India’s foreign exchange reserves provide a 95 percent cover for external debt outstanding at the end March 2025, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) July bulletin. It also added that the current forex reserves also provide for more than 11 months of goods imports cover. “The external sector remained resilient, backed by ample…
July 24 (Reuters) – French-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics (STMPA.PA), opens new tab said on Thursday it would acquire part of NXP Semiconductors’ (NXPI.O), opens new tab sensor unit for up to $950 million in cash. The deal would expand STMicro’s portfolio of MEMS-based electromechanical sensors, which include safety and monitoring sensors for vehicles as well as…
India’s Adani Enterprises said on Thursday it will divest 50 per cent of its copper tubes business to MetTube Copper India in a bid to boost domestic copper tube production and reduce reliance on imports. Concurrently, Adani Enterprises will also take a 50 per cent stake in MetTube Copper India, the company said in an…
As telecom companies such as Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel near completion of 5G network expansion and curtail capital expenditure and tower rentals fall, tower companies are likely to see flattish growth in the next five years, with Vodafone Idea’s 5G rollouts and 4G coverage expansion likely to offer short-term support, according to analysts. …
Zoho backs Netrasemi with ₹107 crore, bets big on India’s semiconductor future Zoho Corp, one of India’s most profitable and globally respected SaaS companies, is making a bold move—this time not in software, but in silicon. The Chennai-headquartered company has invested ₹107 crore in Kerala-based semiconductor startup Netrasemi, leading its Series A round alongside…
This free trade deal, which was under negotiation for around three years, will give a much-needed boost bilateral trade between the two countries by around $ 34 billion annually. The deal was signed by commerce minister Piyush Goyal and his British counterpart Jonathan Reynold in presence of the Prime Ministers of both the countries. …
Amid geopolitical tensions and tariff policy uncertainties, the Indian economy has remained resilient, aided by strong macroeconomic fundamentals, according to an article in the Reserve Bank of India’s July monthly bulletin. Read More…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the UK to sign a free trade deal expected to lead to a multi-billion pound boost in exports. UK cars and whisky will be cheaper to export to India and Indian textiles and jewellery cheaper to export to the UK under the agreement, which also commits to a…
The net foreign direct investment (FDI) in India — which is the difference between gross inflows and outflows– declined sharply by 98.2 per cent to $ 40 million in May 2025 from $ 2.2 billion in May 2024, on higher repatriation/divestment and outward investments from the country, RBI data showed. For May 2025, repatriation/divestment stood…
NASA’s newest mission, TRACERS, soon will begin studying how Earth’s magnetic shield protects our planet from the effects of space weather. Short for Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites, the twin TRACERS spacecraft lifted off at 11:13 a.m. PDT (2:13 p.m. EDT) Wednesday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4…