IN a landmark collaboration between rival Indian billionaires, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries has acquired a 26 per cent stake in a power project belonging to Gautam Adani in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. Additionally, they have entered into an agreement to utilize the plants' 500 MW of electricity for…
ARVIND KEJRIWAL is an enigma of Indian politics. In a country and at a time when politicians are often seen as a lot that repulse more than attract, the 55-year-old leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was seen as someone who gave a new hope -- against a decaying…
THE foreign minister of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, on Thursday (28) reached New Delhi on a two-day visit and said he aimed at advancing the war-ravaged east European nation's vision of the path to peace and strengthening ties with India. Taking on social media X, he said, "Building on the dialogue between…
LORD Rami Ranger CBE and his company, Sun Mark Ltd, have emerged victorious in a legal dispute following a ruling by Dame Jennifer Eady, president of the Employment Appeal Tribunal on March 21, dismissing a case brought by Ramandeep Kaur, one of their former employees. Kaur, who had sought £673,000…
WHEN Catherine, Princess of Wales, disclosed her cancer diagnosis last week in an emotional video, part of the shock stemmed from the fact that a typically healthy 42-year-old was afflicted with a disease that primarily affects older individuals. However, researchers have been increasingly raising concerns about the growing incidence of…
THE 17th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament, which kicked off on March 22, achieved unprecedented viewership numbers on its opening day, reported the host broadcaster. According to Disney Star, the official broadcaster, a staggering 168 million individuals tuned in to witness both the dazzling ceremony and…
MUMBAI, the financial capital of India, has recently dethroned Chinese capital Beijing as the home to the most number of billionaires in Asia, the 2024 Hurun Global Rich List said earlier this week. This is the first time that Mumbai has topped the Asian list in terms of billionaires. Globally,…
DESPITE failing 238 times in his bid for public office in India, K Padmarajan is unperturbed as he prepares, yet again, to contest elections in the world's largest democracy. The 65-year-old tyre repair shop owner began fighting elections in 1988 from his home town of Mettur in the southern state…
HERE are news related to Indian economy and business for Wednesday, March 27, 2024: Indian finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said she declined her party Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) offer to contest the upcoming national elections pleading that she did not have the 'kind of fund' required to contest…
PIETER Elbers, chief executive of India's largest airline IndiGo, has said that the carrier aims to double its size by 2030 through inclusion of new domestic and international routes and destinations. With aspirations aligning with India's economic growth potential, IndiGo, which commands a domestic market share of a little over…