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By Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s seafood industry has plunged into deep crisis after the US government imposed a steep 50 per cent tariff on all Indian imports. The move, announced by President Donald Trump in retaliation for India’s continued oil trade with Russia, has...

Mumbai: Stock markets rose sharply Monday powered by heavy buying in auto and consumer durables stocks, buoyed by plans for big bang reforms in the GST regime by Diwali and S&P upgrading India's sovereign credit rating. Extending the morning gains, the 30-share BSE Sensex further...

New Delhi: Homegrown JSW Steel and the POSCO Group of South Korea have joined hands to explore setting up a 6 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) steel plant in India. As part of the next steps, JSW and POSCO will undertake a detailed feasibility study...

New Delhi: Plans for big bang reforms in the GST regime by Diwali, the Putin-Trump summit and S&P upgrading India's sovereign credit rating are likely to instil optimism in the domestic equity market in the week ahead, analysts said. Besides, trends in global markets and...

New Delhi: The combined market valuation of five of the top-10 most valued firms increased by Rs 60,675.94 crore last week, with State Bank of India and HDFC Bank emerging as the lead gainers in line with a positive trend in equities. In a holiday-shortened...

New Delhi: Foreign investors offloaded Indian equities worth nearly Rs 21,000 crore in the first half of August, pressured by US-India trade tensions, lacklustre first-quarter corporate earnings, and a weakening rupee. With this, the total outflow by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) in equities reached the...

Bhubaneswar: Farmers in Odisha can now register themselves to sell their paddy to the government during the Kharif Marketing Season 2025-26, Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra said in Bhubaneswar Sunday. Briefing reporters here, Patra said, "We have further simplified the registration...

New Delhi: Korean electronics major Samsung has started production of laptops in India at its Greater Noida factory, sources aware of the development said. Samsung has been making feature phones, smartphones, wearables, and tablets at its Greater Noida factory. "Samsung has expanded its manufacturing portfolio....

New Delhi: Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn's Bengaluru factory, its second-largest manufacturing unit, has commenced operation with production of iPhone 17 recently at a small scale, sources aware of the development said. Foxconn is the largest manufacturer of iPhones, and the second-biggest facility outside China in...

New Delhi: The proposed ‘Next Gen GST' with sweeping reforms, lower tax rates, and just two slabs, aims to boost the economy amid tariff threats and set the stage for a single tax rate regime by the time India becomes a developed nation, government sources...