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New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Tuesday said India-China relations are gradually moving towards normalcy, noting that as border issues get resolved, easing of tensions is a natural consequence. At the meeting held on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit,...

New Delhi: Centre is likely to push for a 5 per cent tax on EVs when its ambitious overhaul of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to lower tax rates on daily use items ranging from butter to electronics is considered by the all powerful...

New Delhi: Critical semiconductor production projects may continue to get up to 70 per cent of total project cost as incentive from the Centre as well as states, a senior government official said Tuesday. Speaking at the Semicon India event, Electronics and IT Secretary S...

Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty reversed early gains to close lower Tuesday dragged by last-hour profit-taking in banking and auto shares amid caution ahead of the GST Council meeting. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 206.61 points or 0.26 per cent to settle at 80,157.88....

New Delhi: As many as 13 firms, including Urban Company, which provides app-based beauty and home services, and Imagine Marketing, the parent of wearables brand boAt, have secured Sebi's approval to launch initial public offerings (IPOs), according to the regulator's update Tuesday. Other firms that...

Mumbai: Country's largest IT services company TCS has rolled out salary hikes in the range of 4.5–7 per cent for a majority of its employees, sources said Tuesday. The Tata group company has started sending the letters of increment to the employees from late Monday...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Tuesday said India is negotiating a bilateral trade agreement (BTA) with the United States.c India has already inked free trade agreements with Australia, the UAE, Mauritius, the UK and the four-European nation bloc EFTA, he added. "Lots...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said 10 semiconductor projects worth over USD 18 billion are underway and the country is advancing towards the next phase of the India Semiconductor Mission and revamping the design-linked incentive scheme to tap the USD 1 trillion...

New Delhi: In a veiled rebuttal to the 'dead economy' jibe, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said the Indian economy grew 7.8 per cent in the first quarter, surpassing all expectations despite global uncertainties and challenges driven by economic self-interest. Speaking at the Semicon India...

New Delhi: Five agreements providing for boosting ties in sectors such as shipping, civil aviation and space will be inked between India and Singapore during Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's three-day trip to New Delhi beginning Tuesday. Authoritative sources said the overall focus of Wong's...