Category: Politics

The budget session of Parliament may start from January 28, with the Union Budget likely to be tabled on February 1, sources said. However, a final decision will be taken by the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, to be chaired by defence minister Rajnath Singh, this week. A senior functionary in the government indicated that the […]

The pipeline has been created by the Department of Economic Affairs following an announcement in the budget for 2025-26. The finance ministry has created a three-year pipeline of infrastructure projects with estimated costs of over ₹17 lakh crore, which are sought to be developed through public-private partnerships (PPP). The pipeline for three years through 2027-28 comprises […]

NEW DELHI: Any move by the US to further increase tariffs or import duties on Indian goods could severely impact the country’s exports to Washington, experts said. However, they said, it may also push exporters to accelerate diversification and de-risk their overseas markets. US President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters on Sunday, said that Prime Minister […]

Washington, Jan 06, 2026 – An emboldened US President Donald Trump has hinted that he has other countries in his sights after toppling Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, leaving the world asking: where’s next? Trump took aim at Colombia, Cuba, Greenland, Mexico and Iran in the space of a single half-hour exchange with reporters Sunday aboard Air Force […]

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, – Iran‘s efforts to quell a wave of anti-government protests have ‍been complicated by Donald Trump‘s threat to intervene on their side, a warning firmly underlined by the subsequent U.S. capture of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, officials and insiders said on Monday. A day before U.S. special forces seized Maduro and his wife […]

Reliance Industries and ONGC are seen as key Indian beneficiaries of a prospective US-led takeover and restructuring of Venezuela’s oil industry, with Jefferies arguing that both companies stand to gain in terms of supplies, cash flows and, over time, valuations if sanctions on Caracas are eased or lifted. Jefferies notes that Venezuela holds about 18% of […]

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not govern Venezuela day-to-day other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country, a turnaround after President Donald Trump has insisted that the U.S. would be running Venezuela following its ouster of leader Nicolas Maduro. Rubio‘s statements seemed designed to temper […]

India is closely watching Venezuela’s situation. The nation has voiced deep concern over recent events. New Delhi: India on Sunday stated that the developments in Venezuela are a matter of deep concern and that it is closely monitoring the evolving situation, a day after US special forces captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores […]

US oil companies face significant hurdles in reviving Venezuela’s oil sector, despite President Trump’s optimism. New Delhi: The US would struggle to quickly revive Venezuela’s oil sector, as local institutional capacity has been hollowed out and American oil companies-many of them forced out more than a decade ago-are likely to seek political stability before committing billions […]

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will visit Brussels this week for talks with his EU counterpart on the proposed trade pact, for which negotiations are in the last phase, an official said. During the two-day visit on January 8-9, Goyal will meet the Executive Vice-President and European Commissioner for Trade of the European […]