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Click here to register for the awards. With that thought, the Economictimes.com is back with ET MSME Awards 2024. This will be the fifth edition of the series. The winners of the ET MSME Awards will be announced at the Grand Finale in New Delhi in February 2025. This awards will honour the exceptional MSMEs in the country who are at the top of their game. Twenty-two exemplary MSMES, belonging to both manufacturing and services, will be felicitated and recognised for their business acumen and contribution to the Indian economy. With a goal of fostering a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem and celebrating the resilience, innovation and achievements of the enterprises, ET invites MSMEs from across India to submit their applications and compete for this prestigious recognition.

Ben Powell, Chief Investment Strategist for APAC, BlackRock Investment Institute, says we are going to see more and more tie-ups between governments, in terms of legal framework, regulatory permissions, and societal buy-ins. A partnership between governments and private capital is important because many Western countries do not have so much fiscal firepower. Coming to India, Powell says the BRICS meeting is going on in Russia and we have seen Prime Minister Modi embracing President Putin. Modi will also be sitting down with President Xi later today., India seems to be in a amazing position where on the one hand it is a cherished partner of the BRICS with huge positives, obviously energy and other dimensions and on the other hand, India is an absolute cornerstone of US policy, most obviously through Quad. What is the future of finance going to look like and how can investors benefit out of it? Ben Powell: The need to mobilise capital and fund all of the aspirations is the practical reality.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. This month’s monetary policy committee’s (MPC) meeting that voted to keep the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) policy rate steady was the first since this panel’s reconstitution.

The Israeli army has accused six Al Jazeera journalists covering the war in Gaza of also being current or former paid fighters for Palestinian militant groups

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: Bike taxis and autos outnumber cars on Uber Technologies' fleet of 1 million taxis in the country, accounting for about a third of the American ride-hailing company's total revenue. The San Francisco-headquartered company also claims that 3% or 30,000 of its taxis, including cars, bikes and autos, are electric, making it the ride-hailing platform with the biggest electric fleet in the country.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Despite the recent easing of tension between New Delhi and Beijing, the ghost of the 2020 Galwan clash is likely to hover for a while, as the implications of the border disengagement between the two countries is likely to unravel only slowly.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India and China have announced that they have reached an agreement on patrolling their common border after more than four years of tension. Can this boost trade and investment flow between the two economic powers? Mint explains: It is a first step towards rebuilding their relationship which took a beating following the border clash at Galwan in June 2020.

Cuba’s large-scale blackouts that left 10 million people without power this month wouldn’t have happened if the government had built out more solar power to boost its failing electric grid as promised, some experts say

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is hosting China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi and other world leaders at a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, part of Kremlin efforts to challenge Western global clout

Xi Jinping said Wednesday that the ongoing BRICS summit here has decided to invite a number of nations to become partner countries and called on the grouping to actively respond to the requests of countries of the Global South to join the bloc. BRICS consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa has now expanded with five additional members — Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. In his speech addressing the 16th BRICS Summit, Xi said the summit has decided to invite a number of nations to become partner countries, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported. He hailed the decision as another important development in the course of BRICS development.

Both sides should take on their international responsibilities and set an example for the development of other emerging economies, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV cited Xi as saying in a meeting with Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia's Kazan. PM Modi and Xi Jinping held their first bilateral talks in five years today, signalling that ties between the Asian giants damaged by a deadly military clash in 2020 had begun to recover.

BRICS Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underscored the importance of a united front against terrorism and terror financing. “In order to counter terrorism and terror financing, we need the single-minded, firm support of all. There is no place for double standards on this serious matter,” he said. Modi called for coordinated action to prevent youth radicalization, warning that failing to act could worsen the threat. He further emphasized the need to move forward on the «long pending matter in the UN of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism.» Modi’s comments come against the backdrop of ongoing tensions within BRICS member countries. China's earlier move to block the designation of Pakistan-based terrorist Sajid Mir, involved in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council, highlighted ongoing differences. Nevertheless, Modi reiterated the need for collaboration, particularly on counter-terrorism measures, without selective approaches.

smart wearable devices maker Garmin is aiming for a double-digit growth from its India business, which is a key focus market where it is investing, said an official from AMIT International Group (AIG), which has distribution rights for the country. The brand, which also makes marine devices used by ships, boats, and outdoor handhold devices, is also expecting growth from this segment. Analyst firms such as IDC said the Indian smart wearable market would decline 10 per cent in Q2 year-on-year to 29.5 million units. However, Garmin is unfazed by this and expects to continue its growth journey here, led by its strong product line and brand value, said AMIT GPS & Navigation General Manager, India Deepak Raina.

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said there is evidence that North Korea has sent troops to Russia on Monday, and South Korea's spy chief told lawmakers that 3,000 North Korean troops are in the country receiving training on drones and other equipment before being deployed to battlefields in Ukraine. Austin told reporters Wednesday «What exactly they are doing? Left to be seen. These are things that we need to sort out,» according to a video posted by the Washington Post. If the troops join the war in Ukraine on Russia's side, it will be «a very, very serious issue,» Austin said, adding it would have an impact in Europe and in the Indo-Pacific region. South Korean intelligence first publicized reports that the Russian navy had taken 1,500 North Korean special warfare troops to Russia last week, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had earlier said his government had intelligence that 10,000 North Korea soldiers were being prepared to join the invading Russian forces.

Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said the government has decided to double the 'defect liability period' to 10 years for contractors of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects. Currently, under EPC projects, the responsibility for maintenance of national highways lies with the government after the defect liability period (5 years) is over. «The quality of roads built under EPC mode is not good. The defect liability period under EPC mode is 5 years… and within 3 years, there are lots of problems on roads,» Gadkari said at an event here. The road transport and highways minister noted that the roads built under BOT (build-operate-transfer) or HAM (Hybrid Annuity Model) mode are in good condition because the responsibility of maintenance of roads lies with the contractor and he has to pay the price.

Nagesh Kumar, the newest member of the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), has pointed to demand deficits in both domestic and international markets as a primary reason for the lack of momentum in private investment. In the minutes of RBI MPC's October meeting, Kumar has highlighted that despite companies maintaining healthy balance sheets and the government’s various reforms and incentives, private sector investment is yet to pick up. Kumar, who was the sole MPC member advocating for a rate cut in the latest meeting, believes that weak demand is holding back the investment recovery.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Reliance Jio aims to export its high-speed fixed wireless access (FWA) internet as a managed service rather than entering overseas markets directly as a telecom services provider, senior company officials said. Having already deployed nearly 1 million 5G sites across the country since October 2022, the Mukesh Ambani-owned telecom operator views FWA as the biggest use case for 5G not only in India but also in other global markets.

A report by the World Resources Institute shows that rapidly expanding mining operations are causing widespread destruction of tropical primary rainforests and protected areas, raising carbon emissions and displacing Indigenous communities

Offshore wind energy projects in New York, New Jersey and Maryland are moving forward, as federal regulators examine the proposals and opponents increase their legal challenges to the work

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : India is taking significant steps towards financial inclusion and regulatory simplification, with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) proposing a key reform for non-corporate entities. In a consultation paper released on 16 October 2024, the market regulator proposed allowing Associations of Persons (AoPs) to open demat accounts in their names for holding non-equity securities.