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Nariman Point, the original central business district of the country's financial capital, is set to get a major boost with the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) planning to put a prime 4.2-acre land parcel in South Mumbai on the block through a global tender. This is for the first time a land parcel in Nariman Point is being auctioned ever since its emergence as a prime downtown planned commercial zone in the early 1970s. The authority has already held initial talks with leading global and domestic entities including the Blackstone Group, Hines, Mapletree Investments, Sumitomo Corp, the Tata Group, Lodha, K Raheja Corp, Oberoi Realty, and RMZ Group, and has received a positive response from potential bidders.

BlackRock Inc. chief executive Larry Fink said infrastructure is a major component to help stimulate growth in every economy and there’s enough capital in the private sector to fund investment.

Bond yields and stocks tumbled while gold soared after the White House said there were indications Iran is preparing to attack Israel.

National Milk Producers Federation CEO Gregg Doud discusses the impact that the port strike could have on various industries and the economy on 'The Bottom Line.'

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: The financial woes of the Shapoorji Pallonji group seem to be worsening with CARE Ratings further downgrading the credit rating of its group company Goswami Infratech Pvt Ltd in a span of 4 months. Rating on these non-convertible debentures (NCDs), issued last year, has been downgraded to Care BB- with negative outlook from Care BB, the rating agency said on 28 September.

Kamala Harris is currently stuck in a major political uncertainty as the Democrats are still unclear upon who has the edge in the US elections 2024, especially in the battleground states. This kind of rivalry has been rarely seen in the last few polls, as the last weeks somehow make it clear, who the upcoming leader of the United States would be.

Port of Los Angeles executive director Gene Seroka discusses the key issues of the impending ports strike on Cavuto: Coast to Coast.

Netflix announces the premiere date for No Good Deed. It is a dark comedy starring Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano. The series, created by Liz Feldman, will debut on December 12.

Kamala Harris that she used a teleprompter during the interview with American host and television producer Oprah Winfrey.

Dr Lal PathLabs, India's largest diagnostic chain, is looking at a potentially large acquisition to increase its foothold in south India. If the asset is of a strategic fit, it could look at a deal size of Rs 3,000 crore-Rs 4,000 crore, said a senior company official. «We have around Rs 1,000 crore (net) cash, we can leverage our balance sheet, we can use our equity, size will not hold us,» said Ved Prakash Goel, group CFO, in an interview to ET. «There are people who are there in the market, the (valuation) expectation is high,» Goel said. Dr Lal is typically looking at assets with Rs 300-400 crore revenue, with the right revenue mix, good quality and governance practices. It has formed an M&A team to evaluate potential acquisition opportunities in the market.

An investigation focused on three of the world’s largest shrimp producers claims that as big Western supermarkets make windfall profits, their aggressive pursuit of ever-lower wholesale prices is causing misery for people on the bottom end of the suppl...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that more rate cuts are in the pipeline, though their size and speed will depend on the evolution of the economy

An investigation focused on three of the world’s largest shrimp producers claims that as big Western supermarkets make windfall profits, their aggressive pursuit of ever-lower wholesale prices is causing misery for people on the bottom end of the suppl...

Rajesh Kumar made headlines a few days ago when he revealed how he had left his flourishing career on the small screen to pursue a career in farming. The ‘Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai’ actor also stated how he once resorted to selling vegetables in front of his son’s school. In the same interview, Kumar talked about his several failed attempts as an entrepreneur. He also revealed that he had once tried to be on ‘Shark Tank India’, but couldn’t make it. “I had applied for Shark Tank India. I had cleared two out of three rounds. You also had to submit your videos, so I thought, I might get a favour because I am a known face. That there is an actor, who is a social entrepreneur talking about agriculture. My presentation was in Kolkata and it was wrapped within a day. My father paid for the tickets,” he said. The actor claimed that at that time, he was «so shaken» that he didn't think he could get offers for movies without going to auditions. Fortunately, when the opportunity to work on Nawazuddin Siddiqui's movie ‘Haddi’ arose, he was ready for it.

Ram Bilas Sharma, who is credited with establishing the BJP in Haryana and is now being called the state unit's «vat-vriksha», says he holds no grudges against anybody for being denied a ticket for the assembly polls and will continue to serve the party. The 74-year-old five-time MLA from Mahendragarh and a three-time state minister had filed his nomination for the poll as the BJP delayed the announcement of its nominee till the eleventh hour. But the party convinced him to back out in support of official candidate Kanvar Singh. «I have given more than five decades to the party. (Former prime minister Atal Bihari) Vajpayee ji used to tell me that I have to stick to Haryana and establish the party's base in the state and I continue to do so,» Sharma told PTI in an interview. «Many of my fellow politicians have switched sides but I stayed and will continue to do so. The party might have some reasons to deny me a ticket but I have no grudges,» he said.

Mia Khalifa" and boasting about a fraternity record for «most vodka shots in one night.» The results of his experiment have stunned the internet.

This is part of a series of interviews with the winners of The Economic Times Startup Awards 2024. It was during Khet Singh Rajpurohit’s stint at a healthcare startup that he gained firsthand experience of the struggles of patients seeking to settle insurance claims. The cofounder of ClaimBuddy saw numerous cases where individuals had to extend their hospital stays or endure more stress, simply due to delayed or denied claims. During his second year at IIM Bangalore, Rajpurohit reached out to Ajit Patel, his former colleague who was leading insurance operations at the healthcare startup, and the two delved deeper into the complexities and inefficiencies in claim processing. Eventually, they envisioned a solution that would simplify the claims process for patients and healthcare providers alike.

British Columbia saw a rare unanimous vote in its legislature in October 2019, when members passed a law adopting the United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, setting out standards including free, prior and informed consent for actions affecting them.

Bhajanlal Sharma gave approval for the Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme-2024 during a cabinet meeting on Sunday. Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari, while briefing the media about the decisions, said that the government aims to attract maximum investment for the Rising Rajasthan Global Investment Summit scheduled to be held from December 9 to 11. In this context, the cabinet approved the Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme 2024 (RIPS-2024), which she stated is the most attractive investment promotion scheme in the country in terms of incentives for investors. She said necessary provisions have been made in RIPS-2024 to attract investment.

Nasscom's new chairperson Sindhu Gangadharan has said, asserting this is «the best time to be in India» particularly for those in the technology sector. In a wide-ranging interview to PTI, Gangadharan touched upon several key issues — from the importance of mental and social well-being at workplace to economic impact of AI and GenAI and sought to assuage concerns around artificial intelligence (AI) displacing jobs. She stressed on the need for organisations to attach high priority to mental and physical well-being of their workforces and make it part of their organisational culture, through policies, practices and interest groups.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: Dragon Fund, which has backed prominent Indian startups including Meesho and Zepto, will ramp up its pace of investments in India and is likely to deploy more than half of its $500 million global fund it raised in 2023 by the end of this year, a top executive told Mint. “India will undoubtedly be one of our largest markets.