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The UK-India Free Trade Agreement – The Economic Times Video

Mr. Harjinder Kang, His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for South Asia and British Deputy High Commissioner for Western India, was at the negotiating table from day…

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India, Canada to avoid sensitive sectors in trade pact talks: Piyush Goyal

New Delhi: India and Canada have decided to focus on low-hanging fruit, work on areas of convergence and avoid seeking concessions in sensitive sectors in…

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West Asia conflict may slow India’s growth, push up Inflation: SBI Chairman

State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Challa Sreenivasulu Setty has warned that the ongoing conflict in West Asia could drag on global growth and push…

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Indian small businesses record strongest growth since COVID in 2025: CPA Australia survey

New Delhi: Indian small businesses recorded their strongest growth since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2025, with four out of five firms reporting expansion, even as…

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RBI must let rupee depreciate; use liquidity tools, not rate hikes, to curtail inflation: Duvvuri Subbarao

Mumbai: Former RBI Governor Duvvuri Subbarao has said the central bank must allow some more depreciation in the rupee to help absorb external pressures, and…

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NHAI lines up 17 highway assets spanning 1,692 km for monetisation in FY27

State-owned National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Thursday said it has identified 17 National Highway assets with a combined length of 1,692.5 km for…

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Govt readies contingency plans to counter El Nino threat to kharif season: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

New Delhi: The Centre is fully prepared to mitigate any adverse impact of the El Nino weather phenomenon on this year’s kharif crop, Union Agriculture…

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Rare earth, gas supply, aircraft parts: What’s inside the new IIP calculus as India revises base year

India is undertaking the revision of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) and plans to release the new series on June 1, 2026, marking the tenth…

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RBI’s dividend gives Govt fiscal breathing space amid crude oil pressures: Kotak Securities Anindya Banerjee

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) record dividend payout of Rs 2.87 lakh crore is expected to directly repair the government’s balance sheet at…

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The railway union has suggested different fitment factors for different pay levels to ensure balanced salary hikes across different levels of employees. (Bloomberg)
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8th Pay Commission: What is 5-fitment formula that could hike salaries by 400%, how to calculate

The 8th Pay Commission, expected to impact more than 1.1 crore beneficiaries including central government employees, pensioners and their families, is yet to submit its…

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