New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) India and the US are making headway in their negotiations to conclude the first tranche of the proposed Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) as a team of Indian officials is likely to leave for Washington, DC this week for further talks on the issue.
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) A slew of reforms, such as maternity and childcare benefits, Mission Shakti, have fostered the continued growth of women’s workforce participation in India, the government said on Monday.
Stockholm, Oct 13 (IANS) The final Nobel, for Economics, of this year's prize season went to Joel Mokyr (Northwestern University, the US), Philippe Aghion (College de France and INSEAD, Paris, France) and Peter Howitt (Brown University, the US) on Monday for having explained innovation-driven, sustained economic growth.
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast announced on Monday that it has become the first car brand in the country to exceed 1 lakh domestic vehicle sales within the first three quarters of a single year, as the automaker ramps up its presence in India.
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Digital transactions contributed 99.8 per cent of India's retail payments in the first quarter of the current financial year (Q1FY26), with paper-based instruments (cheques) nearly obsolete, owing to policy push, infrastructure support, and deep fintech penetration, a report said on Monday.
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) In a significant development towards achieving green energy sustainability, Rajasthan has set a new record with the lowest ever battery energy storage price in India at "Rs 1.77 lakh per megawatt (MW)", Amitabh Kant, former chief executive officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog, said on Monday.
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Timely administering Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) can significantly help save lives in cases of cardiac arrest, said Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava, inaugurating CPR Awareness Week, on Monday.
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday highlighted an article written by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, which underscores India’s distinctive approach to development through scale, skill and self-reliance.
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Taiwanese contract manufacturing giant Foxconn is set to invest Rs 15,000 crore in Tamil Nadu, creating 14,000 high-value jobs, the state’s industries minister TRB Rajaa announced on Monday.
Dubai, Oct 13 (IANS) Dubai, a major business hub of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is committed to hosting globally competitive startups in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector, including those from South Korea, a senior official from the city's foundation has said.
