By P R Sanjai and Advait Palepu Battle lines are being drawn in India’s cement space as Gautam Adani’s expansion spree sets off a race with fellow billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla’s UltraTech Cement Ltd. to build capacity and snap up assets. The clash of titans is likely to intensify as … Read more
Venezuelans are voting Sunday in a presidential election whose outcome will either lead to a seismic shift in politics or extend by six more years the policies that caused the world’s worst peacetime economic collapse. Whether it is President Nicols Maduro who is chosen, or his main opponent, retired diplomat Edmundo Gonzlez, the … Read more
6 min read Last Updated : Jul 28 2024 | 10:34 PM IST The Union Budget on July 23, 2024, ushered in radical changes in the taxation of mutual funds. Investors must understand their ramifications and modify their investment strategy wherever required. Equity funds Long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax on equity … Read more
By Reade Pickert Federal Reserve officials are on the verge of lowering borrowing costs within months, a move Chair Jerome Powell may signal in the coming week as the risks grow of imperiling a solid but moderating job market. US central bankers, who’ve kept interest rates at a more than two-decade … Read more
Arpit Chug, chief financial officer, Razorpay 5 min read Last Updated : Jul 28 2024 | 7:23 PM IST The startup, which is valued at over $7 billion, is intensifying its efforts to achieve profitability in all its businesses and move its domicile to India, as it is planning an initial public offering (IPO) … Read more
Manu Bhaker wins Bronze medal at Paris Olympics 2024 5 min read Last Updated : Jul 28 2024 | 4:22 PM IST India’s star shooter Manu Bhaker clinched India’s first medal of the Paris Olympics 2024 by winning Bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol final and made her way into the history books … Read more
9th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog which was attended by Chief Ministers/Lt Governors representing 20 States and 6 UTs. (Pic: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) 6 min read Last Updated : Jul 27 2024 | 9:02 PM IST Emphasising the need for the states to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) at a time … Read more
Opposition leaders have decided to boycott the meeting.. (Photo: PTI) 12:18 PM Was allowed to speak only for five minutes, this is insulting: West Bengal CM Mamata after NITI Aayog meeting On NITI Aayog meeting in Delhi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said, “…I said you (central government) should not discriminate against state governments. I … Read more
The ninth Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is set to take place on Saturday. Amid calls of boycott from the Opposition leaders over their disappointment with Budget 2024, the meeting’s primary focus will be on the Approach Paper for the Vision Document on ‘Viksit Bharat @2047’, which … Read more
People wait at Gare de Lille-Flandres train station after major disruption on France’s high-speed train network | PHOTO: REUTERS 5 min read Last Updated : Jul 26 2024 | 10:23 PM IST Trains to and from Paris, including the international Eurostar service, were hit by what authorities called a “massive attack aimed at paralyzing … Read more