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Islamabad: Pakistan has signed a USD 350 million loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to boost women's financial inclusion and economic empowerment, according to Radio Pakistan. The agreement, under the Women Inclusive Finance (WIF) Sector Development Programme, was inked Tuesday by Sabina Qureshi,...

Mumbai: The Indian benchmark indices opened over 400 points up Wednesday amid positive global cues, as buying was seen in the IT, auto and pharma sectors in the early trade. At around 9.25 am, Sensex was trading 445.6 points or 0.54 per cent up at...

New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA has detected multiple violations related to airlines, airports, aircraft maintenance works, and repeated defects in multiple cases during its surveillance at major airports, an exercise carried out in less than two weeks after the Air India plane crash. Without disclosing...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tuesday said negotiations for the proposed free trade agreements with the US and European Union (EU) are progressing at a fast pace and would be concluded soon. All efforts are being made to boost exports to achieve the ambitious...

Mumbai: Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty Tuesday gave up most of their sharp intra-day gains due to the emergence of profit-taking as investors turned cautious amid reports of a ceasefire violation between Iran and Israel. In the morning trade, markets bounced back sharply, mirroring a...

New Delhi: India has imposed anti-dumping duty on four Chinese chemicals so far this month to guard domestic players from unfairly priced imports from the neighbouring country. These duties were imposed on -- PEDA (used in herbicide); Acetonitrile (used in pharma sector); Vitamin -A Palmitate;...

New Delhi: The ongoing geopolitical tensions are unlikely to put a "significant pressure" on the rupee or inflation as global energy prices are lower than last year, which will limit current account outflows and domestic energy price pressures, S&P Global Ratings said Tuesday. S&P Global...

New Delhi: S&P Global Ratings Tuesday raised India's GDP forecast for current fiscal to 6.5 per cent assuming a normal monsoon, lower crude oil prices and monetary easing. S&P, also, flagged rising risks to the global economy due to the turbulence in the Middle East...

Mumbai: Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled Monday, as intensifying tensions in the Middle East after the US bombed three major nuclear sites in Iran unnerved investors. After losing over 900 points in day trade, the 30-share index recovered some lost ground to...

Bangkok: Global markets appeared to take the US strike against nuclear targets in Iran in stride as investors watched to see how Iran will react. The price of oil initially jumped more than 2% but fell back slightly Monday. US stock futures and most Asian...