BUSINESS
India seeks bigger slice of China’s expanding tea market at buyer-seller meet
Beijing: India has pitched for boosting its tea exports to China, where varieties such as Darjeeling and Masala tea have...
Falling rupee makes imports costlier, fuels inflation: Experts
New Delhi: A depreciating rupee will help exporters and the IT sector, but make imports costlier, thus fuelling inflation, according...
Lok Sabha passes Bill to levy excise duty on tobacco
New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a law to levy a higher excise duty on tobacco and related products...
Not losing sleep over falling rupee against dollar, expects improvement next year: CEA
New Delhi: Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran on Wednesday said the government is not losing sleep over the declining...
India, EU looking at cooperation to secure sensitive undersea cables in Indian Ocean
New Delhi: Weeks ahead of the annual India-EU summit, senior officials from the two sides will this week deliberate on...
India pitches for coordinated action to deal with challenges in digitalisation, timely tax info exchange
New Delhi: India on Tuesday called for global cooperation for coordinated action to deal with new challenges emanating from the...
Privacy row: Users free to delete Sanchar Saathi if they wish, says Telecom Minister Scindia
New Delhi: Days after his ministry told smartphone makers to preload a state-run cybersecurity app on all new devices, Communications...
Making anything compulsory in democracy is troubling: Tharoor on Sanchar Saathi app row
New Delhi: Amid the Sanchar Saathi application row, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said making anything compulsory in...
Sitharaman moves bills in LS to levy excise on tobacco, cess on pan masala post GST cess ends
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday moved two new bills in the Lok Sabha that look to repurpose...
FM says Finance Ministry does not advise LIC on investments, Adani investments as per SOPs
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said her ministry does not issue advisory or directions to Life Insurance...