NEW DELHI: The three-day India Mobile Congress (IMC) will showcase the widening convergence of telecom with new domains, such as semiconductors and deep tech, P Ramakrishna, the forum’s chief executive officer, said on Tuesday. With more than 250 global and domestic exhibitors, the seventh edition is expected to draw...
MUMBAI: There is still some way until India’s dependence on imports of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and intermediates from China reduces, but the growth rate of imports has come down. While the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for bulk drugs (APIs) has boosted local production of some key APIs here,...
KOLKATA: India’s top telcos are expected to file a review petition against the Supreme Court’s ruling to treat licence fees as a capital expenditure that could potentially prompt authorities to raise hefty retrospective demands, including penalties on operators for tax payment shortfalls of past periods. Kotak Institutional Equities estimates...
New Delhi: India will spend nearly ₹ 143 lakh crore on infrastructure between fiscals 2024 and 2030, more than twice the ₹ 67 lakh crore spent in the past seven financial years starting 2017, rating agency Crisil said today. Of the total, ₹ 36.6 lakh crore will be green investments, marking a five times rise compared...
NEW DELHI: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has invited stakeholder comments for its Leniency Plus regulations, which incentivise companies already under investigation for one cartel to report other cartels. Under Leniency Plus, a cartelist cooperating with the CCI for leniency can disclose another cartel in an unrelated market...
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) could consider rolling over a $5-billion foreign exchange swap set to mature next week as the central bank, which has repeatedly flagged inflationary risks stemming from excess funds with banks, prioritises liquidity management over bolstering forex reserves. Some investors believe that a...
BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: The mood on the ground in Corporate India is clearly towards inclusion, notwithstanding the Supreme Court saying no to same-sex marriages. HR and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) heads at leading corporates including Godrej, Lupin, Axis Bank and Publicis Sapient said the SC order will not hamper...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Electorates in the five poll bound states are not yet impressed by the political leaders who are making reference to the Israel-Hamas war during their campaigns to exploit their communal sentiments. Dominant issues for them presently relates chiefly to their respective states and performance of...
By Sushil Kutty The Janata Dal (Secular) stands split in the middle in Karnataka. If not in the body, at least in spirit. C M Ibrahim, a party bigwig, is at the centre of the brouhaha that has put the Gowda clan headed by former Prime Minister HD Deve...
By Arun Srivastava The snake has finally come out of the burrow. But its fang utterly lacks the punch and prowess to decapacitate the prey. No doubt, it has succeeded in inflicting some bruises on the body of the victim, but one thing is certain that its venom is...