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COP30 may ink key $1.3tn deal to bridge climate financing gap

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- A coalition of finance ministers from 35 countries, including India, has unveiled a five-point strategy to mobilise $1.3 trillion annually for climate finance, ahead of crucial n... Read More


'How safe are Indians if even top envoy needs special protection?'

Toronto, Oct. 22 -- India's high commissioner to Ottawa Dinesh Patnaik has called into question the safety of its citizens in Canada, pointing to the reality that he himself requires protection. "I fi... Read More


India: Onus on Canada to restart fee trade talks

Toronto, Oct. 22 -- The onus is on Canada to resume free trade negotiations, India's High Commissioner to Ottawa Dinesh Patnaik has indicated. In an interview with the network CTV, which aired on Sund... Read More


Small stores on slow track in passing on GST rate reduction

NEW DELHI, Oct. 22 -- It has been nearly a month since the government's latest Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate cuts came into effect, but chances are some packaged goods may still be sold at old pri... Read More


GIFT City funds want tax removed

mumbai, Oct. 22 -- The regulator of GIFT City, short for Gujarat International Finance Tec City, has relayed a key demand from fund companies operating there to the Union finance ministry that tax col... Read More


The Jio tariff hike everyone expected isn't coming-yet

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, India's largest telecom operator by market share, has no immediate plan to increase mobile phone tariffs, belying market expectations. It has instead c... Read More


Keppel buys 49% stake in Cleantech, takes control

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Singapore's Keppel Ltd has bought energy major Shell Plc's 49% stake in pan-Asian solar developer Cleantech Solar in a deal valuing the equity at around $200 million, taking full... Read More


Power, realty fire even as capex engine cools

mumbai, Oct. 22 -- While corporate India remains flush with capital, new investments are not keeping pace. The pattern of declining investments is well known, with data from the Centre for Monitoring ... Read More


'Stop needless appeals,' top court tells insurance firms

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- The Supreme Court has come down hard on insurance companies for filing needless appeals in workmen's compensation cases on technical grounds even when they do not dispute their l... Read More


4 killed as fire engulfs 3 floors of Navi Mumbai housing complex

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Four people were killed and at least 10 others were injured as a fire engulfed three floors of residential building in Navi Mumbai's Vashi on Tuesday morning, prompting a multi-a... Read More