The euro hit a nearly nine-year low versus the dollar on Monday as investors bet on quantitative easing by the European Central Bank while soft manufacturing surveys pushed down shares and sent oil prices to 5 1/2-year lows
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19th Mar 2026 | Updated at 08:43pm 19th Mar 2026
India’s AI Summit marks global tech turning point
Over the past week, Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi has emerged as a central hub for the global tech community, hosting the India AI Impact Summit 2026, which attracted over 250,000 participants from more than 60 countries.Addressing world leaders,...
Union Budget boosts India’s medical tourism and NRI investments
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament amid global economic uncertainty and shifting supply chains, while reaffirming India’s commitment to growth and fiscal discipline.Calling it a Yuva Shakti–driven...
India's finance minister Arun Jaitley promised more autonomy to state-run banks to run business with a “commercial mindset” while terming the level of...
There is good news for policy makers as manufacturing activity grew at its fastest pace in two years in December boosted by new businesses and overseas...
The Modi government has replaced the 65-year-old Planning Commission, a leftover from the Socialist era, with a Niti Aayog or National Institution for...
The revenue department has got cracking to get its field officers to mobilize more resources during the last 100 days of the financial year as the government faces a tax shortfall of over Rs 1,000 billion
Sending a clear signal to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut interest rates, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley called for increasing the flow of funds...
Debt waiver schemes of central and state governments have not benefited farmers as they restricted credit flow subsequently, Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan said
Foreign investors have put in $2 billion in the Indian capital markets in December till date, taking this year's total inflows to a whopping $42 billion since January, latest data showed
Indian pharma companies have been barred from doling out freebies to doctors from January to prescribe their medicines.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ruled out privatising the Railways and asserted that his aim was to ensure growth and modernization of the state run...
