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New Delhi: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has invested the maximum amount of Rs 88,404 crore in the Tata Group, followed by an infusion of Rs 80,843 crore in HDFC Bank and Rs 60,065.56 crore in Reliance Group, Parliament was informed Tuesday. Adani Group...

New Delhi: India has proposed a preferential trade agreement (PTA) with Mexico to help domestic exporters deal with the steep tariffs announced by the South American country, a top government official said Monday. Mexico has decided to impose steep import tariffs - ranging from about...

New Delhi: India and the US are "very close" to finalising the framework for their proposed bilateral trade agreement, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said Monday, noting that both nations are actively engaged in negotiations. The two countries are holding two parallel negotiations -- one on...

New Delhi: India's exports rebounded by 19.37 per cent to USD 38.13 billion in November after contracting in October, driven by higher shipments of engineering and electronics goods that helped bring down the trade deficit to a five-month low of USD 24.53 billion. According to...

New Delhi: Over 60 flights were cancelled and 5 diverted at Delhi airport Monday due to poor visibility conditions, according to an official. Delhi airport operator DIAL said in a post on X shortly after 10 am that flight operations are still impacted due to...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking judicial intervention into the issue of cancellation of hundreds of flights by IndiGo, and asked the petitioner to move the Delhi High Court with the grievances. The Delhi High Court, December 10, questioned...

New Delhi: A Bill to repeal the MGNREGA and bring a new law for rural employment, Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, is set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha. According to a copy of the...

New Delhi: Wholesale price inflation (WPI) came in at (-) 0.32 per cent in November, driven by an uptick in prices of food articles like pulses and vegetables on a month-on-month basis, government data showed on Monday. WPI-based inflation was (-) 1.21 per cent in...

Pattamundai: Even as nearly 80 per cent of the kharif paddy harvest has been completed in Pattamundai subdivision and adjoining areas of Kendrapara district, the government is yet to open procurement mandis, pushing farmers into distress sale and fuelling illegal paddy trade. With mandis remaining...

New Delhi: WPI inflation data, trading activity of foreign investors and global cues would dictate trends in the stock market this week, analysts said. Besides this, movement of rupee against the US dollar and crude oil would also be tracked by investors, they noted. Markets...