New Delhi: With a focus on creating jobs in the private sector, the World Bank on Friday announced a new country framework for India with an annual support of $8-10 billion over the next five years, using its full range of instruments and mobilising private sector capital at scale.The new framework was unveiled after FM…
The United States has told India it can soon resume purchases of Venezuelan oil to reduce its reliance on Russian crude, Reuters reported. The move is part of a broader US effort to redirect India’s oil imports away from Russia while reshaping energy ties between the two countries. According to sources quoted by Reuters, India…
Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: An encounter broke out early Saturday in Dolgam area of J&K, after security forces re-established contact with terrorists. The area was cordoned off as Operation Trashi-I entered day 14.“During the ongoing joint Operation TRASHI-I, contact with terrorists was re-established in the early hours of 31 Jan 2026, in…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Apple — Shares fell 0.6% even after after the company posted blowout fiscal first-quarter results , with notably strong revenue from its iPhone 17 models released in September. Apple earned $2.84 per share for the quarter, higher than the $2.67 per share expected by analysts surveyed…
Bengaluru: Apple CEO Tim Cook said the iPhone maker delivered a “terrific” first quarter of the 2026 fiscal year, with India emerging as a key highlight. “We did set a quarterly revenue record during Dec. And to go a little further down, we set quarterly revenue records on iPhone and Mac and iPad, and an…
The U.S. government is set to partially shut down at midnight, despite the Senate voting in favor of a funding package intended to keep the government running — showing the importance of specificity in prediction market contracts. The House of Representatives is out of session this week, and will not be back until Monday. Because…
New Delhi: Supreme Court has said offering of prayers by Muslims at premises not included on the list of auqaf cannot give it the character of a mosque and ruled unless the mosque stood over waqf land, waqf tribunal could not entertain a suit to declare the place a mosque.The ground floor of an apartment…
In his first stint at the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh came to a central bank that was about to be asked to save the world. He returns now under very different circumstances, asked to serve a notoriously fickle president who will place significant but very different demands on him. Warsh indeed is a Fed veteran,…
NEW DELHI: HDFC Capital Advisors Ltd on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership with Curated Living Solutions (CLS) to set up a Rs 1,000 crore platform focused on rental housing in India.HDFC Capital, the real estate private equity arm of the HDFC Group, said the platform will develop, own and operate institutional-grade rental housing assets to…
Elon Musk’s consideration of a potential merger involving SpaceX, Tesla or artificial intelligence firm xAI has put renewed attention on a lesser-discussed piece of his empire: one of the largest corporate bitcoin holdings in the world. SpaceX and Tesla together hold nearly 20,000 bitcoin, according to public disclosures, a stash worth roughly $1.7 billion at…
