NEW DELHI: India’s trade relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan are facing new challenges after both countries voiced “support for Pakistan” and criticised New Delhi’s recent strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Their stance has sparked nationwide calls in India to boycott goods from Turkey and Azerbaijan and avoid traveling to these countries.Online…
Over the blitz of a whirring blender, Emilio Pérez, a chef and partner at Casa Jacaranda cooking school in Mexico City, yelled, “Check this out guys, come here.” Standing in front of a burner, he incinerated a tortilla, its charred remains bound for mole sauce, before directing our attention to the blender to taste the…
NEW DELHI: Beauty and fashion retailer Nykaa and fertilizer maker Coromandel International are set to be included in the MSCI India Index, according to the latest review by global index provider MSCI.The changes to the MSCI Global Standard Indexes will take effect from May 30, 2025, as stated in MSCI’s announcement. FSN E-Commerce Ventures‘ shares…
It’s not Max. It’s HBO Max — again. In a surprise pivot, Warner Bros. Discovery executives announced Wednesday morning that the streaming service Max would be renamed HBO Max, reinstating the app’s old name and abandoning a contentious change that the company introduced two years ago. The reason for the change, executives explained, was straightforward….
NEW DELHI: MakeMyTrip on Wednesday said it reported a decline in travel demand to both Turkey and Azerbaijan, amid rising calls on social media to boycott the two nations. The platform revealed that bookings have plunged by 60% over the past week, while cancellations have soared by 250%. “Indian travellers have expressed strong sentiments over…
Sales of electric vehicles have been rising in recent years, partly because of a $7,500 tax credit from the federal government that helps lower the cost of buying one. But a budget bill that House Republicans released on Monday would end that tax credit. Their proposal would also put new restrictions on other tax breaks…
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a new semiconductor plant in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh. The plant, to be set up by the HCL-Foxconn joint venture, will produce display driver chips for mobile phones, laptops, and cars under the “India Semiconductor Mission.”“The Cabinet has approved a sixth semiconductor plant. It is a joint venture between…
“A lot of checks” Business leaders who had high hopes for the second Trump administration hadn’t signed up for the turmoil of his trade war. President Trump’s deals-focused visit to Saudi Arabia is more of what they had in mind. Leaving aside questions of how many of the multibillion-dollar agreements the administration announced on Tuesday…
India’s wholesale price inflation eased to a 13-month low of 0.85% in April 2025, helped by a decline in the prices of food items, fuel, and manufactured goods. Experts predict that rate could further decline in the coming month.This marked a significant drop from the 1.19% inflation rate recorded over the same period last year…
The chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, Andrew Witty, stepped down from his post for “personal reasons,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday. The company also scrapped its financial forecast for this year because of higher than expected medical costs, saying only that it expected the company to “return to growth in 2026.” After…
