Hyderabad: India’s growing dominance in the global poultry sector was on full display at the 17th Poultry India Expo 2025, which concluded in Hyderabad after registering its highest-ever participation and international outreach. The four-day event, held from November 25 to 28 at the HITEX Exhibition Centre and inaugurated by Telangana Ministers Ponnam Prabhakar Goud and…
Moscow: India imported 5.4 million tonnes of Russian Oil worth €2.1 billion between January and September 2025 aboard 30 vessels sailing under false flags, a European think tank claimed on Thursday. The shipments made India the largest national destination for crude moved by Russia’s expanding “shadow fleet,” the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean…
Amid rising concerns over global market volatility—driven largely by developments in the US and Japan—India’s equity markets continue to display remarkable resilience. This confidence is rooted not in luck but in a structural transformation in market ownership and investor behavior that now clearly sets India apart from most global peers. Here is a grounded, fact-based…
New Delhi: India and the Russia-led EAEU group will start formal negotiations for a trade agreement from Wednesday, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. India and the five-nation grouping, the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), on Aug. 20 inked the terms of reference for the agreement. ‘The FTA talks start from tomorrow here,’…
Chennai: India’s Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran on Tuesday said the country is on track to exceed the $4 trillion mark in nominal GDP during the current financial year, reinforcing the view that the economy is expanding steadily despite volatile global conditions. Speaking at a public event, Nageswaran noted that India’s economic size was…
New Delhi: Seeking investments in a range of sectors, Afghanistan Industry and Commerce Minister Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi on Monday said his government is ready to offer five years of tax breaks to firms investing in new sectors, including gold mining. Speaking at an interactive session organised by the business chamber Assocham, Azizi said tensions with…
India’s modern political imagination often returns to historical moments that shaped its democratic instincts long before they matured into institutions. Among these sits a lesser-discussed episode from the late 1940s—one that resurfaces whenever the country debates leadership, lineage, and national allegiance. It revolves around the Holkar dynasty of Indore, a young Republic defining its constitutional…
Guwahati: The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has entered into agreements worth Rs 3,000 crore with various stakeholders for developing the sector and boosting industrial connectivity in the Northeast, an official statement said on Friday. It said Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) were signed during the India Maritime Week 2025, held recently in Mumbai. Union…
New Delhi: Afghanistan’s Commerce and Industry Minister Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi on Friday invited Indian businesses to invest in the landlocked nation, promising a conducive environment to foster bilateral trade and boost economic cooperation. He outlined mining, agriculture, health and pharmaceuticals, information technology, energy and textiles as areas where significant opportunities exist for business engagement. Azizi,…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Minister Narhari Zirwal on Tuesday said despite the existing ban on manufacture and sale of gutkha, illegal consignments of the tobacco-laced product continue to enter the state from outside, causing harm to students and youth. The state government is considering invoking the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime…
