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India’s External Debt-service Ratio At 5.3% Within Comfort Zone, Says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

[ad_1] Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (File photo/News18) Foreign exchange reserves covered 92.6 per cent of the external debt at March-end 2023 India’s external debt of USD 624.7 billion at March-end 2023 with a debt-service ratio of 5.3 per cent is within the comfort zone and modest from a cross-country perspective, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has […]

Low-Cost, High-Profit Business Idea: Turn Rs 2.5 Lakh Into Rs 3-4 Lakh With This Opportunity | Personal Finance News

[ad_1] New Delhi: Smartphone accessories like tempered glass are really popular right now. These are produced in high-temperature glass heating and cooling devices. The tempered glass must pass all hardness testing, breaking tests, and dimension inspections in order to be utilised. In addition to silicon and enhanced protection, tempered glass also contains adhesive. One crucial […]

India’s G20 presidency set path for world: World Bank president Ajay Banga

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: World Bank President Ajay Banga on Sunday said that India in its G20 presidency has set a path for the world and lauded that the G20 declaration was anonymously adopted by all G20 nations.“I consider the fact that there was a declaration, a tribute to the fact that the G20 leadership found […]

China plans to cut stamp duty on stocks by up to 50% to revive confidence

[ad_1] Business & Finance 25 August 2023, 7:27 pm 1 minute China’s blue-chip CSI 300 Index jumped roughly 3% on Monday after the country confirmed a Reuters scoop on slashing stamp duty on stock trading. Reuters exclusively reported that Chinese authorities were planning to cut stamp duty on stock trading by as much as 50% […]

Extreme heat drives farmers to go nocturnal

[ad_1] Meet the ‘Night Farmer.’ While you’re asleep, he’s picking award-winning fruits and vegetables by the light of a headlamp. September 9, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EDT Mark Hines owns a small farm in Derwood, Md., where he harvests produce at night. He’s usually accompanied by his dog Cooper, whose job includes chasing off foxes, […]

Supreme Court asked to decide abortion pill case

[ad_1] Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion during pregnancy and manage early miscarriage. Soumyabrata Roy | Nurphoto | Getty Images Drug company Danco Laboratories on Friday asked the Supreme Court to review the case challenging the legality of the abortion pill […]

Govt mulls ordinance to digitise economy

[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: In an effort to digitise the economy, the interim government is planning to bring legislative and administrative changes, besides empowering the Ministry of Information Technology to play the role of a data-gathering agency to broaden a narrow tax base of 4.2 million filers. Sources told The Express Tribune that various proposals to increase […]

Police arrest 21 electricity thieves, fine more than Rs160 mln

[ad_1] Following the directive of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, a nationwide operation against electricity theft is underway in the country. The Federal Secretary in the Ministry of Energy Pakistan, Rashid Langrial, commented on the ongoing operation against electricity theft, stating that the crackdown has begun and this is just the beginning. He […]

Russia-Ukraine war news: G-20 declaration avoids criticizing Russia

[ad_1] World leaders at the Group of 20 summit in New Delhi adopted a declaration that avoided directly criticizing Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, but called on all member states to refrain from the use of force for territorial gain. In language agreed upon by all members — including Russia and China — the […]

In A First, PSU General Insurers’ Market Share Below A Third Of Industry

[ad_1] Public sector insurers saw their premium income fall by 1 per cent to Rs 34,203 crore during the first five months of the current fiscal. There are 26 operational general insurers in the country, of them, six are owned by the Centre. For the first time, state-run general insurers account for less than a […]