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Adani Green, Adani Enterprises, NCC, Dr. Reddy’s, Max Healthcare, and Apollo Hospitals will be in focus due to key developments. Godrej Properties: Godrej Properties has acquired 10 acres of land in Bengaluru, with an estimated revenue potential of Rs 2,500 crore. The proposed development will have a saleable area of about 1.5 million square feet and will offer homes in various configurations, catering to different segments of homebuyers.

SUNDAY Hotels have opened in 10 countries across the globe including India, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, and Vietnam. SUNDAY Hotels, a premium brand of four-star and five-star hotels, was originally launched in May 2023 through a joint venture between the SoftBank Group and Oravel Stays. The initiative is part of Oravel's ongoing programme to spread its premium hotel footprint around the globe.

Piyush Goyal Wednesday proposed signing of free trade agreements individually with the members of the 4-member Mercosur bloc comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. His statement comes as the efforts to expand the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with the Mercosur are stuck. “I propose to either expand the MERCOSUR trade agreement or look at trade deals bilaterally,” he said at a CII event. India went ahead with a bilateral trade deal with UAE when the talks to secure a trade pact with Gulf Cooperation Council nations weren’t making much headway. Goyal also said that India is also working with Chile to expand its PTA with Chile and turn it into a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. The PTA with Chile was signed in 2006 and expanded in 2017. Within the LAC region which includes 33 countries the FTA negotiations with Peru are in advanced stages.

The ministry has also estimated a $4.43 billion trade surplus in goods and services in February, the first surplus after the Covid-19 pandemic. In February, India’s gold imports slipped to $2.3 billion from the past month’s $2.68 billion. Meanwhile, crude oil imports dropped to $11.8 billion from $13.4 billion in January, data showed. Sequentially, goods exports were up 1.31% from January 2025. “This was a difficult year for us for trade. We are positively moving in the direction of above $800 billion exports,” said commerce secretary Sunil Barthwal, adding that services exports are growing above 14%. Live Events E

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MGX has invested $2 billion worth of cryptocurrency into Binance, in what the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange said on Wednesday was its first institutional investment. Binance and MGX said in statements posted on their website that the investment was made in stablecoin — a type of cryptocurrency pegged to a fiat currency such as the dollar. A spokesperson for Binance declined to comment on which stablecoin the payment was made in.

Ben Powell, Chief Middle East and APAC Investment Strategist, BlackRock Investment Institute, says we at BlackRock are still very much on board with the India bull story, while being respectful of the short-term sell-off which clearly has fed on itself. India is on a journey to exist as a standalone investment destination and that is going to become more and more the case in the quarters and years ahead. We have discussed the US. We have discussed China. Where is India? Did I miss it? Ben Powell: India is doing very well. I am here in the UAE. We had a huge cricket event over the weekend. India was triumphant. India, I still think is in this temporarily tricky spot of risk slightly feeding on itself. You have had a market which perhaps got a little bit ahead of itself several months ago and that was ripe, it turns out, for a little bit of a downdraft and that is now feeding on itself to some degree.

Gujarat's Dholera Special Investment Region which is emerging as a semiconductor hub in the state, according to a developer. Recent months have seen a rise in investor visits and land inquiries, fueled by Dholera's vision to become India's semiconductor hub with four of the five semiconductor plants in India being built in Dholera, Aaiji Group Founder and Managing Director Lalit Parihar said. Among fresh proposals, NextGen has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Gujarat government at Gujarat SemiConnect Conference 2025 for setting up a Rs 10,000-crore compound semiconductor fab and optoelectronics facility at Dholera. A tripartite agreement was inked between Tata Electronics, Taiwanese firms PSMC and Himax Technologies for an upcoming semiconductor chip manufacturing facility of the Indian company at Dholera, he said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Afcons Infrastructure Ltd, which has so far limited its exposure to the Middle East due to unfavourable contract terms, is looking to increase its business there as the region witnesses a construction boom to diversify from oil money. The company will work in the region in collaboration with local partners who are familiar with domestic conditions to reduce the execution risk, as per top company executives.

