of…
Recent Views 27 MUMBAI: Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies are grappling with heightened commodity cost inflation amid a sharp rebound in crude oil prices while the impact of weak monsoons is slowly showing up in pockets of consumption, companies said in their Q2 updates even as they estimated strong revenue and volume growth for the…
Recent Views 24 NEW DELHI: The GST Council, which meets Thursday, will seek to slash the refund period to around 17 days, which will include a maximum 10 days for acknowledgement, beyond which it will be deemed to have been acknowledged, and seven days for processing. Currently, acknowledgement itself can take 21-45 days and the…
