Independence Day discounts gave India’s retail sector a much-needed boost, with footfalls and sales rising by 8-10% year-on-year across key shopping destinations. Industry executives say the revival in entry-to-mid segment demand has raised hopes of a strong festive season ahead.Electronics, particularly in affordable categories, along with groceries and apparel have seen healthy growth. Restaurants, too,…
New Delhi: An IndiGo Airbus A321 (VT-ICM) suffered a tail strike during landing in Mumbai on Saturday morning amid heavy rain. The aircraft was flying in from Bangkok as 6E 1060 and it executed a low level go-around (aborted landing) when the tail strike happened. The plane landed safely in the second attempt just after…
India is stepping up efforts to secure its rare earth supply chain, a key element for clean energy expansion and electric mobility growth. A report by global consulting firm Primus Partners, ‘From Extraction to Innovation’, outlines a detailed plan to achieve self-reliance in rare earth magnets under the government’s Viksit Bharat vision, reported ANI.The report…
Almost 70% of Indian goods exports to the US, or around $60.85 billion, are now facing a 50% tariff imposed by the US.An analysis by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) shows that the figures are just 1.56% of India’s GDP and 7.38% of its total exports and pose no catastrophe…
Nifty 50 could fluctuate between 11 per cent below and 4 per cent above its year-end target of 25,000 as markets face a host of uncertainties, according to a report by BofA Securities.As per news agency ANI, the brokerage said that possible US trade tariffs on Indian goods, a shaky US economic outlook, delays in…
Travellers wait in line for the next available agent at the Air Canada counter in Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Dorval, Quebec. (Picture credit: AP) Air Canada has suspended all operations after more than 10,000 of its flight attendants walked off the job early Saturday, plunging peak summer travel into chaos and leaving passengers…
Democrats rip into Trump’s tariff move (Picture credit: AP) Democrats on the US House Foreign Affairs Committee have sharply criticised the Trump administration’s warning of higher tariffs on India if talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin fail to produce results.Responding on social media platform X to comments by US treasury secretary Scott Bessent, the Committee…
File photo: PM EAC member Sanjeev Sanyal (Picture credit: ANI) India’s sovereign credit upgrade from S&P Global Ratings was “much required” but still leaves the country rated below its true economic strength, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) member Sanjeev Sanyal said.Reacting to S&P’s move to lift India’s rating from ‘BBB-’ to ‘BBB’,…
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has hailed the forthcoming reforms to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day address from the Red Fort.Chandrajit Banerjee, director general of CII, said in a statement, “On behalf of Indian industry, CII warmly welcomes the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s visionary…
“It is highly regrettable that the US has chosen to impose additional tariffs on India for actions that many other countries are also undertaking,” India has said. (AI image) US President Donald Trump believes that his 25% additional tariffs on India for its Russian crude trade made Russia lose a major oil client. Ahead of…
