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India’s shipments to China posted a rare year-on-year increase in 2025, even as the bilateral trade gap ballooned to an all-time high, underlining the persistent imbalance in the two-way economic relationship, PTI reported.Data released by Chinese customs on Wednesday showed that Indian exports to China rose by $5.5 billion during January–December 2025, taking total outbound […]
India’s trade body, Cotton Association of India (CAI), has raised the crop estimate for the 2025-26 season (October-September) by 2.5 per cent or 7.5 lakh bales (of 170 kg each) to 317 lakh bales on higher than estimated production in Maharashtra and Telangana. CAI has projected a year-end surplus of 122.59 lakh bales for the […]
Speaking at the Global Inclusive Finance Summit, Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran highlighted how platforms such as Jan Dhan, UPI and Mudra have transformed access to banking, credit and payments. A file photo. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran at the Global Inclusive Finance Summit on Tuesday highlighted the evolution […]
India’s national highway network has grown sharply over the last decade, becoming the second-largest in the world. The total length now stands at 146,560 km, compared with 91,287 km in 2014, an expansion of over 61%. The increase has largely come from the push to build high-speed corridors and four-lane highways under the Bharatmala Pariyojana. […]
Renewable energy auctions have been the bedrock of the sector’s growth. Even as India is likely to overtake the US as the world’s second-largest solar power market this year, the issue of 42 GW of renewable energy (RE) capacities languishing due to no takers is a major threat to meeting the 2030 target, said BloombergNEF. […]
While 3PL players maintained their dominance with a 32% share of the total Grade A space uptake, segments such as engineering and e-commerce also gained significant traction, cumulatively making up 35% of the year’s demand. In 2025, India’s industrial and warehousing sector demonstrated remarkable resilience, with leasing activity reaching 36.9 million sq ft across the […]
The upcoming Union Budget offers a moment to consider how crypto taxation can better align incentives with outcomes. By Nischal ShettyCrypto taxation in India was introduced at a moment when digital assets were gaining rapid adoption, but regulatory clarity was still evolving globally. In the Union Budget of 2022, the government implemented a flat 30 […]
NEW DELHI: The World Bank on Tuesday raised India’s growth projection for the current financial year to 7.2%, compared with 6.3% estimated in June, citing robust domestic demand due to strong consumption on the back of tax cuts and higher real rural income. For next year, the World Bank has retained its growth projection at […]
NEW DELHI: India’s import of Russian crude recorded a sharp 29% month-on-month decline, falling to the lowest volumes since implementation of the price cap policy, but is making a strong turnaround in January this year, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) said in its monthly analysis of Russian fossil fuel exports for […]
Every January, as the sun begins its northward journey, kitchens across India respond before temples do. Lohri (January 13), Pongal (January 14-17), Makar Sankranti (January 14), and Magh Bihu (January 15), festivals tied to the Sun God and the harvest, may unfold in different names and rituals, but share an edible constant: sesame seeds. From […]
