New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) India will be among the world’s top 10 shipbuilding nations by 2030 and in top five countries by 2047, according to Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal.
Ahmedabad, Sep 6 (IANS) Adani Power and Druk Green Power Corp Ltd. (DGPC), Bhutan’s state-owned generation utility, on Saturday signed the shareholders agreement (SHA) to set up a 570 MW Wangchhu hydroelectric project in Bhutan.
Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) Bonnie Glaser, the Managing Director of the Indo-Pacific Programme at German Marshall Fund, a think-tank, has warned that the current US strategy of "publicly delivering instructions to India" about its foreign policy choices is unlikely to "deliver the desired results".
New York, Sept 5 (IANS) While US President Donald Trump is seemingly on a warpath over a Nobel nomination and his commerce advisers over trade, Washington’s defence and diplomatic establishments are fighting a rearguard battle for safeguarding Washington's geostrategic interests, where India is a key player.
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) By lowering GST rates across industries such as leather, footwear, paper, textiles, handicrafts, toys, agro-processing, and logistics, the government has reduced compliance costs, enhanced affordability for consumers, and improved margins for MSMEs, according to an official statement issued on Friday.
Washington, Sep 5 (IANS) US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick escalated his rhetoric on the prevailing trade tensions with India, saying that New Delhi “does not yet want to open its market and “it should stop being a part of BRICS.”
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) Tata Motors on Friday announced that it will pass on the entire benefit of the recent GST reduction on passenger vehicles to its customers.
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) Mutual funds sharply increased their investments in equities in August, with net purchases soaring to Rs 70,500 crore.
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Industry leaders welcomed the recently announced GST reforms, which reduce the number of tax slabs, stating that it will make tax compliance easier while also directly benefiting consumers through lower prices.
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector stands at the cusp of a structural reset as the GST Council has rolled out GST 2.0, with the reform simplifying the existing four-tier structure into two slabs – 5 per cent and 18 per cent – with a 40 per cent rate reserved for sin and luxury goods, a report said on Friday.
