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TARS Project Management increases stake in US-based UMB Bank to 33%

January 31, 2025 admin

TARS Project Management, a Dubai-based project management firm, has announced that it has increased its existing stake in the U.S.-based UMB Bank, bringing its ownership to 33%. “This strategic move reflects TARS’ commitment to expanding its presence in the U.S. banking sector and furthering its vision of driving transformational change within financial institutions,” TARS Project Management…

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Union Budget 2025: What do farmers want?

January 31, 2025 admin

Considering the ten earlier Budgets of the BJP-led government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there is nothing much that the farmers and agricultural workers of India can expect from the coming Union Budget 2025 (eleventh) except more vicious attacks on their livelihood, made under the smokescreen of high-sounding phrases about their welfare. Dismal record…

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Markets trade higher in early trade driven by surge in L&T, rally in U.S. equities

January 31, 2025 admin

B-68, MUM-030302, MARCH 03, 2008: Mumbai: BSE Sensex showing certain indices in Mumbai on Monday. Sensex was down 570 points on Monday. | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied in early trade on Friday (January 31, 2025) helped by buying in Larsen & Toubro post its earnings announcement and a firm trend…

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Economic Survey 2025 LIVE: Nirmala Sitharaman will table economic survey in Lok Sabha at 12 PM, 2 PM in Rajya Sabha

January 31, 2025 admin

Jaisalmer, Dec 21 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks at the 55th meeting of the GST Council, in Jaisalmer on Saturday. (ANI Photo) | Photo Credit: ANI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Economic Survey 2024-2025 on January 31, 2025, after President Droupadi Murmu initiates the FY 2025-26 Budget session of the Parliament…

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37 old and new schemes to look out for on Budget day

January 31, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the eighth pre-budget consultation in New Delhi, on Jan. 6, 2025. With Budget FY2025-26 scheduled to be presented on February 1, here is a look at some of the recently launched schemes, older schemes with significantly reduced funding, schemes under the Production Linked…

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37 old and new schemes to look out for on Budget day

January 31, 2025 admin

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Parliament Budget Session 2025 Day 1 LIVE: President Murmu to address joint session today

January 31, 2025 admin

Opposition parties, criticising the government for withholding information on the stampede at the Maha Kumbh, and the U.P. government’s alleged focus on VIP visits to Prayagraj rather than crowd control, called for a discussion on the tragedy during the upcoming Budget session of Parliament, at the all-party meeting on Thursday (January 30, 2025). The meeting…

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BJD reiterates its demand for special category status for Odisha ahead of central budget

January 30, 2025 admin

Former Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik. | Photo Credit: ANI The Biju Janata Dal on Thursday (January 30, 2025) reiterated its demand for special category status for Odisha, calling it a just and rightful claim. “In its 2014 election manifesto, the BJP pledged to grant Odisha special category status…

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1948 | The first full budget of free India

January 30, 2025 admin

“From August 15, 1947, the chains of our bondage have been broken and we are free to translate our dreams into reality. The plans are there, but we find that our freedom was born in an era so fluid and fastchanging that any predetermined step otheithan the next became obsolete before it could be taken….

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End duty-free tea imports: Tea Association of India

January 30, 2025 admin

The steps suggested include bailing the Indian tea industry out of “depression” by imposing 100% duty on bulk imports. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu GUWAHATI An association of tea planters and traders has sought stringent steps to ensure cheaper duty-free teas from African, Asian and South American countries are not imported by a section…

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