Economy

CCI’s Monetary Penalty Guidelines nominated for Global Antitrust Award

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has achieved global recognition as its “Determination of Monetary Penalty Guidelines, 2024” has been nominated for the 2025 Concurrences Antitrust Awards in the Soft Laws & Studies category. The Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards, organised annually, celebrates outstanding contributions in competition law and policy worldwide.  CCI’s guidelines, introduced in 2024, […]

Bigo Live’s Global Community Marks a Year of Influence at Annual Gala

Bigo Live, a leading global social live-streaming platform, is excited to announce the return of the highly anticipated BIGO Awards Gala, now in its sixth edition. Under the theme “LIVE YOUR OASIS“, the event celebrates creativity, community, and sustainability while fostering a safe and innovative digital ecosystem. Taking place on January 24, 2025, at […]

Trump’s exit from global tax deal not to hit India from tax collection standpoint: Experts, ETCFO

The decision of the Trump administration to withdraw from the OECD’s global tax deal will not have any impact on India, but it will severely affect the progress made thus far in reaching an international consensus on global minimum tax, experts said on Tuesday. Soon after taking charge, US President Donald Trump in a Presidential […]

INKA Entworks Announces $8.2 Million Investment to Drive Global Expansion and AI-Driven Product Innovation

San Jose, Calif., United States:   INKA Entworks, a global leader in video content security and mobile app security solutions, has secured $8.2 million in a funding round led by SV Investment, with co-investments from DSC Investment, Stonebridge Ventures, Inopolis Partners, and IBK Industrial Bank. This investment reinforces INKA Entworks’ position […]

‘Global IT spend to grow 10% to $5.6 trillion this year’

BENGALURU: Worldwide IT spending is expected to touch $5.6 trillion this year, an increase of 9.8% from last year, a forecast by Gartner showed.“While budgets for CIOs are increasing, a significant portion will merely offset price increases within their recurrent spending,” said John-David Lovelock of Gartner. “This means that, in 2025, nominal spending versus real […]

‘Several top global brands now use India as a manufacturing base’

NEW DELHI: After being nearly absent from the global value chain and innovation discourse for several years, India has made significant headway in recent years with several top international brands now using the country as a manufacturing base, former minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said.“A decade ago, electronics manufacturing in India was dominated by domestic brands […]

Nadella, Pichai lead as ‘most influential global Indians’

Sundar Pichai (left) and Satya Nadella BENGALURU: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai were named the most influential global Indians, with each garnering recognition from 56% of survey participants. This was part of the HSBC Hurun Global Indians List 2024.Following these tech leaders were Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian, who received 28% […]

Economy

Dhanuka Agritech acquires global rights for 2 fungicides from Bayer in ₹165 crore deal

Dhanuka Agritech Ltd is foraying into the global markets by acquiring the international rights for marketing and distribution of two fungicides Iprovalicarb and Triadineol from Bayer AG in a ₹165 crore deal. This acquisition grants Dhanuka access to markets in over 20 countries spanning from Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, the […]