With Washington’s retreat from regions like Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, China is stepping decisively into the vacuum | Photo Credit: DRAZEN JORGIC China’s leaders are working flat out to revive the Dragon Kingdom’s sputtering economy and return it to the high-growth trajectory it enjoyed over the last three decades. They’re doing it on a … Read more
Small tea growers’ associations in West Bengal have appealed to the State Government for urgent policy reforms to address limited bargaining power, price distortions, and poor financial access impacting over 50,000 small growers contributing 64% of the region’s tea output. | Photo Credit: PTI Small tea growers’ associations in West Bengal have sought policy intervention … Read more
The value of arecanut exports from Bangladesh and Myanmar has seen significant growth in 2024-25, if the data provided by the government in the Lok Sabha is any indication. In a written reply in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Jitin Prasada, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, gave details on the import of arecanut … Read more
The US team will visit India on August 25 for the next round of negotiations for the proposed bilateral trade agreement between the two countries, an official said on Tuesday. The official added that the two sides continue to be engaged in an interim trade deal as the August 1 deadline is approaching. August 1 … Read more
Piramal Pharma has reported a consolidated net loss of ₹82 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2025. The Mumbai-based drug firm had reported a loss of ₹89 crore in the April-June quarter a year ago. Revenue from operations declined to ₹1,934 crore in the first quarter of this fiscal, as against ₹1,951 crore … Read more
In this episode of the State of the Economy Podcast, businessline’s Subramani Mancombu speaks to Maninder Singh Nayyar, Founder and CEO, CEF Group about the urgent issue of soil degradation in India and its far-reaching economic, environmental, and health impacts. Nayyar traces the roots of this degradation to the Green Revolution and excessive use of … Read more
As on May 31, 2025, around 4.77 crore digital touch points have been deployed through PIDF | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J Indian digital payment landscape witnessed over 65,000 crore transactions amounting to more than ₹12,000 lakh crore in the past six financial years, Parliament was informed on Monday. The government has been closely working … Read more
Mishra said employees who are laid off can still approach smaller and medium-sized IT services companies and product development companies for work. | Photo Credit: FRANCIS MASCARENHAS Downsizing of workforce in the Indian IT sector has been a long time coming as per experts businessline spoke to, following the announcement by Tata Consultancy Services to … Read more
Experts feel that though cement demand moderated to 4-5 per cent in FY24-25 owing to a temporary slowdown in government infrastructure spending and a prolonged monsoon, it is likely to rebound to 6-7 per cent in FY25-26(file photo) | Photo Credit: AMIT DAVE Cement maker UltraTech, which expects around 7 per cent growth in FY26, … Read more
Benchmark indices opened on a weak note Monday morning, with the Sensex opening at 81,299.97, lower than its previous close of 81,463.09, and trading at 81,311.84 at 9:50 am, down 151.25 points or 0.19 per cent. The Nifty 50 opened at 24,782.45 compared to its previous close of 24,837.00, and was trading at 24,811.90 at … Read more