New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) India’s hospitality sector saw transaction volumes reach $497 million across eleven deals in the first half of 2026, a 197 per cent increase from $167 million a year earlier, a report said on Wednesday, adding that full‑year 2026 transaction volumes are projected at about $1.1 billion.
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Bharti Enterprises founder and chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal on Wednesday said that Eutelsat OneWeb should receive regulatory approvals in India ahead of Starlink, arguing that the company is significantly ahead in the approval queue after having applied nearly five years ago.
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) India's manufacturing sector is undergoing a structural change under the Rs 33,660 crore Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojna (BHAVYA) initiative to develop 100 plug-and-play industrial parks across the country. The manufacturing sector now contributes about 16–17 per cent of GDP and employs over 27 million workers. The National Manufacturing Mission aims to raise this share to 25 per cent by 2035, according to a factsheet issued by the government on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Ahead of Global Ethics Day on October 21, nearly 61 per cent of professional accountants now ranked use of artificial intelligence as the leading ethical challenge, up from 32 per cent in 2024, a statement said on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Shares of Polycab India continued to face selling pressure on Wednesday, trading 5 per cent lower in early deals after the National Stock Exchange notified that the stock will be removed from the equity derivatives segment.
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) India's wholesale price inflation (WPI) came in at 11.39 per cent in September against 9.92 per cent in August amid higher prices of fuel, crude petroleum, food articles and several manufactured products, according to provisional data released by the government on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) job postings in India grew nearly 19‑fold between June 2025 and June 2026, with postings up 1,807 per cent year‑on‑year in June due to AI boom, a report said on Wednesday.
Ahmedabad, Oct 14 (IANS) Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, said on Wednesday that leadership is not measured by the milestones we celebrate today, but by the commitment to expand what humanity can achieve tomorrow, and very few embody that better than Bloomberg Co-founder Michael Bloomberg.
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) An Air India flight from Frankfurt to Delhi made an emergency landing in Jaipur on Wednesday after reportedly transmitting Squawk 7500, the international code used to indicate a hijacking, as per multiple reports.
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) India’s festive trade is expected to exceed Rs 7 lakh crore during the Navratri-to-Diwali period this year, registering an estimated growth of 15-18 per cent over last year, according to the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT).
