Number of farmers’ suicide fall to 5,579 in 2020
NEW DELHI: The number of farmers who committed suicide dropped to 5,579 in 2020 as compared to 5,957 in the previous year, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed Parliament on Tuesday, citing the latest NCRB report. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), which functions under Ministry of Home Affairs, has not given “separate reasons” for […]
India’s GDP growth at 8.4 per cent in July-September
NEW DELHI: India’s economic growth slowed to 8.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2021-22, mainly due to waning low base effect, official data showed on Tuesday. The GDP growth in April-June quarter this fiscal stood at 20.1 per cent. The Indian economy had contracted by 24.4 per cent in April-June last year. The […]
Sanjeev Kaushal is new Haryana chief secretary
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Tuesday appointed senior IAS officer Sanjeev Kaushal as the state’s new chief secretary. Kaushal replaces Vijai Vardhan, who retired on September 30, a government order said. He will be the 35th chief secretary of Haryana since it was carved out as a separate state in 1966. The 1986-batch IAS officer […]
Infrastructure industries expand at 7.5 per cent in October
NEW DELHI: The production of eight infrastructure sectors rose by 7.5 per cent in October on healthy performance by the segments of coal, natural gas, refinery products and cement, official data released on Tuesday showed. The output of eight core sectors of coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity had […]
Khadi and Village Industries Commission to begin Pashmina production soon in Varanasi
NEW DELHI: The globally acclaimed Pashmina wool products, which are indigenous to the high altitude regions of Leh-Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir, will now be made in Varanasi also. In a path breaking initiative, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has roped in 4 Khadi Institutions from Varanasi & Ghazipur districts in Uttar Pradesh for […]
Hindujas top rich British Asians’ list, wealth rises £2.5 billion
LONDON: The combined wealth of British Asians stood at just a shade below £100 billion this year, an impressive rise of more 20 per cent compared to last year, as Asian entrepreneurs in the UK successfully managed to ward off unprecedented challenges posed by the pandemic and the Brexit, according to the annual Asian Rich […]
Shapoorji Pallonji’s Joyville to invest Rs 300 crore to build 750 apartments
NEW DELHI: Shapoorji Pallonji’s housing platform Joyville will invest around Rs 300 crore to develop new phases, comprising around 750 flats, at its three residential projects in Pune, Mumbai and Kolkata to encash rise in demand. Joyville, which is a Rs 1,240-crore platform established by business conglomerate Shapoorji Pallonji, ADB, IFC and Actis, has so […]
IITian Parag Agrawal becomes Twitter CEO
NEW YORK: Indian-origin technology executive Parag Agrawal has been appointed as the new CEO of Twitter after the social media giant’s co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down on Monday. In a message posted on Twitter, Dorsey said: “After almost 16 years of having a role at our company… from co-founder to CEO to Chair to Exec Chair […]
M-cap of nine of top 10 most valued firms erodes by over Rs 2.6 trillion
NEW DELHI: The market valuation of nine of the top-10 most valued companies eroded by Rs 2.62 trillion last week in tandem with an overall weak broader market, where Bajaj Finance and Reliance Industries took the biggest hit. During the last week, the Sensex plunged by 2,528.86 points or 4.24 per cent. Bharti Airtel was […]
Investors’ wealth tumble over Rs 4.48 lakh crore as markets plummet
NEW DELHI: Investors’ wealth tumbled Rs 4.48 lakh crore during day trade on Friday with the BSE benchmark plummeting 1,488 points tracking weak global trends. The 30-share benchmark index tumbled 1,488.01 points during the day to 57,307.08. The market capitalization of BSE-listed tanked Rs 4,48,223.31 crore to Rs 2,61,18,730.57 crore during the day. “Equity markets […]
India’s forex kitty increases by $289 million to $640.40 billion
NEW DELHI: India’s forex exchange reserves increased by USD 289 million to USD 640.401 billion for the week ended November 19, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. The overall reserves had declined by USD 763 million to USD 640.112 billion in the previous reporting week. They had touched a life time high of USD 642.453 […]
Ikea to build India’s first shopping centre in Gurugram
NEW DELHI: IKEA’s mall business, one of the world’s biggest, said on Tuesday it had bought a plot in Gurugram next to New Delhi for a shopping centre that will be its first to open in India. Ingka Centres, which has 47 malls, that itself calls “meeting places”, anchored by IKEA stores across Europe, Russia […]
Airports to attract Rs 90,000 crore in investments over five years: India’s Civil Aviation Secretary
NEW DELHI: India’s airports sector is expected to see an investment of Rs 90,000 crore in a five-year period, with nearly Rs 68,000 crore coming from the private players, a senior official said on Wednesday. The civil aviation sector, which was battered by the coronavirus pandemic that had also resulted in the suspension of domestic […]
Narendra Modi lays the foundation Stone of Noida International Airport
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation Stone of Noida International Airport, Uttar Pradesh today. The airport is spread across an area of 5,000 acres and is being developed by Zurich International Airport AG at an estimated cost of Rs 29,560 crores. The Swiss Airport company had won the bid in November, 2019 […]
Mamata Banerjee inviting PM Narendra Modi to business meet in Bengal triggers war of words between TMC, Congress
NEW DELHI: A war of words broke out between the Congress and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate a global business meet to be hosted by her government, with the grand old party claiming that the “understanding” between the two parties is […]
India, ADB sign $300 million loan to improve primary health care in India
NEW DELHI: The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a $300 million loan to strengthen and improve access to comprehensive primary health care in urban areas of 13 states that will benefit over 256 million urban dwellers including 51 million from slum areas. Rajat Kumar Mishra, Additional Secretary, Department of […]