As India prepares for Independence Day, Hindustan Times is revisiting iconic speeches from the Red Fort. In its ninth episode, the outlet highlights PM P. V. Narasimha Rao's 1995 address, in which…
Zhu Rongji, the former Chinese premier who drove the country's economic transformation, died on Wednesday in Beijing after an illness, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. He was 97. Zhu served as…
Maruti Suzuki India chairman RC Bhargava has asked the central and state governments to speed up economic reforms and simplify doing business. In his message in the company’s 2025-26 annual report, he…
Cuba's communist government on Wednesday lifted restrictions on private firms in gas distribution, electricity generation, waste collection, and medicine manufacturing, as the US fuel embargo deepens acute shortages. Private companies may now…
The government is considering a proposal to relax foreign direct investment norms for downstream investments, sources said. The move is aimed at boosting overseas fund inflows and creating jobs. Separately, the Taxation…
India has improved its position by 25 places in the Competere Foundation's Market Distortions Performance Index, rising from 82nd in 2010 to 57th in 2023, according to a report released on Thursday.…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India may rationalise most customs tariffs by the 2027-28 Budget, with some items excluded. Speaking at the C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture organised by NCAER, she described Viksit…
