AMARAVATI: A $10-billion green hydrogen and green ammonia project at the port city of Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh is set to reach a key construction milestone with its first major equipment erection ceremony, underscoring India’s push to emerge as a supplier of green energy to global markets including Germany, Japan and Singapore. The first major…
MUMBAI: Sebi chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Friday said the regulator is working towards introducing a series of reforms in the capital markets, including some that would make it easier for foreign investors to invest in India. The Sebi chief also said that the regulator was working on a plan to introduce a closing auction…
The government is likely to peg the fiscal deficit at 4.3 per cent of GDP in the next financial year beginning April 2026, while continuing with double-digit growth in capital expenditure, rating agency ICRA said in its pre-Budget expectations on Friday.ICRA said it expects a shortfall of about Rs 1.3 lakh crore in net tax…
PM Modi and Union minister Piyush Goyal attend an event to mark the 10th anniversary of Startup India initiative in New Delhi on Friday NEW DELHI: A decade after launching the Startup India Mission, PM Narendra Modi on Friday urged Indian startups to focus on manufacturing and technology over the next decade and aim for…
India’s market regulator Sebi has approved a major change in how closing stock prices are discovered, moving away from the existing volume-weighted average price method to an auction-based system aimed at improving transparency, fairness and execution quality at the market close.The new framework, called the Closing Auction Session (CAS), will be rolled out in phases…
At the heart of this agenda lies infrastructure. Sustained public CapEx has been one of the most defining features of recent budgets. (AI image) By Arnab Basu, Partner and Chief Industries Officer, PwC IndiaAs India advances towards achieving the government’s vision of Viksit Bharat, Budget 2026 arrives at a poignant moment in the country’s economic…
India is set to continue driving South Asia as the world’s brightest growth region even as a majority of global economists brace for weaker economic conditions in 2026, according to the World Economic Forum’s latest Chief Economists Outlook released on Friday.The survey, published ahead of the annual WEF meeting in Davos next week, shows that…
US stocks opened higher on Friday, keeping Wall Street close to record levels as the first week of the quarterly earnings season drew to a close, supported by selective bank results and a rebound in oil prices.In early trade, the S&P 500 rose 0.3 per cent, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 116 points,…
India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $392 million to $687.19 billion in the week ended January 9, data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed on Friday, PTI reported.The increase comes after a sharp decline in the previous reporting week, when the overall reserves had fallen by $9.809 billion to $686.80 billion.According to…
AI generated representative image In a rare departure from the trading calendar, stocks markets will remain open on Sunday, February 1, after the BSE and NSE announced special full-day sessions to allow investors to react immediately to the presentation of the Union Budget for 2026-27 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.Both the BSE and the NSE…