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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).

Govt firms up plan to widen ambit of quality control for steel

1,000 more grades to be brought under BIS standards; move will check imports too

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.

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

● Capex down 12.3%, FY25 target may be missed

Core sector growth in Nov at four-month high of 4.3%

Economists expect overall industrial growth to be 5-7%

Market share cap for UPI postponed by two years

THE NATIONAL PAYMENTS Corporation of India (NPCI) on Tuesday delayed the implementation of market share caps for transactions processed via the unified payments interface (UPI) by two years, a move that will benefit Google Pay and Walmart-backed PhonePe.

New airports struggle to attract flyers

No flight in months at some locations due to irregular passenger demand

Bajaj Auto Overtakes Ola in December E2W Sales

Off The Fast Track

India Inc's 2025 wish list: A future-ready economy

INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY CENTRAL TO CORPORATES' ASPIRATIONS

Funding worries remain for startup ecosystem

● 6% increase in 2024 but nowhere near the 2022 high

Three shots that sank India in fourth Test

\"AAJ KAYA pehle waala? (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.

Bears gain ground, bulls sober up

EARLY IN THE year a fund manager, with over three decades in the Indian stock market, lamented the art of stock picking had no value in today's market.

₹18k 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.

AI-based warfare, cyberattacks pose big challenge, says Rajnath

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

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.

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

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

Technology will make the pace of change even faster

ONE OF THE most reliable observations any opinion writer can make, myself included, is that the pace of change has accelerated. But in the last few years it actually has—as evidenced by the war and conflict around the world, the politics in the US and major advances in artificial intelligence.

Boost private consumption

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

H-1B Visa Power

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

AI Becoming Ingrained in Biz Across Industries

Trends and Predictions

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.

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.

US Announces $6 Billion in Additional Military Assistance 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.

Jimmy Carter, former US prez and Nobel winner, dies at 100

EGYPT-ISRAEL PEACE WAS HIS TOP DIPLOMATIC ACCOMPLISHMENT