Budget clubs IT services, offers 15.5% safe harbour to woo global firms

Safe harbour for IT services shall be approved by an automated rule-driven process without any need for tax officer to examine and accept the application IMAGE: People watch the live telecast of......

India's TV Viewers to Cross 1 Billion

Internet subscribers, income growth, literacy and dependency ratio are the biggest drivers of growth. Kindly note that this illustration generated using ChatGPT has only been posted for......

Why India-US Trade Deal Is Delayed

A trade deal makes sense only if it is fair and reciprocal. If the cost is strategic dependence or loss of policy space, waiting is the wiser option, asserts Ajay Srivastava. Illustration: Dominic......

India, UAE seal defence pact, set $200 bn trade target

India and the United Arab Emirates on Monday unveiled plans to have a strategic defence partnership and sealed an LNG deal as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed......

FTA to boost marine products; concerns over farm exports' non-tariff barriers

It has a potential to become 500,000 tonnes per year export market for Indian marine products, inCRED said. In 2023-24, as per official data, India exported around 192,505 tonnes of marine products......

'Growth-inflation data will determine MPC's future actions'

'Economic activity appears to have peaked in the second quarter of FY26, with industrial output, exports, and business confidence all softening from October 2025.' Illustration: Dominic......

'Global Uncertainties Are Of A Magnitude We've Never Seen Before'

'Global uncertainty is something which definitely occupies the minds of officials when we are preparing for the Budget.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the post-Budget press......

8 key infra sectors record 4-month high growth at 3.7% in December

India's eight key infrastructure sectors registered a four-month high growth rate of 3.7 per cent in December last year, driven by a jump in the output of fertiliser and cement, according to......

Google bowls a Googly as AI steps into cricket analysis

Google teams up with the ICC to bring AI-powered cricket analysis to fans, as Sundar Pichai pitches Gemini as the newest brain behind the game.   IMAGE: Sundar Pichai, a self-confessed cricket......

Duffy waiting to cheer 'King' Kohli from RCB dug-out

Never really thought that far as yet but played against him (Kohli) a few times and seen the fanfare and how Indian people love him and embrace him: Jacob Duffy IMAGE: Jacob Duffy has appeared in......