New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the government is working on a graded points system for driving licences and vehicle registration as part of efforts to improve road safety in the country.
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Green hydrogen could transform the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) from a trade challenge into a driver of low‑carbon industrial growth and deeper India‑EU value chains, a new report has said.
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Former Finance Commission chairman and Institute of Economic Growth president, N.K. Singh, on Thursday rejected allegations questioning the methodology used by the government to calculate India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), calling such claims “completely baseless”.
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that combined with upcoming free trade agreements (FTAs) and efforts to deepen market access, India could gain access to 75 per cent of global trade at rates lower than competitors.
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Neelkanth Mishra, India's Executive Director at the World Bank, on Thursday lashed out at the “ill-educated and egregiously wrong claims made by some” that if the 'original' base of June-2025 quarter was used, India’s GDP growth in the June-2026 quarter would be much lower.
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The country’s total foodgrain production is estimated at 376.563 million tonnes, according to the Third Advance Estimates (2025-26), which is nearly 18.8 million tonnes (5.3 per cent) higher than last year’s production of 357.732 million tonnes, an official factsheet said on Thursday.
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) The National Stock Exchange (NSE) cannot self-list after its proposed initial public offering under the current regulatory framework, BSE Managing Director and CEO Sundararaman Ramamurthy said, according to a report.
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Thursday initiated strict enforcement action against British Lifesciences Private Limited in Bengaluru, Karnataka, following an inspection that uncovered misbranded and expired infant food products.
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India’s special swap windows raised a cumulative $136.3 billion by end‑August exceeding market estimates by a wide margin, likely pushing foreign reserves past $750 billion and giving the central bank firepower to defend the rupee, a report said on Thursday.
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Meta-backed messaging platform WhatsApp on Thursday announced the rollout of bill payments in India which allow users to find, manage and pay household and utility bills directly.
