New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Assets under management (AUM) of non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) specialising in gold loans is set to register a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40 per cent between this fiscal and next, surpassing Rs 4 lakh crore by March 2027, a Crisil Ratings report showed on Thursday.
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) A FICCI pre-Budget survey on Thursday reflected strong optimism across industry, with nearly 80 per cent of respondents expressing confidence in India’s growth prospects.
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The Union Budget 2026 will maintain fiscal prudence and prioritise strategic, capex‑heavy sectors -- making defence sector the top beneficiary, a report said on Thursday.
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Improving accessibility, affordability, and tailoring treatment and diagnostics to women's needs are some of the crucial measures to closing the health gap for the fairer sex by 2030, said experts at the ongoing World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos.
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Gold futures on the MCX dipped close to 1 per cent on Thursday from record high in the previous session due to profit booking, amid easing geopolitical tensions and strengthening of dollar.
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) As India’s semiconductor industry scales up, its adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is projected to generate $1.7 trillion in economic value by 2035 and reshape industries across the economy, a new report has said.
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The overnight signs of a climbdown in Greenland-related tensions will provide relief to market sentiments and rupee volatility is likely to persist in the near term but depreciation is expected to be more gradual than the recent sharp moves, a report showed on Thursday.
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Artificial intelligence would not replace human jobs but can only reshape work by automating tasks, said leading business executives of tech companies at the ongoing World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos.
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, which are now approaching completion, have acquired strategic significance beyond trade liberalisation and the proposed agreement is increasingly being viewed as a stabilising anchor for global commerce amid growing geopolitical fragmentation and the weaponisation of trade, according to leading industry leaders and policymakers.
Davos, Jan 22 (IANS) Jensen Huang, President and CEO of Nvidia, has said that we need to think about jobs in terms of purpose versus tasks in the AI era as “the purpose is enhanced and made more productive because the task has been automated” with the help of AI.
