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New Delhi: India will have no difficulty in purchasing goods worth USD 500 billion from the US over the next five years, as envisaged under the bilateral trade pact, and in fact, this is an "extremely" conservative number for a country which aspires to become...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Puri-Paradip Economic Corridor, recently unveiled by Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, represents an urban development initiative to fuse the four regions into a unified coastal growth engine. Spanning key sectors such as industry, logistics, technology hubs, tourism and port-led trade, the corridor...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Sunday said adequate safeguards are in place in the trade agreement with the US to protect the interests of farmers and the domestic industry from any significant increase in imports. The trade deal with the US will...

New Delhi: After three consecutive months of heavy selling, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) turned net buyers in the first week of February, infusing more than Rs 8,100 crore in Indian equities, aided by improving risk sentiment, along with a trade deal with the US. The...

New Delhi: The combined market valuation of eight of the top 10 valued firms jumped by a whopping Rs 4.55 lakh crore last week, with Reliance Industries emerging as the biggest winner, in line with a remarkable rally in equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark...

New York: The US has said it is "very excited" to have extended an invitation to India to join the Pax Silica initiative on supply chain security and will be soon signing with the Indian Government, underlining there is "very positive momentum" in relations with...

New Delhi: India is likely to begin scaling back its crude oil purchases from Russia under an agreement reached with the United States in exchange for lower trade tariffs, sources said, adding that these imports will continue for now, as refiners like Nayara Energy have...

Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim Sunday oversaw the signing of six major agreements between India and Malaysia, as both nations moved to further strengthen cultural, economic and strategic cooperation during bilateral engagements in Kuala Lumpur. The agreements were...

New Delhi: Several farmer organisations, including SKM, its non-political breakaway faction and AIKS, criticised the India-US trade deal Saturday and said protests against it will be held across the country. In a statement issued in New Delhi Saturday, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) alleged that...

New Delhi: Ride-hailing apps such as Ola, Uber and Rapido were sporadically impacted Saturday as drivers went on a partial strike across several cities in the country. Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU) had called for a "breakdown" February 7 to protest against existing...