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New York: The doors to India-US trade have been opened wider with the launch of a digital portal to bring businesses from the two countries together in the march to $500 billion annual trade between the two great democracies, according to Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal....

Bhala Chandra Mohanty is a prominent industrialist and the Managing Director of Oriclean Private Limited. Since founding the company in 1990, he has transformed a small-scale unit in Cuttack into a multi-crore manufacturing powerhouse. Under his leadership, Oriclean has become a critical strategic partner for...

Washington: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri Wednesday launched the India-US Trade Facilitation Portal as the two countries eye the USD 500 billion bilateral trade target. Misri, who is on a three-day visit to the US, launched the portal at a virtual event that was attended by...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended nearly 4 per cent higher on Wednesday, following an impressive rally in global markets and a drop in crude oil prices, after the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire. Rallying for the fifth day in a...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Wednesday projected retail inflation for the current financial year at 4.6 per cent, well within the government-mandated inflation target range of 4 per cent with a tolerance band of +/- 2 per cent. Before the outbreak of the West Asia conflict,...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Wednesday projected India's GDP growth for the current financial year at 6.9 per cent, lower than 7.6 per cent estimated for 2025-26, driven by concerns over elevated commodity prices and supply chain disruptions originating from the West Asia crisis. Unveiling the...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Wednesday expectedly kept interest rates unchanged amid hopes of a global recovery on the back of the ceasefire in the six-week-long US/Israel-Iran conflict. The policy decision comes as a month and a-half-long West Asia conflict has disrupted energy supplies, shot up...

Mumbai: Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged in early trade on Wednesday following a sharp rally in global peers and a significant drop in crude oil prices after the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 2,775.73 points...

New Delhi: Global crude oil prices Wednesday plunged sharply up to 20 per cent, after US President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran that includes a pledge to restore navigation through the Strait of Hormuz -- the narrow waterway at the heart of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday urged mining leaseholders and industries to increase mineral production to meet the growing demand for iron ore amidst the state's rapid industrialisation. Presiding over a high-level meeting with mining leaseholders and industrialists, Majhi assured that the government...