Category: Politics

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is ready to move to a second phase of sanctioning Russia, the closest he has come to suggesting he is on the verge of ramping up sanctions against Moscow or its oil buyers over the war in Ukraine. Trump has repeatedly threatened Moscow with further sanctions but withheld […]

TOI correspondent from Washington: Slipping into damage control mode after he and his lieutenants singed ties with India with incendiary remarks, US President Donald Trump on Friday said US and India have a special relationship and there is “nothing to worry about.” Hours after his “Truth Social” post saying he had lost India and Russia to […]

New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced that the foremost priority of the government is to ensure that the benefits of the GST tax reforms reach all the common people of the country. In an interview with India Today TV and Aaaj Tak, the minister mentioned that the government […]

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk has stirred a heated debate on US immigration by declaring that “America does not need more visas for people from India.” Posted on X (formerly Twitter) as a defence of American workers, his comment has sparked outrage, particularly because it targets a community that has played a key role in the US […]

Peter Navarro, trade advisor to US President Donald Trump and the brain behind Trump’s tariff wars, has once again stirred controversy by needling India. This time by amplifying a rising MAGA-aligned narrative targeting India’s IT services exports to the US. While his earlier jabs at India were rooted in geopolitics and crude generalisations, including incendiary claims […]

New York/Washington: Terming India as the ‘vowel’ between Russia and China in the BRICS grouping, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Friday said New Delhi will be at the negotiating table and will try to make a deal with President Donald Trump in a couple of months. “So, I think yes, in a month or two […]

New Delhi, The free trade agreement between India and four-European nation bloc EFTA, which will come into force from October 1, will have legally binding provisions on trade and sustainable development, Switzerland said on Wednesday. “For the first time, India has laid down legally binding provisions on trade and sustainable development in a free trade agreement,” […]

The government has set up a committee to examine the tax and export clearance issues being faced by manufacturing units and suggest measures to further streamline the system amid high tariffs imposed by the US, an official has said. The committee includes representatives from the finance ministry, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), […]

The Centre is preparing a package of support measures for exporters reeling under Washington’s steep tariff hike, with the Union Cabinet expected to discuss the proposal on Wednesday, reported Business Standard. According to officials, the plan could involve as many as four schemes, most of them centred on credit and liquidity support, to soften the impact […]

Auto sector expects the ball to roll now on the import of heavy rare earth magnets that had hit electric vehicle manufacturers, especially two-wheeler companies like Bajaj Auto. Indian and Chinese companies have stepped up talks on joint ventures and other partnerships in sectors such as electronics and automobiles after the recent meeting between Prime Minister […]