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New Delhi: India imported about 144 billion euros' worth of crude oil from Russia since the start of the Ukraine war, a European think tank said Tuesday, estimating the Kremlin's cumulative earnings from global oil sales since February 2022 at around 1 trillion euros. India...

Luxembourg: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar called on Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden Tuesday, conveying warm greetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussing growing cooperation in financial services, investments, technology and innovation between both nations. "Pleased to meet Prime Minister Luc Frieden of...

Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower for the second day in a row Tuesday, dragged by heavy selling in blue-chips Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, and worries over fresh warning from the US to further raise tariffs against India. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped...

New Delhi: Retail sales of vehicles across categories in India in 2025 grew by 7.71 per cent at 2,81,61,228 units as compared to 2,61,45,445 in 2024, with GST 2.0 helping overcome a subdued start to the year, Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations said Tuesday. Passenger...

New Delhi: Reliance Industries Ltd, till recently India's biggest buyer of Russian oil, Tuesday said it has not received any Russian barrels in almost three weeks and none are expected in January. On November 20, 2025, Reliance had said it has halted the use of...

New Delhi: India's services sector growth moderated in December, as the rates of expansion in incoming new work and output eased to the slowest in 11 months, and companies refrained from recruiting additional staff, a monthly survey said Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Services...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower Monday, dragged by blue-chip HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and IT stocks amid fresh warnings from the US to further raise tariffs against India. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 322.39 points or 0.38 per cent to settle...

New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi "knew he was not happy" with India's purchases of Russian oil and that Washington can raise tariffs on New Delhi “very quickly”. These remarks were made by President Trump while talking to reporters...

New Delhi: US-Venezuela conflict will have a negligible impact on India's trade with the South American country, think tank GTRI said Sunday. On January 4, American forces carried out a large military operation in Venezuela, capturing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and taking them...

New Delhi: Foreign portfolio investors have started 2026 on a cautious note, extending their selling streak from last year by withdrawing Rs 7,608 crore (USD 846 million) from Indian equities in the first two trading sessions of January. The withdrawal of funds followed the largest...