New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) About 86 per cent of Indian consumers now consider gold and jewellery a preferred instrument for wealth creation, underscoring the category’s enduring “asset” role, nearly matching market-linked products such as mutual funds and stocks (87 per cent), a report showed on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) India’s top domestic institutional investors reported a 12 per cent to 20 per cent surge in assets across multiple segments during 2025, underscoring continued local support for equity and debt markets even as foreign investor assets growth softened.
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) With an aim to provide a platform for deliberations on policy, investment, sustainability, exports, infrastructure development, and technological advancement in the textile sector, a two-day ‘National Textiles Ministers’ Conference 2026’ will be organised in Assam, it was announced on Wednesday.
Mumbai, Jan 7 (IANS) The Indian benchmark indices posted mild losses early on Wednesday amid rising geopolitical tensions and fresh tariff-related concerns, tracking mixed cues from Asian markets.
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) 2025 has been a landmark year for the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as it developed over 600 new standards, taking the total to 23,293 standards, covering diverse fields such as AYUSH, robotics, artificial intelligence, ecology, and other emerging technologies, according to Sanjay Garg, Director General, BIS.
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) India’s largest manganese ore producer MOIL has achieved best-ever production performance in FY 2025-26 (April-December), recording its best-ever production figures for both the third quarter and the first nine months of the current financial year, the Ministry of Steel said on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Rural India emerged as the key growth driver for passenger vehicle sales in 2025, outpacing urban markets as demand expanded beyond major cities, data released by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) on Tuesday showed.
Mumbai, Jan 6 (IANS) Banks will be allowed to declare dividends or remit profits only if they meet strict financial and regulatory conditions, according to a draft framework released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The government on Tuesday announced a major push to boost infrastructure development through public-private partnerships, with the PPP project pipeline covering 852 projects across central infrastructure ministries and states and Union Territories at a combined cost of over Rs 17 lakh crore.
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The second day of the Human Capital Working Group Meeting in Guwahati concluded on Tuesday with detailed discussions on how artificial intelligence can be practically implemented to improve language access, education and digital inclusion across India.
