AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd., a science-led biopharmaceutical company, on Wednesday announced that it has received approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for the cancer drug Trastuzumab Deruxtecan for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. Trastuzumab Deruxtecan is a specifically engineered HER2-directed antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) being jointly developed and commercialised by AstraZeneca and […]
A new global commerce study has found that over one billion digital native consumers are going to emerge from the eight fastest-growing countries in the next decade. The study said that India was among the list of eight emerging markets expected to contribute to this growth. Other countries in the list include Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia, […]
India is fast emerging as a key global aviation market, according to the latest market analysis report of the International Air Transport Association ( ATA). India’s domestic air travel has continued to grow robustly and as of February, it was a mere 2.2 per cent shy of reaching pre-pandemic levels measured by passenger revenue kilometres […]
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) reported earlier this month that India was one of the most improved countries in its quarterly forecast of the best business environments in the next five years. In the EIU’s Business Environment Ranking (BER) published on April 13, the South Asian nation climbed six notches on a global basis and […]
The Indian government is planning to announce a national retail trade policy and an accident insurance scheme for GST-registered domestic traders, according to news agency PTI. The policy is expected to provide better infrastructure and increased access to credit for traders, with provisions to ensure easy and affordable credit, digitisation of retail trade, modern infrastructural […]
India, Sweden on Friday discussed how the two countries can learn from each other and work on the further development of the aviation sector. The discussions were led by Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation General VK Singh and Sweden’s Minister for Infrastructure and Housing, Andreas Carlson. Carlson in a meeting with Singh on […]
In a series of meetings with the Union government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has expressed confidence about a long-term working relationship with India. After the meeting with Prime Minister Modi, Tim Cook on Wednesday tweeted, “Thank you Prime Minister @narendramodi for the warm welcome. We share your vision […]
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Israel and India will be discussed on Tuesday, Israel’s Minister of Economy Nir Barkat said adding that the Indian economy is rising to be the third in the world. Replying to a media query over FTA between India and Israel, Barkat said, “I’m going to be discussing it with […]
Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said that India’s overall exports scaled new heights to USD 770 billion in 2022-23, registering 14 per cent growth compared to the previous year’s figures. He said, “It is an all-time high record, growing from USD 500 billion in 2020-21 to USD 676 billion in 2021-22”. Goyal was addressing the […]
India’s smartphone exports more than quadrupled to USD 11.1 billion (approximately Rs 91,000 crore) in 2022-23 (FY23) from USD 5.48 billion (Rs 45,000 crore) the previous year, according to figures from the India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA). “With the doubling of smartphone exports to over Rs 90,000 crore, India is well on its way […]
