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London, March 7. Pakistan's growing poverty has disrupted socio-economic stability, fueling child labor and widening inequalities, while financial hardship restricts access to education, especially for women.Critics and experts argue that despite financial and developmental assistance from...

New Delhi, March 7 India's rise is "unstoppable," and the country alone will determine the trajectory of its growth based on its strengths, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday.Jaishankar's comments at the Raisina Dialogue came two days after US Deputy Secretary of State...

Bangalore, March 7 The Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce on Saturday welcomed the Karnataka Budget 2026-27, recognizing its balanced approach towards fostering economic growth, supporting MSMEs, and enhancing infrastructure development.K Ravi, Senior Vice President, BCIC and Chairman...

Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for development projects worth over ₹3,770 crore in Odisha yesterday.These include development initiatives of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), the Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers’...

Chandigarh, March 6 A business delegation from Singapore met with Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday, discussing industrial investment, trade cooperation, and opportunities for Singaporean companies in the state, according to a release.Saini invited the Singapore delegation...

Tenkasi, (Tamil Nadu), March 6 Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Friday said that steps are being taken to set up a SIPCOT Industrial Park at an outlay of Rs 300 crore in the district.He also said that the conversion of the Alangulam-Tenkasi two-lane road into a four-lane...

Mumbai, March 6 – The Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, announced on Friday that the farm loan waiver scheme in the state's 2026-27 budget fulfills a promise made by the Mahayuti coalition ahead of the 2024 assembly elections.In his budget speech, Fadnavis, who holds the finance...

New Delhi, March 6 Pune-based AI firm Fractal Analytics expects greater use of AI by companies to become more efficient and reduce operational costs, at a time when the Middle East crisis is likely to impact global economic growth, a top official of the company said on Friday.Fractal Analytics...

Chandigarh, March 6 – The President of the Singapore India Business Forum, Prasoon Mukherjee, met with Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday and discussed industrial investment, trade cooperation, and the opportunities available for Singaporean companies in the state.The Chief...

Mumbai, March 6 The Maharashtra budget for 2026-27 is based on the roadmap for Viksit Bharat (developed India), Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Friday.Speaking to reporters after presenting the budget in the assembly, he said it also fulfills the Mahayuti's promise of farm loan waiver...

New Delhi, March 6 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will address a session at the Raisina Dialogue here on Saturday, where he is expected to speak on technology-driven governance and the role of innovation in economic growth.The dialogue, organized by the Observer Research...

On March 6, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated that it is crucial for the Centre to consider the perspectives of globally integrated states like Karnataka when formulating trade policies, given recent developments related to tariff measures and evolving trade arrangements.Presenting the...

Mumbai, March 5 Pitching for more direct trade, including aviation, the Consul-General of Australia in Mumbai, Paul Murphy, on Thursday said that the free trade deal between the two countries has yielded "good growth."Murphy also expressed hope that the situation in the Middle East gets...

FGN63: CANADA-CARNEY-MODIModi 'very focused' on delivery, bringing 'hundreds of millions' into formal economy: Canada PMSydney: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “very focused” on delivering welfare programs to ordinary people and has been successful in bringing “hundreds of millions” of them...

Mumbai, March 5: Maharashtra continues to hold the fifth position in the country regarding per capita income.Notably, Gujarat has maintained its lead over Maharashtra.According to the Economic Survey for 2025-26, the revised figures for 2024-25 state that Maharashtra's per capita state...

Mumbai, March 5 Maharashtra has recorded the slowest pace of economic growth among India's top four states in the past four years, even as it remains the country's largest state economy with a projected GSDP of Rs 42,67,771 crore in 2024-25.In the post-COVID period, the state's GSDP (Gross...

Mumbai, March 4 The conflict in the Middle East poses some immediate challenges for the Indian economy, but it is unlikely to significantly impact long-term economic growth, according to an external member of the RBI's rate-setting panel.Moving forward, there is a need for coordinated fiscal...

Beijing, March 5 China lowered its GDP target to 4.5 to 5 percent for this year in response to Trump's trade tariff war, the worsening global crisis following the US-Iran war, and economic headwinds stemming from the property market slump and the unemployment crisis.The target, close to that...

Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Jagat Prakash Nadda, stated that the budgetary allocation of 13 thousand crore rupees for BioPharma SHAKTI and three dedicated Chemical Parks is a strategic investment in India's future. Speaking at the post-Budget webinar on the theme "Sustaining and...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that India continues to be a beacon of hope for the world due to its strong economy. He said that as India emerges as a beacon of hope, rapid economic development has become the cornerstone for realizing the vision of "Viksit Bharat" (Developed India)...