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New Delhi: India’s merchandise exports are projected to rise to $124.8 billion in the fourth quarter of the current financial year (Q4 FY25) -- a 3.64 per cent increase compared to the same period last year (Q4 FY24). According to estimates from the Export-Import Bank...

New Delhi: At a time when India has become a reliable and sustainable sourcing destination for global textile companies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to address the ‘Bharat Tex 2025’ global conference in the national capital Sunday. PM Modi will participate in the event...

New Delhi: JioStar, the newly formed joint venture by the merger of Viacom18 and Star India, Friday announced the launch of JioHotstar by bringing together JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar streaming platforms. With close to 3 lakh hours of entertainment, live sports coverage, and more than...

New Delhi: Apex business chamber Assocham and the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) on Friday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US as a landmark event in strengthening India-US trade and investment relations. The joint statement which followed the meeting between Prime...

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has asserted that Washington will not spare India from reciprocal tariffs. The President has set in motion his plan to impose reciprocal tariffs on imports, which is expected to further deepen the global trade war. During 2021-24, the US...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty extended their downward trend to the eighth day in a row Friday as investors' sentiments were plagued due to persistent foreign fund outflows. Markets began the trade on an optimistic note but soon gave up initial gains and...

New Delhi: Wholesale price inflation moderated marginally to 2.31 per cent in January due to the decline in prices of food items, especially vegetables, government data released Friday showed. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation was 2.37 per cent in December 2024. It was...

Taipei: Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said Friday he would communicate more with the US over President Donald Trump's concerns over the chip industry and invest more in the US, hours after Trump ordered reciprocal tariffs on trade partners. Trump said Thursday that Taiwan had taken...

Washington: US President Donald Trump announced after talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India will buy more oil, gas and military hardware, including F-35 fighter jets, from America to bring down trade deficit but asserted that Washington will not spare New Delhi from reciprocal...

New Delhi: The Income-Tax Bill, 2025 tabled in Parliament Thursday, marks a significant step toward simplifying the language and structure of the Income-tax Act, 1961 based on global best practices, according to a statement issued by the Finance Ministry. The review has led to a...