Month: February 2025

Northeast tea body names two nonagenarians associated with beverage industry for first lifetime achievement awards

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Northeast tea body names two nonagenarians associated with beverage industry for first lifetime achievement awards

Apurba Kumar Barooah. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Sagar Mehta. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement GUWAHATI An association of tea producers has named two nonagenarians for its first lifetime achievement awards. The awards are scheduled to be conferred upon 96-year-old Sagar Mehta and 93-year-old Apurba Kumar Barooah at the ‘Chairman’s Dinner’ in eastern Assam’s Golaghat…

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Capt. Chowta seeks opening of satellite office of Coffee Board in Mangaluru

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Capt. Chowta seeks opening of satellite office of Coffee Board in Mangaluru

Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goel makes a point to Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Captain Brijesh Chowta during their meeting in New Delhi on February 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Captain Brijesh Chowta urged Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal to establish a…

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RBI Monetary Policy 2025 key highlights: Repo rate cut to 6.25%, GDP likely to be 6.4%

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RBI Monetary Policy 2025 key highlights: Repo rate cut to 6.25%, GDP likely to be 6.4%

Reserve Bank of India. File | Photo Credit: Reuters In a bid to add to the momentum of the Budgetary reliefs announced by the Centre, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Friday (February 7, 2025) decided unanimously to reduce the policy rate by 25 basis points to 6.25% from 6.5%. One basis point equals 0.01%….

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Kia India gets $155-million tax demand notice over component imports

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Kia India gets 5-million tax demand notice over component imports

KIA Motors India manufacturing facility at Erramanchi in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Kia India has received a tax demand notice from the authorities over component imports even as the automaker has denied any wrongdoing noting that it has filed a “detailed response” regarding the matter. As per…

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RBI MPC Meeting 2025: RBI cuts lending rate by 25 basis points to 6.25%

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RBI MPC Meeting 2025: RBI cuts lending rate by 25 basis points to 6.25%

RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra during a press conference at RBI headquarters in Mumbai on February 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Lowering India’s interest rates for the first time in the last 57 months, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday unanimously cut the repo rate by 25…

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Markets trade higher as RBI cuts policy rate by 25 bps

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Markets trade higher as RBI cuts policy rate by 25 bps

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading in the positive territory on Friday (February 7, 2025) after the RBI under new Governor Sanjay Malhotra cut interest rate for the first time in nearly five years. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex traded 233.96 points higher at 78,290.08 in the late morning trade. The NSE Nifty quoted…

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Kerala Budget 2025-26 LIVE updates: FM Balagopal says Kerala has survived most intense phase of financial crisis, announces Rs 750 crore for rehabilitation and rebuild initiatives in landslide-hit Wayanad

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Kerala Budget 2025-26 LIVE updates: FM Balagopal says Kerala has survived most intense phase of financial crisis, announces Rs 750 crore for rehabilitation and rebuild initiatives in landslide-hit Wayanad

The 2025-26 Kerala Budget will focus on accelerating the growth process that has been set in motion in the State, new investment models, and sustaining the pace on welfare spending, Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal said. At a pre-Budget chat, Mr. Balagopal said he was satisfied with his performance as Finance Minister, expressing confidence that Kerala…

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Odisha joins States’ pitch for 50% share of divisible tax pool

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Odisha joins States’ pitch for 50% share of divisible tax pool

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, seen here with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File | Photo Credit: ANI Odisha has joined the growing demand for the Finance Commission to raise States’ share in India’s divisible tax pool to 50%, from about 41% currently. The Sixteenth Finance Commission chairman Arvind Panagariya acknowledged the broader call by…

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NMDC confident of demerged steel entity NSL clearing dues   

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NMDC confident of demerged steel entity NSL clearing dues   

File picture of National Mineral Development Corporation | Photo Credit: Special arragement Public sector miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) on Thursday (February 6, 2025) said it had commenced the sale of hot rolled (HR) products procured from the facility of demerged entity NMDC Steel (NSL) during the quarter ended December. It is also confident…

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