Saudi GDP down 0.3 per cent year-on-year in Q2: Report

Saudi GDP down 0.3 per cent year-on-year in Q2: Report

Saudi Arabia (Photo: X) Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday a 0.3-per cent year-on-year decrease in real gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2024, mainly due to an 8.9-per cent year-on-year drop in oil activities during the period. The findings were part of a report released by the country’s General Authority for Statistics, … Read more

‘Caught napping at the wheels’: Congress slams govt over trade deficit with China

‘Caught napping at the wheels’: Congress slams govt over trade deficit with China

The Congress on Saturday hit out at the Centre over the issue of trade deficit with China and said that while other countries around the world had taken measures to restrict uncontrolled Chinese imports, “our government has been caught napping at the wheels”. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the data revealed by … Read more

Expect domestic two-wheeler sales to reach peak levels of FY19 latest by Q1 FY26: Bajaj Auto

Expect domestic two-wheeler sales to reach peak levels of FY19 latest by Q1 FY26: Bajaj Auto

New Delhi: Two-wheeler sales in India are expected to grow around 6-8 per cent this fiscal and could reach the peak level of 2018-19 either in the fourth quarter or the beginning of next financial year, a top official of Bajaj Auto said on Tuesday. The rising commodity prices, specially natural rubber, have forced the … Read more

Bajaj: Bajaj Auto total sales flat at 3.55 lakh units in May

Bajaj: Bajaj Auto total sales flat at 3.55 lakh units in May

Bajaj Auto on Monday said its total sales remained flat at 3,55,323 units in May. The Pune-based automaker sold 3,55,148 vehicles in May 2023, the company said in a regulatory filing. Total domestic sales (including commercial vehicles) declined 1 per cent to 2,25,087 units last month compared to 2,28,401 units sold in May 2023. Total … Read more

Pre-owned car market expected to touch 1.09 cr units by FY28: Report

Pre-owned car market expected to touch 1.09 cr units by FY28: Report

India’s pre-owned cars sales market is expected to reach 1.09 crore units with value more than doubling to USD 73 billion by FY28, according to the latest Indian Blue Book (IBB) report. In FY23, the pre-owned cars sales in India stood at about 51 lakh units. The domestic used car industry was valued at USD … Read more

Domestic chip tool companies take centre stage at Semicon China with US counterparts largely absent amid tech war

Domestic chip tool companies take centre stage at Semicon China with US counterparts largely absent amid tech war

US chip equipment companies are largely absent from the 1,100-exhibitor list at this week’s Semicon China, one of the country’s largest semiconductor industry events, as the China-US tech war continues to swirl. Although major US chip tool companies Lam Research and Applied Materials have sponsored Semicon China for the second consecutive year, neither of them … Read more

ICRA: Passenger vehicles industry to grow up to nine percent this fiscal, says ICRA

ICRA: Passenger vehicles industry to grow up to nine percent this fiscal, says ICRA

The domestic passenger vehicle (PV) market is estimated to grow by six to nine per cent in the current financial year over the preceding fiscal, according to ratings firm ICRA. In absolute terms, the PV industry will clock a sales figure of 4.2 million units in the current fiscal. The report said that dealer inventories … Read more

Kerala logs new high in domestic tourist arrivals in 2023

Kerala logs new high in domestic tourist arrivals in 2023

Thiruvananthapuram: In a new record in domestic tourist arrivals, Kerala attracted 2,18,71,641 domestic visitors in the calendar year 2023, registering a 15.92 per cent increase over the previous year, Minister for Tourism and Public Works P A Mohamed Riyas said here on Monday. In 2022, Kerala hosted 1,88,67,414 domestic tourists, with domestic arrivals logging an … Read more