New Delhi: Over 24.64 lakh income tax returns are pending for processing for more than 90 days, out of about 8.80 crore ITRs filed for Assessment Year 2025-26 till February 4, 2026, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. To a question on the number of such returns pending for processing by the I-T department as on…
New York/Washington: In the coming weeks, the US and India will work toward finalising the interim agreement on trade with a view to concluding a mutually beneficial Bilateral Trade Agreement, the White House has said. The two countries will also continue negotiations to address remaining issues, including services and investment, labour and government procurement, it…
The silver market remains in a critical phase of the ongoing squeeze, characterized by a sharp divergence between paper and physical dynamics. As of early February 2026, spot silver trades around $76–$78 per ounce (following a volatile pullback from January’s peak near $120–$121), reflecting recent leveraged unwinds but not a collapse in underlying fundamentals. This period has been marked by aggressive interventions from…
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday attacked the government for cutting capital expenditure in 2025-26 at a time ‘when neither the public sector, private sector nor foreign investors are investing in India’, while terming Union Budget 2026-27 a “forgettable budget”. Initiating a general discussion on Union Budget 2026-27 in the Rajya Sabha, the…
Bengaluru: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya was on Monday detained for staging a demonstration at Jayanagar Metro station demanding affordable public transport in the city, police said Surya, who is also the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national president, staged a protest at the Metro Station against the Metro fare hike, which has been increased from…
New Delhi: India will have no difficulty in purchasing goods worth USD 500 billion from the US over the next five years, as envisaged under the bilateral trade pact, and in fact, this is an “extremely” conservative number for a country that aspires to become a USD 30 trillion economy, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said…
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said Indian goods will have a competitive advantage in US markets compared to products from China and other competitor countries, which face higher levies, following the reduction in reciprocal tariffs to 18 per cent. India and the US have finalised a framework for the first…
New Delhi: The India of today is negotiating trade deals from a position of strength and confidence that it can offer a future market of USD 35 trillion, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday. “That’s what is our negotiating strength,” Goyal told PTI Videos in an interview. His first after India-US reached…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emphasis on avoiding “policy ping-pong” has shaped the Union Budget 2026-27, which is anchored in policy stability while laying the pathways for the long-term vision of a ‘Viksit Bharat’ at its core, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. Framed as the first Budget of a new five-year fiscal cycle and…
New Delhi: The India-US Interim Agreement framework will support Indian MSMEs in integrating into global value chains and lower costs for businesses and consumers, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. As part of the framework announced last night, both countries will reduce import duties on a number of goods to boost two-way trade. While…
