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Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has raised the minimum daily wages of workers by Rs 10, effective from April 1, an official said. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved a proposal for the daily wage hike Tuesday, he said, adding that the decision will benefit lakhs of...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said that trade talks with India were “coming along great” and expressed confidence in signing a deal. Unlike his aides, however, the president did not put an immediacy to the talks. “India's coming along great,” he told reporters at an...

Washington: President Donald Trump will sign executive orders Tuesday to relax some of his 25 per cent tariffs on autos and auto parts, the White House said, a significant reversal as the import taxes threatened to hurt domestic manufacturers. Automakers and independent analyses have indicated...

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the constitution of an interim committee to oversee the operations of IndusInd Bank, which will discharge the duties, roles and responsibilities of the chief executive officer (CEO) of the bank for an interim period until...

Peshawar: The World Bank has sanctioned additional funding of USD 108 million for improving the lives of women and girls by enhancing their access to essential services and economic opportunities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan. The Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Tourism Development (KITE) and the...

New Delhi: The US Tuesday again placed India on its 'priority watch list' stating that New Delhi remains one of the world's most challenging major economies with respect to protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights. The US Trade Representative's (USTR) 2025 Special 301...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty settled marginally higher in a volatile trade Tuesday as investors turned cautious amid concerns over geopolitical tensions. However, intense buying in blue-chips Reliance Industries, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services and unabated foreign capital inflows supported the domestic market....

New Delhi: India and the US are looking at an "early mutual wins" before finalising the first phase of the proposed bilateral trade agreement, the commerce ministry said Tuesday. Chief negotiators of both countries concluded three days of talks in Washington last week. During the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has begun the process of refunding money to the depositors who had accounts in the Bhubaneswar Urban Co-operative Bank which shut down in 2015. The bank had shut down due to “complete mismanagement.” Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday launched the process...

London: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, who is in London on a two-day visit, focused on bilateral trade and investment ties during his interaction with a range of senior business leaders to explore the potential for greater collaborations with the UK. After a meeting...