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New Delhi: India’s services exports have expanded faster than the global average over the past decade, helping cushion India’s external sector against geopolitical disrutions, reducing vulnerabilities and supporting trade stability, according to a government factsheet Sunday. Between 2015 and 2025, services exports grew at a...

By RABINARAYAN JENA, OP Bhubaneswar: Odisha is witnessing significantly slower bank credit growth compared to the national average, with the state’s growth rate standing at just 9 per cent against the national figure of 20 per cent. This leaves Odisha 11 percentage points behind the...

By KARTIK SAHU, OP Kataka: In a bid to safeguard public health and ensure food safety standards, the Kataka Municipal Corporation (KMC) conducted a special in spection drive against pani puri (gupchup) vendors at various locations across the city Friday. The drive focused on ensuring...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha showcased its rich cultural heritage, traditional craftsmanship and emerging economic potential at the 45th India International Trade Fair (IITF)-2026, with Chief Secretary Anu Garg inaugurating the state pavilion at Hall-3 of Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi Saturday. The pavilion, themed ‘Where Virasat Inspires...

Bhubaneswar/Balangir: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday launched the distribution of houses among beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) across the state. He also inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for development projects worth Rs 911 crore in Balangir district. The programme...

New Delhi: India and the US have sorted out the bulk of the issues relating to the proposed trade deal and it could be sealed "soon" as negotiations are underway to resolve the last stretch of concerns, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Saturday. His...

Hong Kong: Well before reports emerged that former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was having an affair with a suspected Chinese spy, the advanced chips made by his company were at the centre of the race between the US and China to dominate artificial intelligence. The...

New Delhi: The Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) has written to Union Civil Aviation Minister, Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, urging the government to take immediate steps to regulate rising airfares and put a stop to what it described as arbitrary pricing by airlines. The...

Piyush Goyal to visit Egypt to strengthen bilateral trade and investment ties New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is set to undertake an official visit to Egypt from November 15-16, with an aim to further strengthen the longstanding India-Egypt partnership, the Commerce Ministry...

New Delhi: All Microsoft products became operational Saturday, the company's service health page showed, after a massive global outage that disrupted Outlook email and other workplace services, with the firm saying it was deeply sorry and blamed the incident on a network capacity upgrade issue....