After duty hike comes curbs on silver import

NEW DELHI: Days after more than doubling the customs duty, govt on Saturday moved in to restrict the import of certain types of silver as part of its strategy to reduce surging shipments of bullion.In a notification, the directorate general of foreign trade moved silver bars containing 99% or more of the metal as well…

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BlackRock in talks for up to $10 billion investment in SpaceX IPO: Report

BlackRock has held discussions to invest between $5 billion and $10 billion in SpaceX’s planned initial public offering next month, Reuters reported citing news outlet The Information on Saturday.Bloomberg News reported on Friday that a majority of SpaceX shareholders have approved a 5-for-1 stock split recommended by the company’s board. According to the report, shareholders…

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Why the government is identifying 100 products to cut import dependence

India is preparing a fresh manufacturing push centred on identifying nearly 100 products that are either not produced domestically or are inadequately manufactured despite existing capability, signalling a sharper industrial policy focus amid shifting global supply chains, geopolitical tensions and the country’s ambition to emerge as a global manufacturing hub.The initiative, outlined by Department for…

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CCPA issues notices to Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho and JioMart over ‘cyclosinone herbicide’ sale

Four major e-commerce platforms– Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho and JioMart– have removed listings of the allegedly unregistered “Cyclosinone Herbicide” following notices issued by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), which has now ordered a detailed investigation into the matter.In a statement issued on Saturday, the regulator said the platforms informed it that listings of the product…

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Nirmal Narvekar, Harvard’s $57 billion Indian-American money manager, bows out

Photo credit: Harvard Alumni TOI correspondent from Washington: Nirmal Narvekar, the Indian-American financier who spent nearly a decade reshaping the investment machinery behind Harvard University’s colossal $57 billion endowment, is preparing to retire, closing one of the most consequential – and controversial – chapters in modern university finance.Known on Wall Street and in Ivy League…

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