Cabinet clears Rs 25,500 crore highway push to decongest Varanasi
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved two highway projects for Varanasi, entailing a total investment of nearly Rs 25,500 crore. The Cabinet Committee…
Don’t want E20, go for pure petrol, says Gadkari: What drivers in India can actually buy at the pump
Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari, defending the government’s ethanol-blending programme, said in an interview that motorists who dislike the blended fuel…
How to crack a ‘great deal’ with India? UK reveals details of dealing with ‘phenomenal negotiators’
UK officials on Wednesday said securing the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was among the toughest negotiations they had undertaken, describing India’s negotiating team as…
Skill shortage could derail India’s bio-input ambitions: Agriculture Commissioner
New Delhi: India’s ambitious plan to scale up biological farm inputs – from bio-stimulants to bio-pesticides – could suffer a setback due to shortage of…
Ladakh exports first apricot consignment to UAE; LG Saxena pitches processing unit
New Delhi: Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Wednesday flagged off the first consignment of fresh apricots for export to the United Arab Emirates…
Your Money: How can you climb out of a debt trap?
Bhuvanaa Shreeram felt liberated when she started earning for herself more than 24 years ago. It meant she could begin repaying her education loan. She…
Forced labour explained: Why India changed its import policy
India has amended its Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) to prohibit the import of goods produced using forced labour, creating a legal framework that allows the…
‘Future is not yet written’: Sir Demis Hassabis wants a watchdog for frontier AI
In what is the clearest outline of a vision for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) yet, Sir Demis Hassabis, Nobel Laureate as well as Co-Founder &…
India-UK FTA comes into force: Industry hails ‘landmark moment’ for bilateral trade
Business and industry groups across India and the UK welcomed the free trade agreement (FTA) coming into force on Wednesday, which is set to unleash…
Not just Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway: Gadkari announces ₹5 lakh cr road push for UP – The Economic Times Video
Uttar Pradesh has received a major infrastructure boost with the inauguration of the 63-km Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway, cutting travel time between the two cities to just…