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New Delhi, May 10: Highlighting Indias growing importance in the global consumer and digital commerce ecosystem, Walmart President and CEO John Furner on Sunday met a group of Indian entrepreneurs and business leaders building high-growth, digital-first consumer brands. The interaction brought together founders from sectors such as beauty and personal care, food and beverages, lifestyle []

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, April 14: Former MLA Jemino Mawthoh has called for a cautious and transparent approach to development, citing concerns over environmental degradation and the need to protect states future. Mawthoh stated that the state has already suffered significant damage in the name of development and stressed that further harm must be prevented. []

Washington, April 9: The Iran war is darkening the outlook for the world economy whether or not a fragile ceasefire holds, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the fund will downgrade its forecast for the world economy next week. Had it not been for this []

New Delhi, April 5: Moodys Ratings has slashed Indias economic growth estimates for the current fiscal to 6 per cent from 6.8 per cent earlier, saying the ongoing conflict in West Asia will moderate growth momentum and raise inflation risks. In its credit opinion report on India, Moodys said prolonged disruptions, particularly LPG shipments due []

New Delhi, March 30: The WTO ministerial conference in Yaounde, which concluded on Monday, failed to reach any agreement on key issues, including the extension of the moratorium on e-commerce and reforms of the global trade body. The 14th ministerial conference (MC), which concluded in the early hours on March 30 in the capital city []

New Delhi, March 28: India has cautioned WTO members against weaponising transparency to justify trade retaliation or challenge legitimate domestic policies, saying it should be backed by sustained capacity-building support to ensure that all countries meet obligations fairly and effectively. Transparency is a key component of the technical barriers to trade agreement of the World []

New Delhi, March 26: India came out strongly on Thursday for WTO reforms to be carried out through a transparent, inclusive and member-driven process that keeps the special rights of developing countries at its core in accordance with the foundational principles and objectives of the multilateral organisation. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, in his address at []

New Delhi, Feb 27: Indias GDP growth estimate has been raised to 7.6 per cent for the current fiscal from 7.4 per cent after the government revised the calculation methodology, including change in base year and adding data from GST and e-Vahan portal, to better reflect economic activities. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation []

By Bhogtoram Mawroh In less than a week, the Government of Meghalaya is going to present its Budget for the year 20262027. Just like last year, there is sure to be a long speech by the Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma, outlining the various achievements of the government over the past year. One of the achievements []

Stakeholders conglomerate for pre-Budget consultation meeting in city By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Feb 6: Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Friday attributed Meghalayas economic progress to sustained capital expenditure and a steady rise in private investment, while noting that Meghalaya has emerged as the second fastest-growing state in the country in terms of real Gross State []

One of the most remarkable discoveries of modern neuroscience is that the adult brain is capable of producing new neurons in various mammalian species, including humans. For more than 30 years, science denied this possibility, which has now been confirmed by several important studies . In addition to increasing in number, it seems that they []