Category: Politics

New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): India is setting its sights on becoming a global hub for green hydrogen exports, with the government laying out an ambitious roadmap to capture a significant share of the emerging clean fuel market. At the FICCI Green Hydrogen Summit 2025 in New Delhi, Union Minister of State for Power and […]

Washington DC [US], August 20 (ANI): US White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday (local time) said that US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on India to deter Russia from pursuing the Ukraine conflict. Trump has doubled India’s tariff to 50 per cent by imposing an additional 25 per cent levy on the previously announced […]

The Centre is expected to table the The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday to set clear rules for the fast-growing online gaming industry in India. IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will introduce the proposal, which seeks to promote and regulate online gaming, including e-sports, educational games and social […]

New Delhi, The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme, launched to strengthen India’s manufacturing base and boost exports, has approved 806 applications across 14 sectors so far, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday. As of July (FY26), a total of Rs 1,856 crore in incentives has been disbursed in the ongoing financial year, taking the cumulative disbursal […]

In a significant breakthrough, China has conveyed that it has lifted curbs on export of fertilizers, rare earth magnets/minerals as well as tunnel boring machines to India – the three asks New Delhi had from Beijing when External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his counterpart Wang Yi last month. ET has reliably gathered that Chinese foreign […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with China’s top diplomat on Tuesday in a sign of easing tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors after a yearslong standoff between the Asian powers. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who arrived in India on Monday, is scheduled to hold talks with Modi and other leaders, including National Security Adviser Ajit […]

India is curbing solar output during periods of low demand to keep its power grid stable and to ease congestion in power lines as green energy supply rises, its Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) told Reuters. Congestion in power lines due to some new plants coming into operation ahead of schedule and delayed transmission […]

New Delhi, The commerce and industry ministry is working on a 100-day reform agenda, which may include proposals such as further liberalising the FDI regime, easing investments from neighbouring countries, and more tax benefits for startups, an official said. The proposals may also include easing certain environmental norms for the leather and footwear industry, expediting setting […]

The telecom industry is likely to seek a reduction in the goods and services tax (GST) rates on telecom services to 5% from the current 18%, executives said. Senior industry executives that ET spoke to said that since telecom is an essential service, a 5% rate should be charged. If this request is accepted by the […]

The Centre has exempted import duty on cotton from August 19 to September 30, a government order issued late on Monday said. India’s textile industry had suggested that the government could offer to remove the 11% duty on raw cotton imports and use it as a tool to negotiate favourable terms for the country’s textile and […]