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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...

Mumbai: Benchmark BSE Sensex soared by 1,006 points to close above 80,000 level Monday as a sharp rally in Reliance Industries and private banks, and foreign fund inflows helped stock markets cut short two days of fall amid India-Pakistan border tensions. The 30-share BSE Sensex...

New Delhi: Professional networking platform Apna Monday said it has recorded a sharp uptick in job applications in the first quarter of this year with a rise in women's workforce participation driven by flexible work, inclusive hiring, and rising opportunities in Tier II and III...

New Delhi: India and France Monday inked an intergovernmental agreement to procure 26 naval variants of Rafale fighter jets at a cost of around Rs 64,000 crore for the Indian Navy. The pact was sealed at a virtual event. India is procuring the jets from...

Berhampur: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday said investment valued at Rs 1 lakh crore will be brought to Ganjam district. More than one lakh people would get employment in the industrial units to be set up with that investment, Majhi told reporters after...