Category: Politics

The United States could raise tariffs on Indian goods if New Delhi does not help on concerns related to Russian oil, American President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “… They wanted to make me happy, basically… PM Modi’s a very good man. He’s a good guy. He knew I was not happy. It […]

Realizing President Donald Trump’s plan for a US-led revival of Venezuela’s beleaguered oil industry could be a years-long and challenging process costing upwards of $100 billion. Years of corruption, underinvestment, fires and thefts have left the nation’s crude infrastructure in tatters. Rebuilding it enough to lift Venezuela’s output back to its peak levels of the 1970s […]

WASHINGTON – A day after the audacious U.S. military operation in Venezuela, President Donald Trump on Sunday renewed his calls for an American takeover of the Danish territory of Greenland for the sake of U.S. security interests, while his top diplomat declared the communist government in Cuba is “in a lot of trouble.” The comments from […]

Venezuela’s oil production outlook this ‍year will depend on how U.S. sanctions policy evolves, Goldman ⁠Sachs analysts said, after U.S. President Donald Trump deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The U.S. snatched Maduro from ‌Caracas at ‌the weekend and Trump said Washington would take control of ‌the oil-producing nation. “We see ambiguous but modest risks to oil […]

The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is expected to be implemented in the first half of 2026, marking a new era in partnership between the two nations, British Deputy High Commissioner Andrew Fleming said. Speaking to PTI, he described the pact as the most “comprehensive and ambitious” deal negotiated by both governments. He noted […]

India on Friday announced a ₹7,295 crore export support package, comprising a ₹5,181 crore interest subvention scheme and ₹2,114 crore collateral support, to improve exporters’ access to credit. Both measures will be rolled out over a period of six years from 2025-2031. This is the second component of the Export Promotion Mission to be launched after […]

The finance ministry Wednesday said that unclaimed financial assets amounting to approximately ₹4,200 crore have been resituated to their rightful owners through the nationwide campaign “Your Money, Your Right.” The three-month campaign ended in December 2025. In a statement, the finance ministry noted that during the campaign, camps were organised in 748 districts across the country […]

New Delhi: India on Wednesday launched the Market Access Support (MAS) intervention with an outlay of ₹4,531 crore for six years aimed at easing trade finance constraints, expanding global reach and supporting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME), amid the country facing steep 50 per cent tariffs by the US. The country is also working on […]

The finance ministry has notified the Indian Insurance Companies (Foreign Investment) Amendment Rules, 2025, aligning them with the 100% foreign investment limit in the sector approved by Parliament in December 2025. In August 2025, the finance ministry had issued a draft notification seeking to replace the existing limit of 74% foreign investment “as stipulated by the […]

Heading into 2026, the Centre is set to launch Deregulation 2.0 – identifying another 30 “priority areas” for major compliance reduction and deregulation across seven sectors and departments, ET has learnt. As per the latest plans drawn up by the Cabinet Secretariat for “Deregulation Phase II”, of these 30 areas, the maximum number will fall under […]