Mission to make Indian automobile industry world`s largest within five years: Nitin Gadkari

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the Indian automobile industry ranks third globally, behind China and the United States, but the government aims to elevate it to the top position within the next five years. The Indian automobile industry’s market size is around Rs 22 lakh crore. China leads with Rs 47 lakh … Read more

Gold falls on dollar strength, inflation data sparks caution on Fed rate cuts

Gold prices slipped on Thursday as the U.S. dollar strengthened, while investors assessed a flurry of economic data showing stalled inflation progress, suggesting the Federal Reserve might tread cautiously on further interest rate cuts. Spot gold fell 0.3% to $2,627.60 per ounce, as of 0302 GMT. U.S. gold futures shed 0.5% to $2,627.00. The dollar … Read more

iPhone production reaches $10 bn in India in April-Oct, creates 1.75 lakh direct jobs in 4 years

Riding on the government's production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, Apple’s iPhone production in the country has reached $10 billion in the seven months of this fiscal (FY25), with $7 billion in exports alone which is a record, the Centre said on Monday.  The tech giant manufactured/assembled $14 billion of iPhones in India last fiscal (FY24), with … Read more

Rupee strengthens against US dollar on Monday

Indian rupee strengthened marginally against the US dollar on Monday, driven by a firm trend in domestic equities and weakness in American currency. However, sustained foreign fund outflows along with elevated crude oil following heightened geopolitical tensions between western powers and major oil producers Russia and Iran, limited further gains in rupee. Foreign institutional investors … Read more

Indian GenAI startups see 6 times surge in funding in Q2

Ranked sixth among major economies in the share of generative AI (GenAI) startup ecosystems, India saw a six-times surge in investments in the sphere of GenAI (quarter-on-quarter) in the July-September period, a Nasscom report said on Monday.  The investments were fuelled primarily by B2B platforms and productivity solutions. Total funding grew 3.4 times year-on-year, led … Read more