Essar group's co-founder Shashikant Ruia dies at 81
Nov 26, 2024, at 08:35 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Shashikant Ruia, the co-founder of the Essar Group and a patriarch of the billionaire Ruia family, passed away at the age of 81, the family announced in an official statement on Tuesday (Nov. 26).
PM Modi has a clear vision about how AI will benefit India: Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Sep 23, 2024, at 09:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Google CEO Sundar Pichai has lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day tour to the United States, for his "clear vision" about how Artificial Intelligence will benefit India.
Aug 28, 2024, at 11:02 pm
India has marked its 10th anniversary of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), an initiative which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after coming to power in the country for the first time in 2014.
Foxconn chief meets PM Modi, explores investment plan in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
Aug 15, 2024, at 09:23 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Young Liu, the chairman of iPhone contract manufacturer Foxconn, on Wednesday (Aug 14) met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed the Taiwanese tech company's investment plan in India.
PM Modi inaugurates 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists
Aug 03, 2024, at 06:26 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE) at National Agricultural Science Centre (NASC) Complex in New Delhi on Saturday.
Indian gaming companies want to distance themselves from fantasy sports: Report
Jul 10, 2024, at 08:15 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The real-money gaming firms and fantasy sports startups have marketed themselves as video gaming companies for over a decade, but a coalition of more than 70 Indian video game firms is urging the government to create a clear distinction between their industries as these businesses face rising regulatory scrutiny, reports TechCrunch.
Modi 3.0 to present Union Budget on July 23
Jul 07, 2024, at 01:55 am
New Delhi: The Union Budget for the financial year 2024–25 will be presented in the Lok Sabha on July 23. The budget session of Parliament is scheduled to take place from July 22 to August 12.
Jul 05, 2024, at 08:18 pm
India's Ministry of Defence on Friday said it achieved the highest-ever growth in indigenous defence production in value terms during Financial Year (FY) 2023-24, on the back of successful implementation of the policies and initiatives of the Government.
Sensex, Nifty 50 hit lifetime highs after Narendra Modi takes oath as PM
Jun 10, 2024, at 05:41 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Indian stock market hit a fresh lifetime high in early trade on Monday (June 10), with benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty 50 rising above 77,000 and 23,400, respectively, after Narendra Modi took oath as India's Prime Minister for a third consecutive time.
Election shortfall of Narendra Modi's BJP leaves Wall Street scrambling
Jun 06, 2024, at 05:18 pm
New York/IBNS: A major political setback for Narendra Modi's BJP has business executives in the country furiously making calls, trying to better understand the impact on India’s economy and investment landscape following Modi’s failure to secure a supermajority for his BJP in the lower house of the Parliament.
Sensex, Nifty recover after posting worst day in 4 years as poll verdict anxiety eases
Jun 05, 2024, at 06:01 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Indian benchmark equity indices recovered on Wednesday (June 5) after posting their worst day in over four years in the previous session as Narendra Modi's BJP and its allies (NDA) secured lesser seats in the Lok Sabha election results declared on Tuesday (June 4).
Sensex shoots up by 2,000 points after exit polls show Modi's landslide victory in Lok Sabha polls
Jun 03, 2024, at 03:59 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The Indian stock market zoomed past by 2,000 points since the morning bell on Monday, in tune with the exit polls showing the return of the Modi government with a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha polls.
Lok Sabha polls: How share market may react under 3 possible elections outcome
May 31, 2024, at 06:25 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The six-week long Lok Sabha elections have reached its final stage with the Election Commission of India (ECI) going to hold the last phase of polls on Saturday (June 1), and the financial markets are eagerly waiting for the national polls' verdic, which is scheduled to be counted on June 4.
May 31, 2024, at 01:00 am
Mumbai: Sunil Bharti Mittal, who leads Bharti Airtel, has revealed that a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September 2018 turned out to be a turning point for him at a time when his telecom company was in the midst of a severe crisis.
