Ahmedabad, June 30 (IANS) Adani Ports on Tuesday said it has entered into a definitive agreement with MSC Group under which MSC’s container terminal operating and investing arm Terminal Investment Limited (TiL) will invest for 49 per cent interest in Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Limited (AVPPL), the concessionaire for Vizhinjam port.
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Meta-owned WhatsApp on Monday announced the start of global reservations of usernames, a major privacy feature designed to protect the privacy of users’ phone number.
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Indian government's "extraordinary" handling of the global energy crisis in the wake of the West Asia conflict ensured that consumers were protected from the rise in prices and there was no black marketing in fuels as households continued to get LPG, India’s former G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said.
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) India has significant progress on multiple Sustainable Development Goal indicators, with social protection coverage and installed renewable energy generating capacity in the country nearly tripling in ten years, an official statement said on Monday.
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) India's former G20 Sherpa and NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Monday said that expanding ties between India and the United States would be mutually beneficial for both countries, as the US remains a key trading and investment partner while India is steadily emerging as a major global economic power.
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Health Minister JP Nadda on Monday launched a slew of digital initiatives like ‘Ayushman Sarathi–PM-JAY WhatsApp Chatbot’ and Drug Registry, to promote efficient service delivery and improved beneficiary satisfaction.
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) China’s retail sales fell 0.6 per cent year‑on‑year in May 2026 after a weak April, marking the first monthly decline in three and a half years, Stephen Roach, former Chief Economist and Asia Chair, Morgan Stanley, wrote on his Substack account, arguing that the country's prolonged effort to steer toward consumer‑led growth has failed.
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) India's industrial production clocked a 5.1 per cent growth in May this year compared to the same month of the previous year on the back of a strong growth in the manufacturing sector and a surge in the electricity & gas supply sector during the month, according to the new series data released by the Ministry of Statistics on Monday.
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Pakistan's investment-to-GDP ratio has fallen to a historic low of 13.1 per cent in 2024 from an average of around 18 per cent over nearly four decades, while foreign direct investment (FDI) has halved to 0.5 per cent of GDP, a report has said.
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said he had a productive meeting with Takis Theodorikakos, Minister of Development of Greece, to strengthen the India-Greece economic partnership.
