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Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty reversed early losses to end modestly higher Friday as investors turned to buying blue-chip stocks at beaten-down prices. The 30-share BSE Sensex benchmark began the trade on a negative note by declining 449.35 points, or 0.53 per cent...

New Delhi: Wholesale Price Inflation (WPI) fell to a 27-month low of (-) 1.21 per cent in October, led by a sharp deflation in food items like pulses and vegetables, and lower prices of fuel and manufactured items, government data showed Friday. WPI-based inflation was...

Vishakhapatnam: World Trade Organisation Chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Friday, said India should be a leader of the reform process at the WTO. She said that India's economy is growing at a healthy pace and it is a leader in areas such as technology. She said that...

New Delhi: India and Canada have agreed to hold sustained ministerial engagements with the trade and investment community in both countries early next year, an official statement said Friday. The agreement was made at the ‘Ministerial Dialogue on Trade and Investment’ between Union Minister for...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Maninder Sidhu, Canada’s Minister of International Trade, discussed ways to further boost bilateral trade and promote investments, it was announced Thursday. Sidhu is in India to find opportunities to advance trade and investment linkages between the...

New Delhi: India and Nepal signed an agreement Thursday to strengthen the movement of rail-based freight between the two neighbouring countries. The pact will facilitate railway freight movement between Jogbani (India) and Biratnagar (Nepal), including bulk cargo under an expanded definition. Glad to announce the...

New Delhi: Retail inflation slipped to a multi-year low of 0.25 per cent in October, driven by the impact of the GST rate cut and subdued prices of vegetables and fruits, government data showed Wednesday. The consumer price index (CPI) based retail inflation was 1.44...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty continued their upward momentum for the third straight day Wednesday, supported by gains in IT and consumer durables shares amid a rally in global equities markets. Traders said optimism over the anticipated resolution of the US government shutdown...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Wednesday met Saudi Arabia's Investment Minister Khalid Al Falih and discussed ways to further deepen economic and trade ties between the two nations. The discussions centred around advancing trade and investment in tech, energy, infrastructure and startups,...

New York: US President Donald Trump appeared to defend the H-1B visa programme, saying America has to bring in talent from around the world as it does not have “certain talents” in the country. “I agree but you also do have to bring in talent,”...