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Not worried about oil price rise, says Puri

INDIA'S DEPENDENCE ON imports of crude oil will continue for a while and will go hand-in-hand with growth in the economy, even as the country's own production grows, Union Minister for oil and natural gas Hardeep Singh Puri said.

MSE rider for tax relief may be put on hold

THE GOVERNMENT WILL likely put in abeyance implementation of a new law that seeks to ensure timebound payments to micro and small enterprises (MSEs) by linking it to tax reliefs.

Output growth of MSMEs saw sharp rise post Covid: RBI

THE PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH for the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), in particular, recovered sharply post the pandemic in the backdrop of several policy initiatives taken by the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), a paper authored by the central bank staff said on Monday.

Maruti to double down on Jimny's off-road prowess

THE TAGLINE OF a popular television commercial of Maruti Suzuki's Jimny says, \"There are places in the world only the Jimny can go.\"

AI order for social media firms only

THE GOVERNMENT'S ADVISORY to intermediaries for seeking its permission before launching AI models will only be applicable to social media platforms, communications and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Monday.

Electoral bonds info: SBI asks SC for time till June 30

CALLING IT A \"time-consuming exercise\", State Bank of India (SBI) has approached the Supreme Court seeking extension till June 30 to submit details of purchase of electoral bonds to the Election Commission of India (ECI).

Moody's raises India's GDP forecast sharply

INDIA'S GROSS DOMESTIC product (GDP) is expected to grow 6.8% in 2024, up from 6.1% projected earlier, in the backdrop of pick up in private investments, Moody's Investor Service said in a report. In 2023, the GDP expanded 7.7%.

Tata Motors to split CV, PV units into 2 listed entities

TATA MOTORS, THE country's biggest automaker, on Monday announced plans to demerge its businesses into two separate listed entities - commercial vehicle (CV) and passenger vehicle (PV) businesses.

RBI bans fresh gold loans by IIFL Finance

THE RESERVE BANK of India (RBI) on Monday barred IIFL Finance from sanctioning and disbursing any fresh gold loans with immediate effect.

Calcutta HC judge Gangopadhyay slams TMC; quitting to enter politics

IN AN UNPRECEDENTED move, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, a sitting judge of the Calcutta High Court, said Sunday that he will resign as a judge and join politics.

Birla's bold shade of ambition

GRASIM WANTS TO make a splash in the paints market.

Paul Pogba: The tragic downfall of a great talent

PAUL POGBA MIGHT never play a competitive football game again. The four-year ban for doping, unless he successfully revokes it - an unlikely outcome - would spell doom for a career that could be slotted straightaway into the textbook of cautionary lessons.

Harsh Vardhan quits politics day after BJP denies him ticket for LS elections

CHANDNI CHOWK MP and veteran BJP leader Dr Harsh Vardhan has quit active politics after allegedly being denied a ticket for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Rameshwaram cafe blast: Probe agencies look to join dots, speak to 10 accused

ABUNCH OF cases recorded in Karnataka in 2022 involving a group of 10 youths, aged between 20 and 26 years, has come back into focus in the backdrop of the March 1 lunch hour bomb blast at the popular Rameshwaram Cafe in the Whitefield area of Bengaluru which left nine persons injured.

INDIA bloc leaders sound poll bugle at Patna rally

Rahul Gandhi charged NDA for neglecting Dalits

IFFCO moves NCLT against Triumph, Swan

IFFCO HAS MOVED the NCLT against Swan Energy (SEL) and their joint venture Triumph Offshore to restrain their JV firm from passing any resolution without its approval and issuing any share/security to the lenders against loans.

Tackling toxic air with deeptech

Praan builds low-cost, filterless outdoor air purifiers

Transparency is key

Inside Meesho’s fix for India’s fragmented logistics market

Why Ireland is attracting so many Indian students

Its universities had 700 Indian in 2013, 7,000 in 2023, and will soon touch 10,000

Stagger investments in small-cap funds

Take a long-term view invest only if you can handle high volatility

RBI nudge pushes NBFC-MFIs to cut rates

THE RESERVE BANK of India's (RBI's) nudge to microfinance lenders that they should pass on the benefits of higher margins to borrowers is beginning to bear fruit, as a number of players have already cut rates and many are planning to follow suit.

Trump beats Nikki Haley in 3 Republican caucuses

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD Trump swept three more Republican presidential nominating contests on Saturday, beating rival Nikki Haley in Missouri and Idaho and winning all of Michigan's remaining delegates.

Shehbaz Sharif elected Pak PM for second term

Shehbaz secures 201 votes, PTI’s Omar gets 92 votes

Google monopoly must be broken: Shaadi.com CEO

AMID DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN Google and homegrown digital services companies on in-app service fee, Shaadi.com founder and CEO Anupam Mittal said the government needs to intervene and come up with a central repository of apps to break the monopoly of Google.

IT firms' revenue from top clients sees slowdown

REVENUES ACCRUING TO IT firms from top clients shrunk during the October-December quarter.

With Disney deal, Reliance's 'Jio' moment in media is here

Firm’s distribution might will give an edge to combine

Congress manifesto may promise apprenticeship, paper leak compensation

HAVING DECIDED TO frame unemployment as one of its major talking points against the BJP government during the Lok Sabha poll campaign, the Congress is set to come up with some \"out of the box\" promises in its manifesto to ease joblessness and soften the blow of repeated exam paper leaks, hoping they would strike a chord with the youth.

Centre can't set borrowing limits for states: Kerala govt to SC

THE KERALA GOVERNMENT has accused the Central government of stifling the state's revenue streams by \"arbitrarily imposing\" a net borrowing ceiling, which it said is violative of the relevant provisions of the Constitution.

Five-day work week likely for bank staff ahead of Model Code

THE GOVERNMENT MAY approve the much-awaited five-day work week for banks before the Model Code of Conduct kicks in later this month for the general election, bringing cheer to over 1.54 million bank employees, an official source said.

Centre sets conditions for 'untied' capex loans to states

States also need to deposit interest on unspent funds