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New Delhi: Retail inflation rose to 4.82 per cent in August, driven by costly onion and other food items, remaining above Reserve Bank's median target, according to government data released Monday. Wholesale price-based inflation also increased to 9.92 per cent in August from 9.78 per...

Bhubaneswar: Omfed will soon introduce ice-cream and packaged drinking water, state Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister Gokulananda Mallik said Monday. Speaking to reporters here, Mallik said discussions were underway on introducing the ice-cream under the Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation (Omfed) brand and...

New Delhi: India and Canada Monday started fourth round of negotiations for the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in New Delhi, as the two sides look to conclude the talks this year, an official said. The issues that would figure in the five-day (September...

New Delhi: Wholesale price-based inflation rose to 9.92 per cent in August, compared to 9.78 per cent in July, on rising prices of food, manufactured items, and fuel and power, government data showed Monday. Inflation in the food index rose to 7.05 per cent in...

Dhaka: Bangladesh Sunday said it wants to "reset" its relationship with India and build a new bilateral engagement based on mutual interests, while describing ties during the tenure of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina as "uncomfortable". The remarks by State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun...

New Delhi: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Sunday confirmed that one Indian seafarer is missing after an attack on commercial vessel MT El Gaia off the coast of Oman. “We condemn the attack on the commercial vessel MT El Gaia off the coast of Oman...

New York: The CEO of Anthropic said Saturday the artificial-intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. Without such a slowdown, Dario Amodei warned that within six to 12 months, AI could be capable of leading a swarm...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said that India and Indonesia would continue to advance partnership across a wide range of sectors. He made the comments after holding discussions with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto during the two-day BRICS Summit in New Delhi. “Lovely catching...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. held a meeting on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi Sunday, agreeing to further advance bilateral ties. During the meeting, the two leaders expressed satisfaction...

New Delhi: Foreign investors pulled out Rs 13,138 crore from Indian equities in the first half of September, as heightened global uncertainty pushed crude oil prices higher, while rising US bond yields and a firm dollar weighed on risk appetite. The latest outflow comes after...