International

Mumbai: India and the UAE Monday agreed to take steps for the timely implementation of initiatives relating to settlement of trade in local currencies, integration of payment and messaging systems, and central-bank digital currencies, as both sides aim to increase the two-way commerce to USD...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will visit the US this week to attend the G20 Trade Ministers' meeting in Milwaukee and hold deliberations with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on the bilateral trade agreement, an official statement said Monday. "Goyal will also...

Washington: President Donald Trump has justified the pending US arms sale to Taiwan to Chinese President Xi Jinping by downplaying it as just one of many sales Washington makes around the world -- even asking Xi if he'd be in the market for US arms,...

Washington: India has been included among countries eligible for zero US tariffs on several categories of speciality pharmaceutical products and ingredients, offering targeted relief to one of America’s leading sources of medicines. The US Commerce Department published the list as Washington prepares to impose a...

Washington: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has warned that artificial intelligence could drive events causing one billion deaths, as a sharp debate emerged in Washington over whether governments should regulate advanced AI or avoid rules that could slow the United States in its race with China....

Washington:  The United States has partially lifted antidumping and countervailing-duty orders on certain aluminium can stock imported from India. The US Commerce Department announced the final results of its changed-circumstances reviews in a notice applicable from September 24. The decision covers qualifying aluminium can stock...

Washington: The US will ship agricultural products and medical devices to China in exchange for household goods, toys and other products at lower tariffs under the trade arrangement announced during President Xi Jinping's visit to America. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced the US-China Board...

Islamabad: Pakistan will host a three-day meeting of national coordinators of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) from Monday as it begins preparations for the grouping's Council of Heads of State summit in August 2027. The meeting, to be held from September 28 to 30, marks...

New Delhi/Kabul: India Sunday delivered another consignment of life-saving medicines and medical consumables in Kabul as part of its ongoing humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. "India’s humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan continues. Another consignment from India has reached Kabul, including life-saving medicines and medical...

Bukavu: A vessel carrying traders capsized in Lake Kivu in eastern Congo, killing at least 12 and leaving dozens missing, authorities said Sunday. The vessel was carrying more than 50 people when it capsized Saturday night on Idjwi Island, in South Kivu province, said Felix...