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Beijing: China Friday imposed anti-dumping duties on European brandy, most notably cognac produced in France, as trade tensions between Beijing and United States allies continue to rise. The tariffs, effective Saturday, will range from 27.7 per cent to 34.9 per cent, China's Commerce Ministry said....

New Delhi: The Indian team, led by chief negotiator Rajesh Agrawal, has returned from Washington after concluding another round of talks on an interim trade pact, but discussions will continue as certain issues in the agri and auto sectors still need to be resolved, an...

New Delhi: President Donald Trump has announced that the US administration will start sending letters informing trading partners of their tariff rates as soon as Friday, even as negotiations with various countries including India to avoid higher US levies have stretched into the last lap....

New Delhi: Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen has taken a direct swipe at India's business environment, alleging that bureaucratic hurdles and excessive paperwork are stifling the ease of doing business, despite government claims of reform. Petersen, the San Francisco-based founder of the global logistics giant, responded...

New Delhi/Washington: As the US reciprocal tariffs deadline looms, hectic parleys are currently underway in Washington, DC, between officials of India and the US on finalising the proposed interim trade deal in the next couple of days. While New Delhi is seeking greater market access...

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his American counterpart Pete Hegseth have agreed to firm up a 10-year framework to further expand defence and strategic ties between India and the US. The decision on the defence framework was mentioned in a Pentagon statement that...

Redmond: Microsoft is firing thousands of workers, its second mass layoff in months. The tech giant began sending out layoff notices Wednesday. The company declined to say how many people would be laid off but said that it will comprise less than 4% of the...

Redmond: Microsoft is firing thousands of workers, its second mass layoff in months. The tech giant began sending out layoff notices Wednesday. The company declined to say how many people would be laid off but that it will comprise less than 4 per cent of...

New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) sees the RBI's advisory to banks to integrate the Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) developed by it into their systems as a "watershed moment in the fight against cyber-enabled financial frauds". The RBI’s advisory to all scheduled commercial...

New Delhi: The Congress Wednesday slammed the Centre over the rise in the per capita debt of individual borrowers and said the government is constantly trying to hide the real shortcomings by taking the help of statistics and experts, but the debt burden on the...