- Thursday, March 06, 2025
Intensive negotiations continue towards a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK and new British prime minister Rishi Sunak is committed to achieving a balanced deal, Downing Street said on Wednesday (2). Sunak, who took charge at 10 Downing Street last week, had a "very warm" introductory call…
Leading Indian industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has announced Subhrakant Panda as its president-elect. Panda, who currently is the senior vice president of FICCI, will succeed Sanjiv Mehta as the president of the apex chamber at the conclusion of the 95th Annual General Meeting…
Here are news related to Indian economy and business for Wednesday, November 2, 2022: The Indian economy is an island of relative calm in a challenging global environment, the country's finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at an event in Bengaluru in the southern state of Karnataka on Wednesday. "Between 2020…
Noted Indian women's rights and micro-finance activist and lawyer Ela Bhatt passed away in Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat on Wednesday (2) aged 89. Born in the same city in 1933, Bhatt was a well-known Gandhian and advocate of women's economic empowerment. She founded and headed the Self…
Cooperation on migration and security issues was on the agenda at a meeting between UK home secretary Suella Braverman and Indian high commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami in London on Tuesday (1). The envoy called on the Indian-origin Cabinet minister to discuss the India-UK security partnership and to "make…
New Twitter owner Elon Musk said Wednesday that it will be "a few more weeks" before any banned accounts -- such as that of former US president Donald Trump -- may be restored on the platform. Twitter users have been watching closely to see whether Musk will reinstate Trump, banned…
Gambia has not yet confirmed that toxic cough syrup was the cause of the deaths of 70 children from acute kidney injury, a representative of the country's Medicines Control Agency said on Monday (31). The small West African state has been investigating a mysterious slew of child deaths in recent…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will follow up on the wholesale e-rupee pilot with a similar trial on the retail side this month itself, governor Shaktikanta Das said on Wednesday (2). He termed the launch of the central bank digital currency (CBDC), which started on the wholesale front between…
Despite the world going through a phase of 'global crisis', the world considers India as a "bright spot" as we continue our initiatives to strengthen the fundamentals of our economy, prime minister Narendra Modi said during his virtual address in the southern state of Karnataka. "Although it is a time…
Former world champions India on Wednesday (2) defeated Bangladesh by five runs in a rain-curtailed Group 2 clash at Adelaide Oval to go to the top of the points table with a tally of six. South Africa, who beat them on Sunday (30), are in the second spot with five…
