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Investing in women’s employment is the most efficient way to build a resilient, inclusive and future-proof economy, Ebru Ozdemir, chairperson of the Board of Limak Holding and chair of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Engineering and Construction Industry Group, has said.In an article written ahead of the annual Davos summit, Ozdemir stressed that reskilling and…
The IT industry body MAIT has urged the government to reduce basic customs duty on key electronic components and enhance tax incentives in the upcoming Union Budget to strengthen domestic manufacturing and improve global competitiveness.In its pre-Budget recommendations submitted to the finance and IT ministries, the Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology (MAIT) proposed cutting basic…
Even as global economic uncertainity drags down trade, Indian pharmaceutical exporters are seeing growth in Brazil and Nigeria as both countries are emerging as important overseas markets. Data by the commerce ministry data shows that Nigeria has been a major driver of this shift. During the first eight months of the current financial year, exports…
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis with his deputy Eknath Shinde (File photo) NEW DELHI: Even as the BJP–Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena combine enjoys a numerical edge in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), clarity on power-sharing remains elusive, fuelling speculation that the post-election churn in Mumbai is far from over. Adding to the uncertainty, the Shinde faction…
Thousands of Greenlanders marched through snow- and ice-covered streets on Saturday in what is being described as the largest coordinated protests the Arctic island has seen. The mass rally was aimed at rejecting renewed pressure from US President Donald Trump to take control of the territory and voicing support for Greenland’s self-rule.In Nuuk, the capital,…
Syrian government soldiers carry machine guns Syrian government forces moved into Kurdish-held areas of northern Syria on Saturday, taking several towns and triggering clashes that have shaken a tentative political arrangement aimed at restoring central control over the country. This follows weeks of tension and heavy fighting earlier this month between government troops and the…
After years of diplomatic deep-freeze, Canada has finally taken its parka off in Beijing — and Mark Carney arrived not just with a handshake, but with talk of a “new world order.”On his first visit to China as prime minister, and the first such trip by a Canadian leader in nearly a decade, Carney walked…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday chaired a meeting with party leaders from Tamil Nadu, where assembly elections are expected to be held in April.Lok Sabha leader of opposition and former party chief Rahul Gandhi and general secretary (organisation), KC Venugopal, also attended the meeting at the party headquarters, Indira Bhawan, in Delhi….
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT)-MNS combine had pitched the BMC polls as an attempt to save the Marathi manoos and Mumbai. It was also seen as an acid test for the Thackeray brand as Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray came together after 20 years. However, while a number of Marathis seemed…
AMARAVATI: A $10-billion green hydrogen and green ammonia project at the port city of Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh is set to reach a key construction milestone with its first major equipment erection ceremony, underscoring India’s push to emerge as a supplier of green energy to global markets including Germany, Japan and Singapore. The first major…
