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GTRI: Exports cross $800 billion in 2024

INDIA'S OVERALL EXPORTS in calendar year 2024 likely touched $814 billion, growing at 5.58% year-on-year, according to a report by trade policy think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI).

Coal Stocks at Thermal Units Improve to 72%

COAL STOCKS AT the country's thermal power plants improved to 72% of the normative level as of December 30, compared to just 58% in the same period of last year, data from the Central Electricity Authority showed.

Small savings interest rates unchanged

Economists expect overall industrial growth to be 5-7%

Centre's fiscal deficit in Apr-Nov at 52.5% of BE

Capex down 12.3%, FY25 target may be missed

Bears gain ground, bulls sober up

INDICES SCALED NEW HIGHS IN FIRST 9 MONTHS, RALLY LOST ITS LEGS AFTER SEPT

Three shots that sank India in fourth Test

\"AAJ KAYA pehlewaala? (Today's or the previous one?),\" Rohit Sharma queried when a question was asked about Rishabh Pant's shot in the final session on the final day that changed the game, even as India plunged to a 184-run defeat to Australia, bundled for 155 chasing 339 in the fourth innings at Melbourne.

MoD signs ₹2,867-crore deals for torpedoes, AIP

DEFENCE MINISTER RAJNATH Singh said on Monday that unconventional methods like Artificial Intelligence-based warfare and cyberattacks pose a big challenge.

₹18,000 a month for priests, granthis if AAP wins: Kejriwal

WITH AN EYE on Delhi's Pandit and Sikh voters, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal Monday announced his fifth poll promise -- ₹18,000 a month to all pandits and pujaris working in temples and granthis in gurdwaras across the city if the party returns to power in the Assembly election next year.

Isro's PSLV-C60 lifts off with SpaDeX spacecraft

ISRO'S PSLV-C60 rocket carrying two spacecraft that would aid in demonstration of space docking, a critical technology for future space missions, lifted off from the spaceport here late on Monday.

Medium-Term Outlook Uncertain: RBI

INDIA'S GDP GROWTH fell to a seven-quarter low of 5.4% in Q2 FY25.

Mamata's Sandeshkhali outreach: Don't pay anyone for state benefits

ON HER FIRST visit to Sandeshkhali since protests erupted over alleged land grabbing and sexual harassment of women by local TMC leaders, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked its residents not to pay anyone to avail benefits of state-run schemes.

Bandh call by farmers halts Punjab, SC hearing today

A NINE-HOUR bandh call by protesting farmers under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha-Non Political (SKM-NP) over several demands, including legal guarantee for MSP, brought Punjab to a halt on Monday.

Adani Group to sell stake in Wilmar JV, to fetch $2 bn

THE EXIT WILL take place in two phases.

Sanjay Malhotra: Dove, hawk or owl?

YET, HE HAS to face a unique set of immediate challenges—chiefly, the unfinished agenda of reining in inflation within the target band amid signs of a growth slowdown, and complexities caused by a certain intractability of global inflation and a falling rupee.

FM says wishes to do more for middle class

EVEN AS THE economic growth has slowed, tax receipts are relatively strong for the government, with gross personal income tax collections growing at 20.2% on year in the April-October period of the current financial year.

IPCA Labs looks to revive US biz

To launch new divisions in high-growth areas

Hindalco: Earnings to stay range-bound

Lower margin expectations for subsidiary Novelis

JSW Energy ramps up renewables play

Sets 20 GW capacity and 40 GWh storage target by 2030

H-1B Visa Power

Trump's endorsement is good news for India, which is the largest beneficiary of the H-1B visa

Boost private consumption

UPCOMING BUDGET NEEDS TO RESET MEDIUM-TERM PRIORITIES, FOCUS ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

The economic consequences of Mr Trump

Keynes' criticism of Churchill's decision to restore the pre-war gold standard applies to the US president-elect's redrawing of American priorities

South Korea Orders Airline Safety Probe After Worst Domestic Crash

SOUTH KOREA'S ACTING President Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation as investigators worked to identify victims and find out what caused the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil.

Musk Trying to Influence Our Election: Germany

The German government accused US billionaire Elon Musk on Monday of trying to influence its election due in February with articles supporting the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, even though it suggested they amounted to \"nonsense\".

Pak's 'largest' nuclear plant gets green nod

PAKISTAN IS SET to construct its largest nuclear plant for electricity generation after the country's atomic energy regulatory agency issued the licence for it.

AI Becoming Ingrained in Biz Across Industries

As artificial intelligence continues to grow at a rapid pace, more and more businesses are grappling with how to adapt both quickly and responsibly.

The Haryana connection

ITS LINK WITH the US and first world development is tenuous and perhaps in name only. But some memories still live on in Carterpuri, the small village in Haryana that waltzed with fame, albeit briefly, when the former US president came visiting 46 years ago and it was rechristened. Carter brought with him the glamour of the west and stoked aspirations, a local resident said. Carter visited the village in Gurugram and sent it into international pages of newspapers worldwide. PTI

Starlink to give cell service to Ukraine

THE UNITED STATES ON Monday announced nearly $6 billion in additional military and budget assistance for Ukraine as President Joe Biden uses his final weeks in office to surge aid to Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes power.

SME IPOs Continue to See High Retail Interest

RETAIL INVESTORS IN the country are increasingly placing their bets on small and medium enterprises (SME) IPOs rather than mainboard issues.

Omkara AMC acquires ₹750-cr stressed assets

OMKARA ASSET RECONSTRUCTION Company, which has gross assets under management (AUM) of nearly ₹16,000 crore, has acquired stressed assets worth ₹750 crore from two entities, comprising a total of over 4,000 retail accounts.

Jefferies' Chris Wood Trims 4 Stocks to Bet on HDFC Bank

Jefferies will bring HDFC Bank back into its Asia ex-Japan long-only portfolio with a 4% weightage, as part of its year-end portfolio adjustments.