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Peshawar: The World Bank has sanctioned additional funding of USD 108 million for improving the lives of women and girls by enhancing their access to essential services and economic opportunities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan. The Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Tourism Development (KITE) and the...

New Delhi: The US Tuesday again placed India on its 'priority watch list' stating that New Delhi remains one of the world's most challenging major economies with respect to protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights. The US Trade Representative's (USTR) 2025 Special 301...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty settled marginally higher in a volatile trade Tuesday as investors turned cautious amid concerns over geopolitical tensions. However, intense buying in blue-chips Reliance Industries, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services and unabated foreign capital inflows supported the domestic market....

New Delhi: India and the US are looking at an "early mutual wins" before finalising the first phase of the proposed bilateral trade agreement, the commerce ministry said Tuesday. Chief negotiators of both countries concluded three days of talks in Washington last week. During the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has begun the process of refunding money to the depositors who had accounts in the Bhubaneswar Urban Co-operative Bank which shut down in 2015. The bank had shut down due to “complete mismanagement.” Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday launched the process...

London: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, who is in London on a two-day visit, focused on bilateral trade and investment ties during his interaction with a range of senior business leaders to explore the potential for greater collaborations with the UK. After a meeting...

Washington: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that India is likely to be among the first countries to finalise a bilateral trade agreement with the US to avert reciprocal tariffs by President Donald Trump. Bessent made these remarks Monday during an interview with CNBC's...

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London: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal arrived in London Monday morning at the start of a five-day three-city tour, also covering Oslo and Brussels, to drive forward trade and investment dialogues with the UK and Europe. The minister, who is accompanied by a business...

New Delhi: India's industrial production growth marginally accelerated to 3 per cent in March 2025 from 2.7 per cent in February, according to official data released Monday. However, on an annual basis, the growth in March was down from 5.5 per cent in the corresponding...