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New Delhi: Gold and silver prices hit fresh peaks Friday, with the yellow metal hitting Rs 1,13,800 per 10 grams, and silver crossing Rs 1,32,000 per kilogram in the national capital Friday, buoyed by strong global demand and heightened expectations of an interest rate cut...

New Delhi: Retail inflation in August rose slightly to 2.07 per cent from 1.61 per cent in the preceding month, mainly due to increase in prices of vegetables, meat and fish, according to a government data released Friday. The inflation based on consumer price index...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged Friday in line with a global market rally amid rising hopes that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week. Optimism over a successful conclusion of India-US trade talks has also fuelled a rally in...

London: The House of Lords International Agreements Committee has opened an inquiry this week into the impacts and implications of the UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA), concluded during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Britain in July. The cross-party panel, which includes British Indian Conservative...

Patna: Negotiations between India and the US on the proposed trade agreement, which began in March, are progressing in a positive atmosphere, and both countries are satisfied with the progress, Commerce and Industry Minister Piysuh Goyal said Thursday. He said that in February this year,...

New Delhi: Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Thursday said the social media rage over blending of 20 per cent ethanol in petrol fuel was a “paid campaign” to target him politically. There has been clarity on the E20 (20 per cent ethanol blended petrol)...

Mumbai: The Indian stock market settled with gains Thursday after a slow start in the morning trade, continuing the winning streak for the fourth consecutive day this week. Sensex ended the session at 81,548.73, up 123.58 points or 0.15 per cent. The 30-share index started...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has widened its ongoing money-laundering probe against the group companies of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani, with the registration of a fresh case against Reliance Communication Limited (RCom) for an alleged Rs 2,929 crore loan fraud with the SBI,...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Wednesday said that India is in 'active dialogue' with the United States for a free trade agreement. The minister said that negotiations are going on with the European Union as well in the national capital for concluding...

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has asked the European Union (EU) to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on India and China as part of a joint effort to increase pressure on Russia to end the war in Ukraine, the Financial Times...