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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi is scheduled to leave for Mumbai Wednesday to attend India Chem 2026, India's flagship biennial event for the chemicals and petrochemicals industry, which begins Thursday. According to an official statement, CM Majhi will participate in the inaugural session...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to procure Improved Low-Level Lightweight Radar (LLLR-I) at a cost of approximately Rs 770 crore to boost the air defence capability of the Indian Army. The LLLR(I) system has the...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices extended their losses for a second straight session Wednesday, with the Sensex dropping 143 points as selling in power, banking and financial stocks and elevated crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiment. Besides, rising US bond yields and persistent FII selling...

New Delhi: The country's largest bank, SBI, Wednesday said it is investigating the suspected exposure of 3,897 customer records containing personally identifiable information on the dark web, following alerts it received October 16 from its threat intelligence service provider, the Defence Cyber Agency, and CERT-In....

Jamnagar(Gujarat): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Gujarat's Jamnagar city Wednesday to visit the oil refinery complex owned by Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd, a day after he described India as a crude oil refining "superpower". Rubio is on a three-day visit to...

New Delhi: Jio Platforms Ltd's (JPL) public offer has been fully subscribed within 100 minutes of opening on Wednesday, making it the fastest-ever subscribed IPO. The Rs 30,213 crore offer, with a price band of Rs 1,065 to Rs 1,119 per share, drew the first...

Washington: The US and India are "pretty close" to a trade deal, which will differ significantly from earlier pacts, US President Donald Trump said here. Speaking to reporters at the Oval Office Tuesday, Trump said India and the US were pretty close to making a...

Mumbai/New Delhi:  India and the US moved to expand energy and defence cooperation Tuesday despite ongoing friction in their relations, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged New Delhi to scale up energy trade and increase the purchase of American technologies and systems. External Affairs...

Mumbai/New Delhi: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio kick-started a three-day visit to India Tuesday to advance bilateral ties in energy, trade and investment, defence, critical technologies, and exchange views on the West Asia crisis. Rubio's second India visit this year comes amid persistent friction...

New Delhi: India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), signed April 27, came into effect Tuesday, providing duty-free access to a range of Indian goods, including products from labour-intensive sectors such as textiles and leather. It is the seventh trade pact to come into force in...