World Economic Forum 2025 Day 4 highlights
U.S. President Donald Trump, addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, via video link on Thursday, accused the CEOs of Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase of not providing banking services to conservatives, but offered no evidence or specifics of any wrongdoing. “I hope you start opening your bank
Import monitoring intensified, exploring countervailing and anti-dumping duties: HD Kumaraswamy
India’s steel ministry has intensified monitoring of imports while there are talks of imposing countervailing and anti-dumping duties where necessary to protect domestic industry from Chinese offloading of the metal, including shipments routed through other FTA countries, HD Kumaraswamy, Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries told businessline. Donald Trump’s
NRAI to approach CCI over ‘private labelling’ by Zomato, Swiggy
Queries sent to Swiggy and Zomato remained unanswered. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), which represents half a million eateries nationwide, said it will approach Competition Commission of India (CCI) over “private labelling” by Zomato and Swiggy and their foray into quick commerce
How Budget 2025 can empower India’s agro-chemical sector and farmers
With India making rapid strides on many fronts under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the agriculture sector is gaining greater significance, as has been evident from the past few Budgets. This progress, and the fact that this is the first full Budget of Modi 3.0, has heightened anticipation
Business journey observability platform VuNet Systems raises ₹60 crore in Series B round
From left – Bharat Joshi, Jithesh Kaveetil and Ashwin Ramachandran | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement VuNet Systems, a provider of AI-based Business Journey Observability, said it has raised ₹60 crore in a Series B funding round to accelerate global expansion and strengthen product innovation. The round was led by Pravega
Agtech emerging as a catalyst: Seeding India’s agricultural future
The face of Indian agriculture is changing. Beyond the traditional image of farmers toiling in the fields, a technological revolution is taking root. Agritech is transforming the sector, which employs 158 million people and contributes 18.3 per cent to India’s GDP (2022-23), offering new solutions to ensure food security for
U.S. sanctions hit Russian oil supply to India; BPCL says supplies may be impacted
Russian oil made up for 34-35% of all oil that BPCL processed at the start of the current financial year in April 2024 | Photo Credit: Reuters The wide-ranging sanctions imposed by the U.S. on the Russian oil sector have started to dent near-term oil flows to India with state-owned
Harnessing India’s seafood prowess: A blueprint for global seafood industry leadership
Leveraging on its raw materials abundance, technological prowess, and increasing soft power, India stands poised to evolve from being a bulk commodity supplier to a global leader brand. India presents a compelling paradox in the global seafood industry. Ranking among the world’s top five seafood exporters, India recently achieved an
Sensex, Nifty extend gains for 2nd day on buying in IT, consumer stocks
A view of the BSE building in Mumbai | Photo Credit: Paul Noronha Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty extended gains for the second session on Thursday (January 23, 2025) due to intense buying in IT, consumer durables and commodity stocks amid a largely positive trend in global markets. In
Can implement new pilot duty, rest norms in a phased manner from July 1, DGCA tells Delhi High Court
One of the key elements of the DGCA proposal made public in January 2024 but hanging fire is the curtailment of night flying, which has been opposed by both IndiGo and Air India. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The DGCA informed Delhi High Court on Thursday (January 23, 2025) that