New Delhi, India and the Maldives on Monday agreed to deepen cooperation to maintain peace and security in the Indian Ocean region as New Delhi extended lines of credit worth $1.4 billion to to the archipelago nation following delegation-level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed[Read More…]
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Key Indian equity indices trade higher in afternoon session in Mumbai
After opening on a flat note, the key Indian equity indices were trading in green on Wednesday afternoon, July 4, in Mumbai. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 115.31 points or 0.33 per cent higher during the afternoon session. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE)[Read More…]
Trade in Uttar Pradesh to remain shut opposing GST roll out
As the government is all set to roll out Goods and Services Tax (GST) from June 30 midnight, traders in Uttar Pradesh are not happy with the decision. In Ghaziabad, opposing the GST implementation, traders will remain dysfunctional on Saturday demanding amendments to certain provisions of the GST before the[Read More…]
PM Modi meets Trump: India and USA to strengthen trade and economic ties
Both PM Modi and US President Donald Trump swore to strengthen the Indo-U.S. economic partnership in a way which will be beneficial for both the countries. They also vowed to work towards solving the existing differences between the two. “On the economic side, the two sides had very productive discussions.[Read More…]
Canadian Defence Minister meets Sushma Swaraj
Pakistan exports to India grows by 14%
₹ trades higher than USD ahead of RBI policy
Britain to strengthen trade alliance with the world but will abide by the EU rules
Britain will respect its responsibilities under European Union treaties although it will strive to strengthen trade ties with world partners, the British finance minister said on Friday. “Of course we want to strengthen our trade ties with the very many trade partners we have around the world, but we are[Read More…]
Demonetisation hits fake currency trade on Indo-B’desh border
With government’s decision to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency, the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) trade across the border with Bangladesh has taken a huge hit in the last two days. Activity of the FICN traders operating in the border areas has been negligible in the last two[Read More…]
India is monitoring Brexit developments: Govt
Union commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman assured the government is tracking the developments of Britain’s referendum, scheduled on June 23, to leave the European Union. She said it will have a bearing on India’s trade with the European Union and the UK—currently, 15% of India’s imports are from the EU. With[Read More…]