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New Delhi: Reliance Industries and Rolls-Royce Friday said they intend to jointly develop a sovereign combat engine for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme, marking a bid by India's largest private-sector company and Britain's storied aero-engine maker to build indigenous fighter-jet propulsion capability in...

Mumbai: Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower Friday as elevated oil prices and the prolonged US-Iran impasse weighed on investor sentiment. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 70.71 points, or 0.09 per cent, to settle at 78,009.25. During the day, it declined 395.59 points,...

New Delhi: Wholesale price inflation softened month-on-month for the first time in nine months to 9.78 per cent in July on easing in fuel and food prices. Wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation was 9.87 per cent in June. This is the first time since October...

Washington: US Thursday accused more than 40 countries, including India, of operating a “shadow transhipment network” to help China evade high tariffs and unveiled plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) to detect and penalise such practices. In a report titled ‘The Great Trans shipment Scam’,...

New Delhi: Hours after India made public assurances last week that ethanol-blended petrol was safe, the country’s main auto lobby withdrew a complaint about fuel contamination it had sent to the government a week earlier, saying some figures needed more checks. But separate communications between...

Mumbai: Shares of Tata Group companies came under broad selling pressure Wednesday after N. Chandrasekaran decided not to seek reappointment as chairman of Tata Sons, wiping out more than Rs 68,000 crore in combined market capitalisation despite gains in a handful of group stocks. The...

London: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has appointed a leading Indian-origin strategist and media executive to the role of Expert Adviser on Structure and Process. Gautam Rangarajan, a former BBC strategist and musician, takes charge at 10 Downing Street this week in the newly created...

Bhubaneswar: Referring to geopolitical tensions in West Asia and India's dependence on imported crude oil, Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Wednesday urged MSMEs to promote sustainable mobility and gradually shift towards electric vehicles. Addressing the 41st Foundation Day celebration and annual state-level convention 2026 of...

New Delhi: The Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM) urged the government on Wednesday to stand firm against any US attempt to use tariffs to dictate India's oil purchases. The RSS-affiliate also called upon the government to ensure that India-US trade negotiations are conducted on the basis...

Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower for the second day Wednesday as elevated crude oil prices and selling in Tata Group stocks after Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said he will not seek reappointment when his current term ends on February 20,...