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New Delhi: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi Wednesday alleged that the government has "sold Bharat Mata" through the India-US interim trade deal and that it was a "wholesale surrender" with India's energy security handed over to America and farmers' interests compromised. Participating in the debate...

New Delhi: Akasa Air's Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer Praveen Iyer has resigned, marking the second high-level exit at the over three-year-old airline in four months. In a statement Wednesday, the airline said that after a remarkable five- year journey, Iyer has decided to move...

Nuremberg: India has always negotiated with a "clear mindset" on sectors that are "very" sensitive for the country in trade pacts and has protected all those key segments under the interim trade agreement with the US, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said. He also said that...

New York/Washington: White House has removed "pulses" from a list of American products on which it said India will eliminate or reduce tariffs, in a revised fact sheet issued on the interim trade deal. On Monday, the White House had issued a fact sheet on...

New York/Washington: India has already started ‘winding down’ its purchases of Russian oil, and New Delhi is 'ramping back up' buying energy from America and other sources, United States Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer said Tuesday. In a call between President Donald Trump and Prime...

New Delhi: The India-US interim trade deal looks more like a "pre-committed purchase agreement" that overturns every principle of reciprocity, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said Tuesday and slammed Union ministers S Jaishankar and Piyush Goyal for playing "ping pong" when questions are posed. Initiating a...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty advanced for the third straight session Tuesday driven by firm global cues and optimism over India-US trade agreement, even as investors turned to profit-booking at higher levels. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 208.17 points, or 0.25 per cent,...

New Delhi: Under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's trade ecosystem is undergoing a historic and rapid transformation, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Tuesday. Interacting with a delegation of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), led by Member of...

New Delhi: The Government has set up a task force on darknet and cryptocurrency under the multi-agency centre (MAC) to monitor platforms facilitating narco-trafficking, Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday. In a written response, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the Government has...

New Delhi:  The Defence Ministry is likely to approve a Rs 3.25 lakh crore deal this week to buy 114 Rafale fighter jets from France for the Indian Air Force, according to reliable sources. The clearance is scheduled to take place ahead of French President...