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Bhubaneswar: British Deputy High Commissioner for East and Northeast India, Andrew Fleming, met Odisha Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo here and held discussions on trade and investment, an official said. The meeting took place at the Lok Seva Bhavan in Bhubaneswar Tuesday evening....

Washington: US President Donald Trump Wednesday announced plans to onshore drug manufacturing by keeping tariffs on imported generic medicines at zero per cent for two years before raising them to 100 per cent in August 2028 and 200 per cent thereafter -- a move that...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Manila Wednesday to discuss priority areas, including trade, tariffs, energy, defence, critical minerals, and artificial intelligence. Jaishankar and Rubio are also understood to have exchanged views on the West...

New Delhi: The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has announced nationwide protests Wednesday against the proposed India-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and other trade pacts, and written to President Droupadi Murmu, urging her to intervene to stop the Centre from signing the agreements. In an open...

New Delhi: Production growth of nine core infrastructure sectors rose to a five-month high of 5 per cent in June due to an increase in output of cement, electricity and iron ore. The core sectors' growth was 1.1 per cent in June 2025 and 3.2...

New Delhi: The government has not yet decided to raise ethanol blending in petrol beyond the current 20 per cent level, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Suresh Gopi told the Rajya Sabha Monday, adding that any future increase would follow further scientific...

Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower Monday, dragged down by heavy selling in blue-chip bank stocks HDFC Bank and Axis Bank amid margin-related concerns and a flare-up in US-Iran tensions. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 442.93 points, or 0.57 per cent, to settle...

Mumbai: The rupee fell 14 paise to 96.44 (provisional) against the US dollar Monday, on risk aversion in global markets and a surge in crude oil prices. Forex traders said escalating US-Iran conflict and rising US Treasury yields weighed on the rupee. At the interbank...

Chisinau: President Droupadi Murmu said Monday that India and Moldova have agreed to increase cooperation in trade, investments, supply chains, and will also work on improving connectivity. Addressing a joint press meet with Moldova President C following their talks Presidential Palace in Chisinau Monday, President...

New Delhi: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal has concluded a five-day visit to Spain, Belgium, Finland and Estonia aimed at deepening India’s economic partnership with Europe, while building on the momentum generated by the successful conclusion of the India–EU Free Trade Agreement...