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India faces near-term challenges; better placed to deal with them: FinMin

India's medium-term growth prospects remain bright as pent-up capacity expansion in the private sector is expected to drive capital formation, employment generation in rest of this decade, says report

Boris Johnson hails India-UK free trade agreement as 'biggest of them all'

Johnson and PM Narendra Modi during UK PM's visit had announced that the negotiating teams on both sides must work towards a Diwali timeline for the completion of a draft free trade agreement.

India to grant e-visas to over 100 Sikhs, Hindus in Afghanistan on priority

Following the attack on Karte Parwan Gurdwara in Kabul that resulted in the death of two persons, India has decided to grant e-visas to over 100 Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan on priority

Tesla, Elon Musk welcome to India but only as per govt policies: Minister

Elon Musk and Tesla are welcome to India but the government will not compromise in any way on the policy of Aatmanirbhar Bharat or self-reliant India, Union minister Mahendra Nath Pandey said on Saturday. American electric carmaker Tesla, which has been seeking reduction in import duties to sell its vehicles in India, will not manufacture its products locally unless it is allowed to first sell and service its cars in the country, company founder and chief executive Elon Musk had said last month. "Tesla will not put a manufacturing plant in any location where we are not allowed first to sell & service cars," Musk had said in a tweet responding to a user asking about Tesla's plans to set up a manufacturing plant in India. Addressing The Global Summit by TV9 on Saturday, the Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises said: "The government under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi has moved ahead swiftly on the Aatmanirbhar Bharat policy and received a very good response ..

India's Covid-19 case tally sees a jump, 13,216 infections reported

India's Covid-19 tally increased to 43,283,793 on Saturday as 13,216 more people tested positive for the viral disease and the active caseload climbed to 68,108, according to health ministry data

US is there for India, says Biden admin on New Delhi's ties with Russia

The United States is there for India, the Biden administration has said, noting that New Delhi's relationship with Moscow developed over several decades when Washington was not ready for that

India better placed to avoid stagflation risk, says RBI report

Paints an encouraging picture of economic activity gaining strength, with most GDP constituents exceeding their pre-pandemic levels

India needs Rs 4-trn investment for 113 GW RE projects in pipeline: Report

According to the report titled 'Accelerating India's Clean Energy Transition', about 103 GW of utility-scale renewable power generation projects are in the pipeline in India

'India may need $10 trn investment to achieve net-zero emission by 2070'

A joint white paper issued by GE-EY said on Thursday said that India would continue to rely on coal power, at least in the near future

India better placed than many others to avoid stagflation: RBI article

The article noted that global economic conditions continue to deteriorate as ratcheting up of commodity prices and financial market volatility have led to heightened uncertainty

Indian private equity investments reach $70 bn in 2,000 deals in 2021

Indian investments grew by 96 per cent over 2020 (excluding the mega deals of Jio Platforms and Reliance Retail).

India proposes settling Russia trade in rupees as purchases rise: Report

New Delhi plans to use about $2 billion equivalent of rupees deposited at Russia's state-controlled VTB Bank PJSC and Sberbank of Russia PJSC

WTO makes final negotiations for trade deals, with eyes on defiant India

The 164-member body is seeking to agree on a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a reduction of fishing subsidies, pledges on food security and the launch of an internal reform.

New I2U2 grouping to re-energise American alliances globally: White House

The new I2U2 grouping of India, Israel, the UAE and the US will hold its first virtual summit next month as part of the Biden administration's efforts to re-energise and revitalise American alliances

US to launch West Asia Quad with India, Israel and UAE during Biden's visit

The US has said it will launch a new four-nation dialogue with India, Israel and the United Arab Emirates during President Joe Biden's visit to the region next month.

Nations getting 'half-baked deal' on TRIPS waiver: Goyal at WTO meeting

Addressing a meeting with co-sponsors of TRIPS waiver proposal, union minister Piyush Goyal said that the way nitpicking is being done by some countries, it only reflects their insincerity

US Senator objects to high pecan tariff in meeting with Indian ambassador

An influential American Senator in a meeting with India's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has raised objections to high tariff imposed by New Delhi on pecan, his office said

India hopes to return to winning ways even as SA eyes T20I series win

India have not clicked as a complete unit in both the matches so far.

India logs 8,582 new Covid cases in last 24 hours, active tally at 44,513

India logged 8,582 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 43,222,017, while the active cases increased to 44,513, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated

Pak FM discusses remarks on Prophet by ex-BJP leaders with UNGA President

Pakistan FM Bilawal Bhutto Zardari apprised President of UN General Assembly Abdulla Shahid of the controversial remarks made by two former senior BJP officials against Prophet Mohammad