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Retail inflation eases to 4.83% in April, surge in food prices continues

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based retail inflation was 4.85 per cent in March. It was 4.7 per cent in April 2023

514 million person-years employment created during 2014-24: Report

A man-year or person-year is a unit of measurement for the amount of work done by an individual throughout the entire year expressed in hours

Apex capex: How is govt capital expenditure driving India's growth

Will RBI's suggested provisioning affect it?

India's imports from FTA partners up 38% during 2019-24 fiscal years: GTRI

Country's exports to the FTA (free trade agreement) partners rose 14.48 per cent to $ 122.72 billion in 2023-24 from $ 107.20 billion in 2018-19

India, Iran to ink 10-year agreement to manage and operate Chabahar port

The deal, significant for its potential impact on trade and geopolitics, had been in the works for years but had been stalled for various reasons

India to sign 10-year agreement with Iran to manage Chabahar Port

Chabahar Port will serve as a vital link connecting India to Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the broader Eurasian region

Friday's thunderstorm caused an 11 GW electricity load crash in North India

According to reports from state load despatch centres in North India, electricity demand fell by half in just 30 to 55 minutes when the storm hit

China credit shrinks for first time, decreases by almost $28 billion

Credit contracts as government bonds record net repayment

Phase IV of LS polls: Most constituencies lag on key development metrics

All 96 constituencies likely to miss 2030 anaemia target for women

Tata Power to sell green energy to group companies, MNCs: Praveer Sinha

Says they will offer carbon credit on their green power sale to companies that require it

India needs to focus on market reforms to achieve double digit growth: ADB

The factor market reforms include land, labour, energy, and access to credit, among others, which are critical factors for production

India's coal import surges 8% to 268 MT in FY24 due to rise in power demand

Coal import in March FY24 also rose to 23.96 MT, over 21.12 MT in the corresponding month of the previous fiscal

China beats US to emerge as largest trading partner of India in FY24: GTRI

The data showed that India's exports to China rose by 8.7 per cent to $ 16.67 billion in the last fiscal

Govt to give focused attention to promote textiles' exports, says secy

The government has set an ambitious target to achieve $ 100 billion export for textile products by 2030

FIU-India to lift ban on world's largest crypto exchange Binance soon

Director bats for self-regulatory mechanism

LS polls: Job promises galore as Odisha scores low on employment index

Despite declining by three percentage points in 2022-23 (FY23) compared to FY19, Odisha's unemployment rate remains higher than the average in India

Slowdown in mining output drags IIP growth to 4.9% in March: Govt data

The IIP had grown by 1.9 per cent in March 2023

RBI appoints R Lakshmi Kanth Rao as executive director effective May 10

As executive director, Rao will handle the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), the Right to Information Act (FAA), and the Department of Communication

IIP growth slows marginally to 4.9% in March; grows 5.8% in FY24

The manufacturing sector's growth accelerated to 5.2 per cent in March compared to 1.5 per cent a year ago

Forex reserves jump by $3.66 billion to $641.59 billion, shows RBI data

The overall kitty dropped $2.412 billion to $637.922 billion for the previous week ended April 26