Month: June 2026
India-US trade talks gather pace as tariff clock ticks
New Delhi: India and the US on Tuesday held high-level trade negotiations, led by commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and US Trade Representative Jamieson…
India’s private sector growth slows to three-month low in June as demand weakens, costs rise: HSBC PMI
New Delhi: Private sector growth in the country slowed to a three-month low in June, as increasing costs and declining demand weigh on business momentum,…
NITI Aayog proposes pharma chapter for future FTAs, urges India to move up value chain
New Delhi: Niti Aayog has proposed a model chapter on the pharmaceutical sector to serve as a blueprint for future free trade agreements to improve…
CII president R Mukundan projects 7% growth for India, seeks GST Council-like body to drive reforms
New Delhi: The Indian economy is likely to expand about 7% this fiscal year as most companies are seeing growth opportunities despite cost pressures due…
India to resume train coach exports to Bangladesh, first shipment since Sheikh Hasina’s ouster likely in July
New Delhi: A rake of up to 20 train coaches is likely to be ready for export to Bangladesh next month, marking the first such…
India 13th in QS Future Skills Index 2027
BENGALURU: India has been ranked 13th globally and the first among lower-middle-income economies in the QS World Future Skills Index 2027, according to a new…
India prepares contingency plans for 315 districts as monsoon falters
New Delhi: India has drawn up contingency plans for more than 300 districts which are vulnerable to a weak monsoon as it steps up preparations…
India launches anti-dumping probe into electrical steel imports from China, 3 other nations
New Delhi: India has initiated an anti-dumping probe against imports of electrical steel, used in transformers, from China, Japan, Korea and Russia, a commerce ministry…
WTO to set up dispute panel in China’s case against India’s solar, IT goods measures
New Delhi: The World Trade Organization‘s dispute settlement body on Tuesday agreed to set up a panel in a case filed by China against India…
UN chief calls on AI firms to come clean on environmental costs
The United Nations called on major artificial intelligence companies on Tuesday to publicly disclose the full environmental cost of their data centres and use renewable…