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New Delhi: Equity markets will keenly track outcome of the US Federal Reserve policy meeting this week amid heightened expectations of an interest rate cut along with WPI inflation data, analysts said. Any further development on the US–India trade front would also drive trends in...

Beijing: China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has rebuffed the US call to G7 countries to impose tariffs on countries purchasing oil from Russia, saying that war cannot solve problems and “sanctions only complicate them”. “China does not participate in or plan wars, and what China...

New York/Washington: India brags about having 1.4 billion people but won't buy even a small amount of American corn, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said, asserting that New Delhi must bring down its tariffs or face a “tough time” doing business with the US. Lutnick...

New Delhi: India's reliance on US software, cloud services, and social media platforms poses a major economic and security vulnerability in times of geopolitical tensions, think tank GTRI said Sunday. Washington is in a position to cut off services or access to data, disrupting banking,...

New Delhi: The combined market valuation of eight of the top-10 most valued firms jumped by Rs 1,69,506.83 crore last week in tandem with an optimistic trend at the Dalal Street, where Bajaj Finance emerged as the biggest gainer. Last week, the BSE benchmark jumped...

New Delhi: Insurance Amendment Bill, which proposes 100 per cent FDI in the insurance sector, is likely to be introduced in Parliament in the upcoming Winter session, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. The winter session of Parliament generally commences in the second half of...

Chennai:  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Sunday that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms have reduced the tax burden on people. Addressing the Joint Conclave of Trade and Industries Association - 'Tax Reforms for Rising Bharat' in Chennai, she explained that the four-tier...

Taipei: China launched two probes targeting the US semiconductor sector Saturday ahead of talks between the two nations in Spain this week on trade, national security and the ownership of social media platform TikTok. China's Ministry of Commerce announced an anti-dumping investigation into certain analogue...

Basking Ridge: President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes the Russia-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50 per cent to 100 per cent for its purchases of Russian petroleum. Trump posted on...

New York/Washington: The US has asked G7 countries to impose tariffs on countries purchasing oil from Russia, asserting that only “unified efforts” that cut off funding to Moscow's war machine at source can apply sufficient pressure to end “the senseless killing.” US Treasury Secretary Scott...