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Statsguru: Commercial realty sees growing demand amid limited supply

Office space supply reduced 9.35 per cent year-on-year in 2024, while the demand increased by 21.9 per cent

Internet shutdowns: Global economy struggles as the web goes dark

The economic losses linked to government-induced disruptions amounted to $7.69 billion globally in 2024, a decline of 15.77 per cent compared to the previous year

Statsguru: India's forest and tree cover at 25.17% of total land area

Forest fire detections saw a considerable drop from the 2020-21 cycle. Odisha and Madhya Pradesh witnessed the bulk of forest fire incidents

South Indian film industry lags in women leadership roles, shows data

The fourth edition of the report titled O Womaniya! reveals a decline in the representation of women HoDs in Telugu films, dropping from 5 per cent in 2021 to 3 per cent in 2023

H-1B visa programme: A policy shift under Donald Trump, Joe Biden

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations requiring theoretical or technical expertise

Cheap imports, declining FDI challenge India's textile export ambitions

India has set the target to reach $100 billion in textile exports by 2030

Hurt in Covid-19, MSMEs recover slowly as initiatives for them continue

Share of credit outstanding to MSMEs by scheduled commercial banks as a percentage of outstanding non-food credit is tepid

Statsguru: India faces growing financial risks from cybersecurity breaches

The number of digital financial frauds rose more than four times in FY24 year-on-year to comprise 80 per cent of all financial frauds

Indian billionaires: The rise of the few sparks concern about equality

The super-rich increasingly hold more of the national income; their wealth has grown by 263% to $905.6 bn in a decade

Surge in finished steel imports sparks industry woes, policy dilemmas

It remains to be seen how the government charts out a path to address the competing concerns and resolve the matter

Fulfilling poll promises an arduous task for INDIA bloc in Jharkhand

The JMM-led INDIA bloc in Jharkhand had announced guarantees for the people of the state, including transfer payments, in its manifesto

India's goal to improve higher education enrolment seems hard to get

Country will need more universities and colleges to meet 2035 target set by National Education Policy

Statsguru: Mudra Yojana's Shishu loan accounts see a decline since FY19

Even its share in the total Mudra accounts fell from 86.03 per cent in FY19 to 62.33 per cent in FY24

Why India must mind the financial impact of hosting Olympic Games

All summer games held between 1960 and 2024 had significant cost escalations for host countries

Statsguru: What Donald Trump's return to the White House means for India

The US gross domestic product grew 2.5-3 per cent annually under Trump's first presidency

NSE considers launching new products to bolster commodities market

Addressing a media roundtable, he said the NSE is currently focusing on non-agricultural products for trading on its commodity exchange because such products offer greater certainty

Population growth to fertility rate: What census 2025 might reveal

The census would set the stage for the delimitation exercise and introduction of the Women Reservation Act

Combined capex of state govts to undershoot FY25 budget estimates: ICRA

According to ICRA, the total revenues of the sample states are expected to rise by 10 per cent in FY25 compared to the previous year, well below the 18 per cent growth projected in the FY25 BE

India-EU leaders flag slow progress in free trade agreement talks

Delphin and Goyal also highlighted the need to resolve constraints and regulatory hurdles faced by companies while doing business in India and the EU, respectively

India's rise as high-income developed country 'not guaranteed': Gill

Gill noted that there were only 34 countries which transitioned from a middle-income to a high-income country in the period between 1990-2023, he says