Category: Politics

India-Qatar bilateral trade can reach $28 billion by 2030: Piyush Goyal. New Delhi, The bilateral trade between India and Qatar, standing at around $14 billion, could be doubled by 2030, with a renewed focus on promising sectors such as electronics, automobiles, pharmaceuticals, processed food, textiles, gems and jewellery, IT, and emerging high-tech industries and solar energy, […]

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) enhanced its intervention activity in the offshore non-deliverable forwards (NDF) market in the months leading up to August, central bank data showed. The effort, experts said, was aimed at preventing a significant decline in the rupee, which reached a record low following the US administration’s decision to increase tariffs on […]

India and the European Union will begin the 14th round of negotiations for the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Brussels on Monday, senior officials said. New Delhi, India and the European Union will begin the 14th round of negotiations for the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Brussels on Monday, senior officials said. The fresh […]

The Trump administration is set to begin layoffs of federal workers if President Donald Trump feels that the negotiations with congressional Democrats to end the partial government shutdown “are going nowhere”, Reuters reported quoting a senior White House official on Sunday. The shut down has entered its fifth day and White House National Economic Council Director […]

Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) In the first major domestic legal challenge to the H-1B visa crackdown, a group of unions, education professionals and religious bodies sued the Trump administration. Washington, In the first major domestic legal challenge to the H-1B visa crackdown, a group of unions, education professionals and religious bodies sued the Trump administration. In […]

Kuala Lumpur, Union Minister of Labour & Employment, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, held productive bilateral meetings with the President of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) and delegations from Malaysia and Uganda on the sidelines of the World Social Security Summit (WSSF) here on Friday. The minister discussed the issues of mutual recognition of skills, safe labour […]

PM Modi to unveil youth-focused schemes worth Rs 62,000 crore tomorrow. policy? New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil various youth-focused schemes with an outlay of more than Rs 62,000 crore on Saturday, giving a decisive push to education, skilling, and entrepreneurship for youngsters across the country. The programme for the launch of the youth […]

PLI scheme for textiles: Centre extends last date for new applicants till Dec 31 New Delhi, In view of the overwhelming and enthusiastic response from industry stakeholders, the government on Friday decided to extend the last date for receiving new applications under the PLI scheme for textiles till the end of December this year. The application […]

Piyush Goyal, Singapore PM meet to further boost comprehensive strategic partnership New Delhi, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday met Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, and discussed the commitment to further strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two nations. “Discussions reaffirmed our commitment to further strengthen our comprehensive strategic partnership, building on the strong […]

India Inc’s finance chiefs have broadly welcomed the Reserve Bank of India’s latest push to internationalise the rupee, allowing authorised dealer (AD) banks to lend in Indian rupees (INR) to residents in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. While most CFOs expect limited immediate business impact, they say the move reinforces India’s strategic shift away from dollar […]