Month: October 2025
India, EU to begin next round of talks for trade pact from Oct 6 in Brussels
Senior officials of India and the 27-nation European Union (EU) will commence the next round of talks for a proposed free trade agreement on Monday…
Next round of talks on proposed trade pacts with Chile, Peru in Oct, November
The next round of negotiations between India and two South American countries, Chile and Peru, will be held in October and November, respectively, an official…
Magicpin eyes 5 lakh customers for food delivery vertical Inner Circle by year-end
Hyperlocal startup MagicPin on Sunday said it aims to onboard half a million students and corporate customers for its food delivery vertical Inner Circle by…
D2C startups in big FMCG bag, but still shy of gains
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) startups leapfrogged the scale of their businesses after getting acquired by India’s top consumer goods companies, but profits remain elusive, showed an analysis…
Mistreating ally like India a strategic blunder for US: Economist Andres Velasco
Describing the US tariff policy as “irrational, unpredictable, and illegal,” economist and Dean of the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics…
FM Nirmala Sitharaman launches ‘Your Money, Your Right’ campaign
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday launched the nationwide financial awareness campaign titled ‘Your Money, Your Right’, underlining that unclaimed bank deposits, insurance proceeds, dividends,…
Non-FASTag users to pay more in cash, less via UPI
Vehicles without functional FASTags will be charged only 1.25 times of the applicable user fee if they pay by Unified Payment Interface (UPI) against twice…
MoSPI proposes to add free PDS items to inflation index
The ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI) released a discussion paper suggesting that free food grains distributed under the Public Distribution System (PDS) be…
CBIC allows 90% provisional refund for IDS claims
New Delhi: The Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs (CBIC) has instructed its field formations to sanction 90% of the refund amount claimed on…
India’s services and manufacturing exports offer untapped potential for foreign investors: World Bank Chief Economist
India’s export sectors, particularly services and manufacturing, offer significant untapped potential for foreign investors, according to Franziska Ohnsorge, Chief Economist, South Asia Region, World Bank….