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Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded Friday after value buying in blue-chip banking, oil & gas, and auto shares following recent sharp losses. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 315.20 points, or 0.43 per cent, to settle at 73,895.74 with 19 of its constituents...

Bhubaneswar: BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik Friday blamed BJP MPs from Odisha for the passage of the amended mines law in Parliament, and asked the Chief Minister to pause its implementation as the legislation infringes the state's constitutional rights and would stymie its progress. The party...

New Delhi: Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in India has touched a highest-ever level of USD 94.53 billion in 2025-26, while cumulative FDI inflows during 2014-26 have reached USD 843 billion, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Friday. He also said that as of March...

Washington: The US and China have agreed to extend their trade-war truce by two months, to give more time for a potentially larger deal between the two countries, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said. Bessent made these remarks Wednesday shortly after Chinese leader Xi...

New Delhi: India’s semiconductor industry is moving from policy announcements to commercial production and ecosystem building, with Semicon 2.0 and SEMICON India 2026 creating the foundation for what industry leaders describe as a “positive spiral” of investment, manufacturing and localisation. Speaking after the conclusion of...

New Delhi: An IndiGo Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft with over 250 passengers on board returned to London’s Heathrow Airport early Wednesday due to a technical snag shortly after taking off for Delhi. An emergency was declared, following which the aircraft was given priority to land...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Wednesday that tax administrations of BRICS countries must strengthen their collective voice in the ongoing renegotiation of international tax rules. Addressing the inaugural session of the BRICS Tax Heads meeting here, Sitharaman said that BRICS countries are large...

New Delhi: The proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union could be signed by the end of this year, German Ambassador to India Dr Jasper Wieck said Wednesday, adding that unlocking the pact's economic potential and boosting bilateral trade and investment...

New Delhi: All banks, including Regional Rural Banks, will remain open Sunday for the convenience of customers in view of a strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), finance ministry said in a statement Wednesday. The UFBU, which claims to represent 90...

United Nations: US President Donald Trump has said that his administration strongly supports the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC), saying there is a need to shift energy infrastructure away from Iranian checkpoints amid multiple strikes on West Asian countries. Trump made these remarks while addressing...