May 23, 2024, at 05:36 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Adani Group CFO has taken a dig at an investigating report claiming the conglomerate was involved in the alleged coal scam.
Elon Musk postpones upcoming visit to India: Reports
Apr 20, 2024, at 03:51 pm
Tesla chief Elon Musk has postponed his scheduled visit to India, media reports said on Saturday.
Musk's Visit to India Can Be a Game-Changer for the Tech Landscape
Apr 18, 2024, at 11:54 pm
Elon Musk's upcoming visit to India on April 21-22 for Tesla and Starlink operations, and meeting with PM Narendra Modi, could turn out to be an important moment for India's tech sector.
Apr 15, 2024, at 10:56 pm
Elon Musk-owned American brand Tesla has signed a strategic deal with Tata Electronics to procure semiconductor chips for its worldwide operations, media reports said.
Vi completes network deployment to provide connectivity across Kolkata underwater metro service
Mar 06, 2024, at 10:02 pm
Telecom major Vi on Wednesday announced the successful completion of its network deployment across the entire underground East-West Metro corridor route in East Idnian city of Kolkata.
PV Narasimha Rao: The Prime Minister who steered India through economic crisis with bold leadership
Feb 10, 2024, at 06:12 am
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government on Friday announced Bharat Ratna for former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao posthumously. The honour is seen as a befitting tribute by the nation to the a prime minister of Congress outside the Nehru-Gandhi family.
PM Modi calls Budget 2024 'innovative and inclusive'
Feb 01, 2024, at 07:59 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday termed the Union interim budget 2024–25 as "innovative and inclusive" and said it will empower all sections of society.
Reliance was, is and will remain a Gujarati company: Mukesh Ambani at Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit
Jan 11, 2024, at 07:12 pm
Gandhinagar/IBNS/UNI: Billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani highlighted his roots to the western state of Gujarat, which is also the homestate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024 here on Wednesday.
Narendra Modi government's Interim Budget likely to set nominal GDP growth at 10-10.5 pct
Jan 08, 2024, at 11:30 pm
The Indian government will present its interim budget on Feb 1, just months before the country is expected to vote in the Lok Sabha polls this year.
Dec 17, 2023, at 06:58 pm
Surat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday officially inaugurated the Surat diamond exchange, a facility that is now bigger than the Pentagon, which was the largest office space globally.
Cabinet extends free foodgrains for 81.35 crore beneficiaries for five years
Nov 29, 2023, at 11:23 pm
The Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided that the Central government will provide free food grains to about 81.35 crore beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) for a period of five years with effect from Jan 1, 2024.
Union Cabinet approves Terms of Reference for 16th Finance Commission
Nov 29, 2023, at 09:27 pm
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Terms of Reference for the Sixteenth Finance Commission.
India: A potential hub for Green Hydrogen
Sep 03, 2023, at 11:47 am
The dynamic reforms and the ease of doing business will create economies of large scale and bring down the Green Hydrogen production costs among the lowest in the world.
PM Modi urges industry captains to look beyond profits, focus on resilient supply chain
Aug 28, 2023, at 02:04 am
New Delhi: Urging global business captains to focus on resilient supply chain and sustainability, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that time has now come for the industry to go beyond profits and brain-storm the emerging challenges facing the world.
Jul 29, 2023, at 02:27 pm
Taiwanese chip-making giant's chairman Young Liu on Friday met Narendra Modi in New Delhi when the Indian PM welcomed Foxconn's plans to expand semiconductor and chip manufacturing capacity in India.
'Washington Moment': When Mukesh Ambani and Anand Mahindra waited for Uber ride in the US
Jun 29, 2023, at 05:52 pm
Top industrialists, Reliance Industries chairman and MD Mukesh Ambani and Mahindra and Mahindra chairman Anand Mahindra, were a part of the Indian business delegation to the United States during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's historic America tour.