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Need to maintain same momentum in 2024, says PM

ASSERTING THAT INDIA is brimming with self-confidence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the country is imbued with the spirit of 'Viksit Bharat' and self-reliance, and urged people to maintain the momentum in 2024 as well.

Farmgate crop purchases on eNAM pick up

Overall trade on digital platform rises 3% on year to ₹57,633 cr

3 mn taxpayers get I-T alerts

ASKED TO EXPLAIN DISCREPANCY IN RETURNS

Capex growth to slow; outlay may be up 10%

THE INTERIM BUDGET 2024-25 may see a largely sustained momentum in budgetary capital expenditure, even though it may come off the peak of the current financial year.

Panagariya to head 16th finance panel

THE UNION GOVERNMENT on Sunday appointed former Niti Aayog vice chairman and Columbia University professor Arvind Panagariya as the chairman of the Sixteenth Finance Commission.

Govt plans second phase for discom-financing scheme

Five-year scheme may have outlay similar to ₹3-trillion first phase

BharatNet: Tejas, TCS seek fair shot

Local companies feel they are handicapped vis-a-vis Nokia, Ericsson

Pause, rewind, play

The moments that defined 2023, those that captured the anguish and the despair, the magic and mystery, the quirky and the bizarre

This Antarctic octopus has a warning about the rising sea levels

A huge ice sheet appears to have melted 120,000 years ago, when temperatures were similar to those on Earth today, as pera DNA study

ChatGPT helps, and worries, business consultants: Study

The AI tool helped most with creative tasks. With more analytical work, however, the technology led to more mistakes

For India, whole is less than sum of its parts

For a cricketing structure full of talent, India is often exposed when conditions aren’t what they’re used to

Satellite internet & space tech to find more connect

IT WAS A LANDMARK moment when India's lunar mission-Chandrayaan3-soft landed on the moon's South Pole, becoming the first nation to have achieved the feat. The moon is expected to remain in focus in the coming year as well, with both governments and private companies making strides into space.

After mixed year, digital assets to gain currency

WHILE CRYPTOCURRENCIES, since their inception, have had a topsy-turvy ride, 2024 could see an increased acceptance of digital assets, but with respect to Central Bank Digital Currencies, or CBDCs.

Real estate stress is brewing in Asian mkts other than China

SURGING INTEREST RATES and regulatory scrutiny are causing distress for builders and creditors in Asian economies from South Korea to Vietnam, highlighting the breadth of housing woes in a region overshadowed by China's crisis

Bengaluru sees 15x jump in net leasing of office space: Cushman

BENGALURU SAW A 15-fold jump in net office leasing during the quarter due to many large leasing transaction from corporates as well as low base effect, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

Registration of properties in Mum city may rise 33% in Dec: Report

REGISTRATION OF PROPERTIES in Mumbai municipal area is likely to rise by 33% annually to around 12,500 units during this month on better demand, according to Knight Frank.

FM asks PSBs to launch more attractive deposit schemes

FINANCE MINISTER NIRMALA Sitharaman on Saturday asked state-owned banks to come out with innovative and attractive schemes to mobilise deposits from the public as this will enable them to extend more credit.

22 MLAs sworn in as ministers in Rajasthan

TWENTY-TWO BJP MLAS were in as ministers sworn of the Rajasthan government during a ceremony the Raj Bhawan at here on Saturday.

Jaishankar's visit to Russia bolstered special ties: MEA

Exchanged views on bilateral cooperation in trade economics

2 arrested Vivo execs to be released

AN INDIAN COURT on Saturday ordered the release of two senior employees working for Chinese smartphone maker Vivo's India unit.

Quest for the offbeat: Northeast the travel hotspot for 2024

AS TRAVELLERS SEEK more offbeat locations, and the northeast emerging as the new hotspot for travel in India, hospitality groups are also going big on their expansion plans in the region.

Hybrid vehicles outsold electric cars in 2023

HYBRID CAR SALES-strong hybrid plus mild-have outpaced electric car sales in 2023, according to retail data sourced from the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations of India (FADA).

Ayodhya gets 11k-cr makeover

International airport begins operations

L'Oreal heir is first woman with $100-billion fortune

FRANCOISE BETTENCOURT MEYERS became the first woman to amassa $100 billion fortune, marking another milestone for the heiress and for France's expanding fashion and cosmetics industries.

SA: The flop story continues

SOUTH AFRICA INTIMIDATES batsmen. The bounce frightens them; worse when invariable bounce kicks in. The pace harries them; if the surface does not offer, the pacemen would.

ULFA faction signs peace agreement

IN A MOVE that Union home minister Amit Shah hailed as \"a golden day\" for Assam and its people, the pro-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) signed a peace accord Friday with the governments at the Centre and state, agreeing to shun violence, disband the organisation and join the democratic process.

BRICS to grow as Saudi, Iran, UAE and 2 others join ranks

New members to be part of January 30 sherpa meeting

Russia launches massive missile attack on Ukraine, over 20 killed

RUSSIA ON FRIDAY unleashed one of its biggest missile attacks on Ukraine of the war, killing at least 27 civilians, wounding more than 140 others and hitting residential buildings in Kyiv, the south and west of the country, officials said.

Banks' non-food credit grows 21% to ₹155 trn

BANKS' NON-FOOD CREDIT grew by nearly 21% year-onyear (y-o-y) to 155.80 trillion as of November 17,higher than 20% last month, Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) sectoral deployment of credit data showed on Friday. Excluding the merger of HDFC twins, banks registered credit growth of 16%, the data showed.

UPI for secondary market set to commence from next week

COME JANUARY 1, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for the secondary market will commence in its beta phase for the equity cash segment.