India Current Account Widens India recorded a current account deficit of $9.7 billion in the three months to June of 2024, widening from the revised $8.9 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year. The widening was largely due to a sharp rise in the merchandise trade deficit (...
On 25th November 2024,S&P Global Ratings(previously known as Standard & Poor’s) released its latest“Economic Outlook Asia-Pacific Q1 2025: US Trade Shift Blurs the Horizon”.It has lowered India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth projection for Financial Year 2025-26(FY26)to6.7%from i...
On June 20 2023, at theSkytrax2023 World Airline AwardsinParis Air Show 2023, Paris, France, Star Alliance is named the World’s Best Airline Alliance Award forSingapore Airlinesfor the 5th year, and the Star Alliance Lounge atLos Angeles(LA) International Airportwins the top award as the B...
In India, while the Constitution does not define "woman," progressive Supreme Court judgments likeNALSA v. Union of India (2014)have recognized the rights of transgender persons to self-identify. However, implementation challenges persist under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, ...
The Net Corporate Taxcollection (provisional) in FY 2023- 24 is at Rs. 9.11 lakh crore and has shown a growth of10.26%over the net corporate tax collection of Rs. 8.26 lakh crore of the preceding year. Personal Income Tax The Gross Personal Income Taxcollection (including STT) (provisional...
India produced 24.46 lakh tonnes (LT) of primary aluminium in FY 2024-25 (April–October) compared to 24.17 LT in the same period the previous year, a slight 1.2% rise. More significantly, refined copper production increased by 6.0%, from 2.83 LT to 3.00 LT. ...
Each year, nearly three million people are bitten by poisonous snakes, with an estimated 81,000-138,000 deaths. Another 400,000 survivors suffer permanent disabilities and other after-effects, according to WHO figures. Most snakebite victims live in the world’s tropical and poorest regions, and...
With so many challenging on hand this year, I thought it is important to seek the well wishes of students who are the future of this country,” Dr Sivan said. IIT Guwahati: It is a public institution established by the Government of India, located in Guwahati, in the state of Assam in...
India is thefifteenth largest trading partnerfor the Philippines, with trade worth around $3 billion last year. In 2022, anAgreement on Cooperation and Mutual Assistancein Custom Matters was signed which would facilitate trade. Culture:The Cultural Exchange Programme (CEP) between the two countries ...
New Delhi, 17th January, 2019: ICEA is happy to report that the 2019-20 target of Rs. 50,000 Cr for Component manufacturing in India under the Mobile Phased Manufacturing Programme has already been achieved and will cross INR 70,000 crores in FY 2018-19. ...