Economy

San Francisco: Ride-hailing giant Uber on Thursday announced to partner US-based autonomous vehicle startup Avride to use its delivery robots and autonomous vehicles in the US. According to the company, the multi-year partnership will…
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Mumbai: India equity indices closed in the deep red on Thursday amid conflict in the Middle East. At closing, Sensex fell 1,769 points, or 2.10 per cent, to 82,497 and Nifty fell 546 points, or 2.12 per cent, to 25,250. In the trading…
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Ahmedabad:  The Adani Group and Google on Thursday announced a collaboration that will advance the companies’ collective sustainability goals and add more clean energy to the national grid. The Adani Group will supply clean energy from a…
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Mumbai:  Led by global capability centres (GCCs), office space transactions in India reached 19 million square feet in the July-September period (Q3) -- an 18 per cent year-on-year increase, a report showed on Thursday. This is the…
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New Delhi:  UAV startup Amber Wings has unveiled an agricultural drone that will transform Indian farming by offering a faster, more efficient solution for crop management. The agricultural drone ‘Vihaa’, by the IIT Madras incubatee, was…
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New Delhi:  Salaries in India are projected to increase by 9.5 per cent in 2025, compared to an actual increase of 9.3 per cent this year, a report showed on Thursday. The engineering and manufacturing and retail industries project…
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Mumbai: The India equity capital markets hit a record high and raised $49.2 billion in the first nine months this year (January-September period) -- a massive 115 per cent growth compared to a year ago -- surpassing the annual record set…
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Mumbai:  Indian equity indices were trading the deep red on Thursday following weak global cues amid escalating tension in the Middle East and worries over full-fledged war between Iran and Israel. At 9.38 a.m., Sensex was down 589…
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Tokyo: Tokyo stocks dropped on Wednesday, tracking overnight declines in the US and fueled by concerns over the widening regional conflict in the Middle East. Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, lost…
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Kathmandu: The World Bank on Wednesday projected a growth of 5.1 per cent for Nepal in the current 2024-25 fiscal year starting in mid-July, below the Nepali government's 6 per cent target. Growing tourist arrivals, more hydropower…
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