Bengaluru, Jan 16 (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday exuded confidence that the role of the State would be significant in leading the country to a five-trillion USD economy. "Karnataka's role will be much bigger in shaping the New India and a new economy of five trillion USD in the coming years," Bommai [...]
Kolkata, Jan 16 (PTI) Sowing of potato in West Bengal got delayed by around 25 days due to unseasonal rain, while farmers are keeping their fingers crossed about the harvest of the crop worth Rs 7,000-8,000-crore at current prices, an expert said on Sunday. Despite the delay, the production could be satisfactory if the average [...]
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver a 'State of the World' special address at the World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda on Monday via video conference, his office said. The virtual event will be held from January 17 to 21 and will also be addressed by several Heads of State including [...]
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) Infrastructure major Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) on Sunday said it has completed 5-km-long tunnelling work as part of the 18-km-long all-weather Zojila Tunnel in a record time of 14 months. The company in a statement said the project of the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL), [...]
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) reversed the three-month selling streak in January by investing net Rs 3,117 crore in Indian markets, so far this month. Depositories data showed that they pumped Rs 1,857 crore into equities and Rs 1,743 crore into hybrid instruments during January 1-14. At the same time, they [...]
Hyderabad, Jan. 16 (PTI) A day after Tesla chief Elon Musk tweeted that the electric car major is working through a lot of challenges with the union government to launch its products in India, Telangana Industries Minister KT Rama Rao asked the US-based auto maker to set up shop in the southern state. “Hey Elon, [...]
New Delhi/Davos, Jan 16 (PTI) With its high-profile annual meeting getting deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Economic Forum's five-day online Davos Agenda summit will begin on Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping scheduled to deliver their special addresses on 'state of the world' on the first day [...]
Colombo, Jan 16 (PTI) Sri Lanka has urged more Indian investments in ports, infrastructure, energy, power and manufacturing sectors, days after New Delhi announced a USD 900 million loan to Colombo to build up its depleted foreign reserves and for food imports amid a shortage of almost all essential commodities in the island nation. Sri [...]
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday assured full government support to leaders of India's top IT companies in pushing the growth of the sector and taking services exports to USD 1 trillion in a decade.He said the country is on track to achieve its merchandise exports target of [...]
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) Demanding reduction in import duty on parts used for making mobile phones, industry body ICEA has said that increase in taxes on components will make the products manufactured in India under the PLI scheme globally uncompetitive. The India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) in its budget wishlist has demanded roll-back [...]
