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Uttar Pradesh has installed over 900,000 rooftop solar plants, taking capacity to 3,000 Mw, with daily additions of 9-10 Mw and an estimated 100,000 direct jobs created
Business & Economy · Business Standard · Economy ·
Completing value-added tax (VAT) returns takes time, and waiting for a refund can tie up money a business needs to pay suppliers or invest. The South African Revenue Service wants to ease both pressures while making it harder for businesses to under-report VAT.
Business & Economy · The Conversation · Africa ·
The exchange comes as U.S. debt exceeds $40 trillion and 10-year Treasury yields remain above 5%, intensifying scrutiny of the fiscal outlook.
Business & Economy · CNBC · Economy ·
Artificial intelligence is "changing the security landscape". That's according to Ledger, a French unicorn of cryptocurrency that's seeking a bigger role in digital security. Chief Technology Officer Charles Guillemet says: "Finding vulnerabilities and exploiting them costs almost nothing.
Business & Economy · France 24 · Business & Tech ·
Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest with assets of more than €2 trillion, may once again be allowed to invest in firms that make nuclear weapons under a proposal published on Thursday.
Business & Economy · Euronews · Business ·
On World Food Day, a look at how India's refusal to clear a WTO trade pact in 2014 helped preserve public stockholding safeguards, protecting farmers and food security programmes
Business & Economy · Business Standard · Economy ·
SBI Research has called for curbs on non-essential foreign exchange remittances and closer scrutiny of overseas investments to ease rupee pressure amid global uncertainties
Business & Economy · Business Standard · Economy ·
The euro slid this week to its weakest level against the US dollar since mid-May 2025 and the British pound since early June 2025, as an energy shock, France’s debt crisis and a resurgent US dollar outweigh two interest rate hikes by the European Central Bank.
Business & Economy · Euronews · Business ·
India's banking system deposits reached a record ₹284 trillion in September, aided by the RBI's discounted dollar swap scheme, which attracted around $133 billion in inflows.
Business & Economy · Business Standard · Economy ·
Treasury yields above 5% are raising borrowing costs for households and the federal government, highlighting the challenge of financing $2 trillion deficits.
Business & Economy · CNBC · Economy ·
India Ratings expects wholesale inflation to exceed 12 per cent and retail inflation to breach 6 per cent in October, driven by adverse base effects, weather conditions and rising energy prices.
Business & Economy · Business Standard · Economy ·
The subsidised sale will begin in Lucknow, where consumers can buy sugar at ₹52 a kg against the market price of ₹65, with plans to extend the initiative to other cities
Business & Economy · Business Standard · Economy ·
India's unemployment rate remained stable at 5 per cent in September 2026, while urban unemployment edged up to 6.9 per cent, according to the NSO's Periodic Labour Force Survey.
Business & Economy · Business Standard · Economy ·
Gross direct tax collections stood at ₹16.03 trillion during the period, registering an annual growth of 14.89 per cent
Business & Economy · Business Standard · Economy ·
The German cabinet has approved draft legislation to tax sugar-sweetened drinks in the country from 1 July 2027. The sugar tax is intended to help fund the statutory health insurance system, easing pressure to raise contributions.
Business & Economy · Euronews · Business ·
Merchandise exports jumped 23 per cent year-on-year to a four-month high of $44.40 billion, while imports rose nearly 11 per cent to $74.61 billion
Business & Economy · Business Standard · Economy ·
European trade commissioner Maroš Sefčovič met with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Beijing last week.
Business & Economy · CNBC · Economy ·
AI developer Anthropic grew its sales by about 46% to $16.8 billion (€15bn) last quarter and turned an adjusted profit, it told investors on Wednesday, weeks before a November stock market debut that could value it at up to $2 trillion (€1.79bn).
Business & Economy · Euronews · Business ·
The U.K. is grappling with a cost-of-living crisis sparked by sticky inflation and surging energy costs.
Business & Economy · CNBC · Economy ·
The European Investment Bank is seeking to expand cross-border investments in Central Asia, while requiring projects to meet environmental standards and offer benefits for both regional economies and European industry.
Business & Economy · Euronews · Business ·
Britain's economy grew unexpectedly in August, official data showed on Thursday, in a boost to Finance Minister John Healey ahead of the Labour government's budget update this month.
Business & Economy · Euronews · Business ·
[allAfrica] At dawn in Enugu State, a crate of tomatoes begins a race against the heat. For the woman who grew them, the harvest should mean income: school fees, wages and seed for the next planting season. But without reliable cold storage, she faces a difficult choice.
Business & Economy · AllAfrica · Business ·
A NITI Aayog report called on states to look beyond investment announcements and assess whether they have the electricity, water, land, and supporting infra needed to sustain data-centre projects.
Business & Economy · Business Standard · Economy ·
Taiwanese chip giant TSMC said on Thursday that net profit soared 68.7% to a record high in the third quarter, buoyed by massive global demand for AI hardware.
Business & Economy · Euronews · Business ·