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About half of working women reported feeling stressed “a lot of the day,” compared to about 4 in 10 men, according to a Gallup report published Wednesday

In an interactive session at industry chamber ASSOCHAM, Jaishankar, at the same time, said he was not asking the Indian industry to not do business with that country. To a question on evolving relations with China, he said with that country accounting for 32-33 percent of global manufacturing, it is logical that several supply chains will have to go through China.

The external affairs minister said there are countries which are looking at Trump 2.0 as a political challenge but for India, it is not the case. «We'll have to work out a political equation with America and that is one area where we score because we've always had a positive political relationship with Trump. I would say Trump has always had a positive political view of India,» he said.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which added 27 tonnes of the precious metal to its reserves, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Thursday. India added 27 tonnes of gold in October, bringing its total gold purchases to 77 tonnes from January to October, according WGC data based on reported monthly data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This buying by RBI represents a five-fold increase as compared to the same period of 2023, said WGC. According to the data, with this purchase the total gold reserve of India is now at 882 tonnes, of which 510 tonnes are held in India.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has arrived in Uruguay for the final stages in years-long negotiations to clinch a trade deal between the 27-nation EU and the South American Mercosur trade bloc that would create a trans-Atlantic mark...

A week before Donald Trump fired off yet another tariff threat on his neighbours, Justin Trudeau and Claudia Sheinbaum had a chance to confer in person about how to tackle that very scenario. Would they join forces against their errant trading partner or was it going to be a case of every person for themselves?

The OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries is deciding on whether to produce more crude as members face sluggish demand and competing production from non-allied countries, factors that could keep oil prices stagnant into next year

A top White House official says at least eight U.S. telecom firms and dozens of nations have been impacted by a Chinese hacking campaign

Chinese online retailer Temu has been told to suspend operations in Vietnam after it failed to meet an end-of-November deadline to register with the country's Ministry of Industry and Trade

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Bicycles roam the streets of Indonesia's capital with dozens of plastic sachets of coffee and other packaged drinks dangling from their handlebars. Tied in the back are large thermos bottles with hot water, an ice box and equipment for making coffee.

Pakistan’s state-run airline says it is preparing to resume direct flights to European countries early next month

Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed uproarious scenes in the morning when BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi alleged attacks by foreign forces on India's national interests and demanded a thorough probe besides asking all MPs to discuss the serious issue. Speaking on 'Concerns over Suspicious and Conspicuous Attacks on National Interest from Abroad' during Zero Hour, Trivedi cited instances during the past three years wherein issues concerning India were raised by international entities just before or during Parliament sessions. He cited examples of the Hindenburg report, Covid vaccine report and one on Indian farmers, a BBC documentary, Pegasus issue and a video on violence against women in Manipur during the past three years. He also cited the recent report on the indictment of an Indian business house by a US attorney just ahead of the Winter Session. «Ever since India is emerging as a strategic, economic and diplomatic power, it has been seen that in the last three years there have been attempts to attack India's established systems and interests on economic and social fronts through activities from abroad,» he said.

Chief economic advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday nudged the private corporate sector to hire more and find the “right balance between capital-intensive and labour-intensive growth”, underling that while profits of private listed companies, as a percentage of GDP, hit a 15-year high in March 2024, their wage cost increase dwindled. Without a judicious balance between the share of corporations’ income making up their profits and that going to workers as wages, there won’t be adequate demand in the economy for companies’ own products to be bought, the CEA said. Sustained income growth bolsters both consumption and savings, which eventually spur economic expansion. “In other words, not paying workers well or not hiring workers enough will end up being actually self-destructive or harmful for the corporate sector itself and for small enterprises,” Nageswaran said, stressing that even legendary economist Adam Smith had written The Theory of Moral Sentiments before his seminal work--The Wealth of Nations.

President Yoon Suk Yeol faces an impeachment vote this Saturday after briefly imposing martial law in South Korea. AFP looks at how the dramatic events of the past few days unfolded in a country where democracy had been assumed to be firmly anchored — and what might happen next.

«The industry is closely working with the government on improving the energy efficiency as well as reducing the global warming. So, this industry is also regulated in that manner,» says B Thiagarajan, MD, Blue Star. The channel check by Motilal Oswal which is a securities firm, suggests that the festival demand was not very strong for consumer durable. Diwali and Durga Puja, since they were celebrated closely, do you think they cannibalised the sales for each other? B Thiagarajan: As far as room air conditioners is concerned, we had a fantastic festival season as well. In fact, the growth was more than 30%. It is probable that other durables did not do well, but very clearly air conditioners business has been growing and it continues even today.

If you’re thinking of getting your winter tires, now might be a good time.

Sake is perhaps even more Japanese than the world-famous sushi

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The 19 amendments to banking laws that were passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday remove various niggles in extant provisions, straighten out some others and make life easier for bank customers, especially a tweak that allows four nominees per account. Under the present system of a single nominee, couples tend to nominate each other; should they both pass away together, say, in a road accident, their heirs would have a tough time accessing their inheritance.

According to Express US, Ding Lieyun who is the project leader actually explained that the double-layered dome design allows for partitioned living and working spaces and these habitats could be built using robots and 3D printing technology. Also Read: Yellowstone Season 5: All we know about Episode 13 release date, time, upcoming episode schedule and where to watch

drug samples tested for quality, 2,988 have been declared as not of standard quality and 282 were found to be spurious, according to government data for the year 2023-2024. Prosecutions were launched in 604 cases for manufacturing, sale and distribution of spurious drugs, the data revealed. The government has been running a major drive against spurious and substandard drugs. As per the data from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) there are approximately 10,500 units in the country which are manufacturing different types of dosage forms and APIs. «The govt has been carrying out raids in pharmaceutical companies in various states and those which were found to be in violation of regulations and were issued show cause notices,» said a senior person in the know.

Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday urged the country's politicians to keep differences at bay and put up a united front to counter "Indian aggression". The Muslim-majority nation saw a student-led uprising in August, toppling autocratic premier Sheikh Hasina and ending her 15-year rule. India — Hasina's biggest international patron and the destination of her exile — has accused Yunus' administration of failing to protect minority Hindus, straining ties between the neighbours.