She, however, insisted that dialogue is the best way to address these issues NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday flagged her concerns over the large — and exponentially growing — trade imbalance with China and said Beijing has not addressed India’s concerns for nearly a decade and continued to deploy non-tariff barriers.“The trade imbalance…
DP World CEO Yuvraj Narayan Amid global trade disruption, DP World CEO Yuvraj Narayan spoke to TOI about his company’s plans to ensure smooth cargo movement as well as plans for India, where it is looking to invest $3-5 billion. Excerpts:How is it going because of what’s happening in West Asia, what is the impact…
The Nifty 50 rose 2.8% to 23,146 and sensex added 3.1% to 74,729 Indian share benchmarks posted their best weekly performance in six months on Friday, powered by a rally in IT stocks after stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings and a selloff in global AI markets that prompted value-buying elsewhere.Investors now await results from several heavyweight companies,…
CERT-In reported that AI models undergoing testing accessed an unnamed Indian company’s confidential data and live systems without authorization NEW DELHI: Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are emerging as a serious cybersecurity threat to Indian organisations, accessing sensitive corporate data without authorisation and exploiting existing security gaps at speeds that leave companies with little time to…
On Amazon, for example, purchases using no-cost EMIs have jumped to 50% from about 30% last year (Representative image) MUMBAI: India’s online festive sales seem to be missing their fiery spark this year. Price hikes have weighed on smartphone sales volumes, typically the biggest driver of the season with final prices in many cases higher…
US annual budget gap touches $2 trillion The US government spent nearly $2 trillion more than it collected in the 2026 fiscal year, widening its budget deficit to the higest in five years. Higher debt payments, tariff refunds and increased spending on social benefits and defence contributed to the rise.The shortfall increased by $217 billion…
Trump announced the waiver just days before several provisions of the legislation were due to take effect. In what is being seen as a big relief for India and China, US President Donald Trump has waived sanctions, restrictions and duties provided for under the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, citing the national interest of the…
India will also become a larger global manufacturing and export hub, with Stellantis planning to produce left-hand-drive vehicles locally for overseas markets, expanding its reach to more than 50 countries. NEW DELHI: Automaker Stellantis plans to invest another Rs 4,000 crore in India over three years, starting 2027 as it looks to revive the fortunes…
He oversaw the turnaround, which included govt pumping in around Rs 25,000 crore between 2010 and 2020, as well insolvency law-driven clean-up NEW DELHI: Rakesh Sharma, the low-profile managing director and CEO of IDBI Bank, who will lead the transition at the once formidable development financial institution, will go down as one of the longest…
The US Department of Energy has invited bids for an exchange of up to 17 million barrels as Washington seeks to ease pressure on oil supplies amid the Iran war. The United States is preparing to offer up to 17 million barrels of crude oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as Washington steps up…
