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Brussels: A senior European lawmaker has sharply criticised a draft trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the United States, warning that it could undermine the bloc's economic stability and job security. Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade, described...

Bhubaneswar: With a forward-looking, policy-driven approach, Odisha is making strategic strides to revitalise its maritime sector. Spearheaded by the Odisha Maritime Board and led by the Commerce & Transport department, the state is focusing on modernising and expanding key ports. These initiatives aim to build...

New Delhi: Stock markets are in for an event-heavy week ahead with a raft of Q1 earnings from blue-chips, the US Fed interest rate decision and foreign investors trading activity driving investors' sentiment, analysts said. Macroeconomic data announcements, monthly auto sales numbers and global market...

New Delhi: India's top IT services firms delivered single-digit revenue growth in April-June, capping off a mixed, somewhat-sobering quarter as macroeconomic instability and geopolitical tensions weighed on global tech demand and delayed client decisionmaking. Management commentary painted a mixed picture, caution prevailed, yet industry CEOs...

New Delhi: The combined market valuation of 6 of the top-10 most valued firms diminished by Rs 2.22 lakh crore last week, with Reliance Industries taking the biggest hit, in-line with a bearish trend in equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark gauge declined by 294.64...

New Delhi: India's largest IT services firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), is set to lay off about 2 per cent, or 12,261 employees, of its global workforce this year, with the majority of those impacted belonging to middle and senior grades. As of June 30,...

New Delhi: The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) goes beyond goods and addresses services exports, which are a core strength of India’s economy. Currently, India's services exports to the UK are a robust $19.8 billion, and CETA promises to expand this further with...

Mumbai: Enforcement Directorate searches against the companies of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani in Mumbai continued for the third day  Saturday with the agency recovering a number of documents and computer peripherals from multiple locations, official sources said. The raids were launched July 24 by...

New Delhi: India has protected all sensitive sectors, including dairy, rice and sugar, in the free trade agreement with the UK, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Saturday. The pact will help boost exports of labour-intensive products like footwear, textiles and gems and jewellery,...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Saturday said talks with the US on the proposed trade agreement are making fast progress. He said negotiations for a free trade agreement with Oman are almost finalised. "...USA is making fast progress," Goyal told reporters here....