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Mumbai: Indian economy remains a key driver of global growth on the back of sound macroeconomic fundamentals and prudent policies, the Reserve Bank said Monday. In its bi-annual Financial Stability Report (FSR), the central bank also said elevated economic and trade policy uncertainties are testing...

Bangkok: World shares started the week mixed, with European markets opening lower, after US stocks closed at an all-time high following their recovery from the shocks of the Trump administration's trade policies. Canada's decision to cancel a plan to tax US technology firms that had...

New Delhi: India's industrial production growth slowed to a nine-month low of 1.2 per cent in May 2025 due to poor performance of the manufacturing, mining and power sectors, according to official data released Monday. The factory output, measured in terms of the Index of...

Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled Monday after a four-day rally amid emergence of profit-taking, mainly in bank stocks. After staying in the negative territory throughout the day, the 30-share BSE Sensex later dropped 452.44 points or 0.54 per cent to settle at...

New Delhi: The Indian team, headed by Special Secretary in the Department of Commerce Rajesh Agrawal, will remain in Washington until Monday for negotiations on an interim trade agreement with the US, an official said. The stay of the Indian officials has been extended for...

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began an official visit to Spain, Portugal and Brazil from Monday to July 5 (Saturday), the Ministry said Monday. She is leading the Indian delegation from the Department of Economic Affairs under the Ministry of Finance. As part...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Railways has decided to prepare reservation charts for long-distance trains eight hours in advance, instead of the current four hours, to help passengers travelling from remote locations plan their journeys better. The decision was taken during a recent review meeting...

New Delhi: Stock market investors would track macroeconomic data announcements such as industrial production, US tariff related developments and other global trends this week, which may influence sentiment, analysts said. Trading activity of foreign investors and crude oil prices would also remain in the limelight...

New Delhi: The Railway Ministry has enhanced the limit on passengers' waiting list from 25 per cent to 60 per cent for all AC classes and 30 per cent for non-AC classes by a fresh order issued Saturday. The order to cap the waiting list...

New Delhi: Indian Auto industry representatives are yet to leave for China to expedite the import of rare earth magnets as the delegation is still awaiting a formal go-ahead from the Chinese commerce ministry for a meeting, as per industry sources. Around 40-50 industry executives...