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, currently on a visit to the United Kingdom, has addressed key global economic issues, including the role of the US dollar, BRICS' position on de-dollarisation, and the internationalisation of the Indian rupee. Speaking at Chatham House in London, he dismissed speculation that India is working to replace the US dollar as the world’s primary reserve currency. «I don't think there's any policy on our part to replace the dollar. As I said, at the end of the day, the dollar as the reserve currency is the source of international economic stability, and right now, what we want in the world is more economic stability, not less,» he said.

Pope Francis to visit the homeland he left in 2013 to become the head of the Roman Catholic Church. With his health delicate as he battles double pneumonia, the return seems increasingly unlikely now to happen. Pope Francis, 88, has been in a critical condition due to a lung infection. His two weeks in Rome's Gemelli hospital is the longest stay of his papacy and underscores his frailty. Francis has made more than 45 international trips during his papacy, including the first by any pope to Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Myanmar, North Macedonia, Bahrain and Mongolia.

For the first time, the Oscars will be streaming live on Hulu, alongside traditional broadcasting on ABC. Cord-cutters in the U.S., U.K., and UAE have several options to watch the 2025 Oscars online for free.

ICC Academy on Sunday afternoon with the focus firmly on their play against spin. While senior pros like Steve Smith and Travis Head had a light hit, the youngsters went full throttle. The Australian team opted for seven ICC academy based net bowlers — all spinners including slow left-arm orthodox Harshit Seth, a 20 year old UAE player, besides two left arm Chinaman bowlers, as many off-spinners and a leg-spinner. Australia finished second in Group B behind South Africa and both teams are camping in the UAE, waiting to know who their opponents will be in the semifinals.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Indian budget announcement of a revamped model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to make it more investor-friendly is a delayed acknowledgement of the framework having failed to achieve its core objectives. Since its adoption in 2015, India has signed agreements with only five countries—Belarus (2018), Kyrgyzstan (2019), Brazil (2020), the UAE (2024) and Uzbekistan (2024), highlighting challenges in securing BITs with key trade partners and attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) flows.

Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President, on Saturday, met with Majid Takht Ravanchi, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran for Political Affairs. The meeting discussed relations between the United Arab Emirates and the Islamic Republic of Iran, with both sides commending the latest round of political consultations between the two countries. The two officials underscored the importance of strengthening mutual interests and explored ways to enhance economic and trade relations between the neighbouring countries. The meeting also addressed regional and international developments of mutual concern.

New Zealand on Saturday called up two local left-arm wrist spinners to bowl to senior batter Tom Latham and all-rounder Michael Bracwell at the nets to prepare for a possible contest against India's Kuldeep Yadav in their Champions Trophy match here. Kuldeep, the left-arm wrist spinner, mainly operates in the middle overs where Latham and Bracwell often bat. «It's (the DICS pitch) playing a little bit slow and there's obviously a good deal of turn. I think it's going to be an interesting match-up,» said New Zealand all-rounder Glenn Phillips in the pre-match press conference here. «They (India) have got three quality spinners, and it's all about rotating the strike and taking the game deep.»

moon marking the start of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, official media said on Friday. The «world-first» innovation puts a new twist on a centuries-old tradition where people scan the skies for the first glimpse of the newly visible moon. «The use of AI-powered drones extends the concept of direct visual observation, which remains the primary method for confirming the sighting of the crescent moon,» the WAM news agency said, citing the UAE Council for Fatwa.

India's «undeniable» advantage of playing all their Champions Trophy matches in Dubai, while the other seven teams have to shuttle between three venues in Pakistan, and the UAE.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The U.S. is ratcheting up sanctions targeting Iran’s oil supply chain, continuing the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure" campaign to effectively blockade the country’s petroleum exports, the Treasury Department said.

Autotech and financial solution provider CarDekho Group on Tuesday announced its foray into the UAE market. The company has tied up with Raya Holdings to redefine the car-buying journey for UAE consumers.