Paris [France], Improving access and quality of skills development will help Africa harness the growth potential of a rapidly growing and increasingly skilled African youth workforce, according to the 2024 edition of Africa's Development Dynamics: Skills, Jobs and Productivity, published today...
New Delhi, The government on Friday claimed that India's mobile services market operated through forces of supply and demand with three private telcos plus one public sector player offering subscribers some of the lowest tariffs at globally, while dismissing "misleading claims" about recent...
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Former BRS MP B Vinod Kumar on Friday said that Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministers Revanth Reddy and N. Chandrababu Naidu respectively will hold a meeting on Saturday and resolve issues related to the bifurcation under Andhra Pradesh. Reorganization Law...
New Delhi: The government on Friday said availability of onion in the domestic market is comfortable and retail prices are stabilizing.In a statement, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said onion sowing is estimated to increase by 27 per cent in the kharif (summer...
New Delhi [India], the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has announced that the area under kharif onion sowing is expected to be 27 percent higher than last year.According to a press release from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, this...
Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], The Department of Fisheries in Anantnag district of South Kashmir has launched an important project to stock fish seeds in various rivers and streams with the aim of enhancing the local aquatic ecosystem and improving the livelihood of the local community...
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, has attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) of $7.3 billion in the financial year 2023-24, an increase of 55 per cent over the previous fiscal year, the state government said in a statement on Friday.With this, Gujarat now stands second in the country after Maharashtra in...
Smelling "conspiracy" over tariff hike by the three major telecom companies in one go, the Congress General Secretary said this could not have been possible without the blessings of the Modi government, and questioned the unilateral decision of Telecommunications companies to apply 15-20 percent...
New Delhi [India], National Commission for Women (NCW) and Cyber Peace Foundation on Friday launched the fifth phase of the Shakti Digital Campaign, a pan-India initiative aimed at digitally empowering and uplifting women and girls in the Cyberspace.Speaking at the event, Rekha Sharma...
The rating agency expects the government's revenue receipts to increase due to higher RBI dividends and increase in tax collections.As a result, the government may set the fiscal deficit target for FY2025 at 4.9-5.0 per cent, compared to the interim budget target of 5.1 per cent of GDP...
KEY POINTS:• Median house prices rose 8.92% last year to average Rs 6,298 per sq ft in June 2024, an all-time high• Rates increased 19.95% in 24 months and 28.06% in 36 months.• Projects in development grew 9.61% from a decade low of 2,227 in June 2023.• Rising inventory and prices have...
New Delhi [India], With the government's push for the Make in India initiative, defense production has increased to historic levels. This increase in defense manufacturing has also generated substantial returns for investors in major defense manufacturing PSUs over the past year.According to...
New Delhi, slamming the government over three private companies raising tariffs on mobile services, Congress on Friday accused it of "wasting" 109 million mobile phone users and asked how companies can be allowed to unilaterally increase tariffs without any supervision or regulation.Congress...
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity (PE) deals together totaled 467, valued at $14.9 billion, a 9 percent increase in volumes, according to Grant Thornton Bharat Dealtracker.This increase was largely due to four high-value deals made by the Adani Group in the industrial materials...
New Delhi [India], The cost of preparing a homemade vegetarian thali increased by 10 percent in June compared to the same period last year, while the cost of a non-vegetarian thali decreased by 4 percent, according to the latest report . estimates from the CRISIL report.This divergence in food...
At a meeting chaired by Uttam Kundu, Chairman, Tarakeshwar Municipality, and in the presence of senior district level administrative and police officials, it was decided to increase security within the temple complex and the roads leading to the temple.A control room will be opened from where...
New Delhi [India], a survey by real estate association CREDAI and investment management firm Colliers found that most real estate developers expect tax rationalization, subsidies for affordable housing and single-window clearance from the Union Budget for 2024, which is scheduled to be unveiled...
A senior official revealed the ministry's plan to increase production to produce 4,485 non-AC coaches in the current financial year (2024-25) and 5,444 of these non-AC coaches in 2025-26.Additionally, the Railways plans to manufacture more than 5,300 general coaches to significantly increase...
Mumbai: The average cost of a vegetarian thali became more expensive by 10 per cent in June due to rising prices of onion, potato and tomato, according to a report released on Friday.However, a drop in the price of broiler chickens contributed to a decline in the cost of a non-vegetarian meal...
Agartala (Tripura) [India]: The Tripura government has sanctioned Rs 22 crore for farmers who suffered losses in Cyclone Midhili, state Agriculture Minister Ratan Lal Nath said.Ratan Lal Nath told ANI, "In November 2023, under the impact of Cyclone Midhili, farmers suffered huge losses. All...