Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. File | Photo Credit: PTI “Though several developed economies suffered badly owing to the COVID crisis, India continued to grow at 7-8% during the last 10 years,” Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday (November 15, 2024.) In his keynote address at the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad, Mr….
State Bank of India (SBI) has raised the marginal cost of funds based lending rates, MCLR, with effect from Friday. The tenures for which the interest rates have risen are three months, six months and one year. The bank now charges 8.55 percent on its 3-month tenure instead of 8.5 percent, 8.9 percent instead of…
Your credit score is a report card of your credit history and creditworthiness. Banks and NBFCs consider 750 and above a good credit score for approving credit card and personal loan applications. However, a good credit score is just one of the factors considered for approving credit applications. Inspite of having a good credit score,…
Between April and October, India’s non-petroleum exports surged to the highest ever tally of $211.3 billion, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s goods exports, that had clocked an anaemic 1% uptick in the first half of 2024-25, began the second half on a strong note with October shipments jumping at…
Whatever may be the Presidency, we are integrating our value chains and we are integrating the two economies through various agreements, says Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Commerce Ministry on Thursday (November 14, 2024) played down anxieties about Donald Trump’s re-election as the U.S. President in light of his remarks…
“India’s strategy of focusing on certain sectors and countries was now yielding results, along with its approach to industrial policy, trade policy, and foreign policy, and manufacturing competitiveness had improved,” said Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal. File India’s goods exports, that had clocked an anaemic 1% uptick in the first half of 2024-25, began the second…
The government on Thursday said from November 5, the fourth phase of mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and gold artifacts was started, covering an additional 18 districts. Since the launch of mandatory hallmarking on June 23, 2021, over 40 crore gold jewellery items have been hallmarked with a unique ID, ensuring greater trust and transparency…
An official said that initiatives such as transportation through rail to various consuming centres from Maharashtra and the arrival of kharif onions in the market are likely to bring prices further down. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu As the prices of tomato, onion, and potato (TOP), the three essential vegetables in Indian households, remained…
My health insurance policy started on 29 June 2022. I went through a treatment for a disease in October 2016. The period between the last medication or treatment and the policy start date is over 56 months. Per regulations, pre-existing conditions are defined as those diagnosed within 36 months of the policy purchase date. I…
From the 30-share Sensex pack, Hindustan Unilever, NTPC, Nestle, IndusInd Bank, Power Grid, Adani Ports, Tata Motors and Bajaj Finserv were the major laggards. | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark Sensex declined by 110 points in a see-saw trade on Thursday (November 14, 2024), marking its third straight session of losses amid continued FII selling, disappointing…
