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Duty Imposed On Steel, Aluminium Due To National Security: US To India In WTO
NEW DELHI: The US has informed the global trade body WTO that the decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium, was based on national security grounds and should not be considered as safeguard measures, according to a communication. The US shared this response with the World Trade Organisation...
Govt Tweaks Domestic Gas Allocation Policy For CNG, PNG Segments
NEW DELHI: The ministry of petroleum and natural gas on Friday announced key changes to the domestic gas allocation policy, aimed at ensuring sustained availability and affordability of natural gas for the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) used in transport and Piped Natural Gas (PNG) used in domestic households. Under...
Strange Sell-Off In Dollar Raises Spectre Of Investors Losing Trust In US Under Trump
NEW YORK: Among the threats tariffs pose to the US economy, none may be as strange as the sell-off in the dollar. Currencies rise and fall all the time because of inflation fears, central bank moves and other factors. But economists worry that the recent drop in the dollar...
New Traffic Radar Rules To Ensure Accurate Speed Enforcement
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday said new regulations requiring mandatory verification and stamping of traffic radar equipment will be implemented from July 1 to improve road safety and enforcement accuracy across the country. The Consumer Affairs Ministry has notified the rules following extensive consultations with stakeholders, including the...
EPFO Set To Launch Version 3.0 With ATM Fund Withdrawals
RANCHI: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is set to undergo a major digital overhaul to enhance services for over nine crore beneficiaries, with Version 3.0 set to launch by May or June, Union Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday. In coming days, EPFO beneficiaries will...
DGTR Issues Final Findings In 13 Anti-Dumping Cases
NEW DELHI: The commerce ministry’s investigation arm DGTR has issued final findings in as many as 13 anti-dumping cases, mostly against China, in March, according to the Commerce Ministry. The ministry also said that in addition to this, the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has started 11 investigations...
Our Technology Products Now Globally Respected: Vaishnaw
MANESAR: India’s electronics manufacturing and export have grown multi-fold in the last decade driven by policies and incentives, and the Made-in-India products now command global recognition given their reliability and respect for IP rights, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday. Inaugurating VVDN Technologies’ SMT (Surface Mount Technology) Line...
After Courting China, Bangladesh Warms Up To Russia, USA And Pakistan
By Nitya Chakraborty Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser to the interim government Dr. Muhammad Yunus is presently in the midst of his diplomatic triumph by successfully outreaching to the major countries of the world including the two super powers. After having a major success in getting all the support from the...
Supreme Court’s Verdict On Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi Is Of Historic Significance
By P. Sudhir The Supreme Court has delivered a truly historic verdict, which protects the federal principle and declares any action taken by a Governor to thwart the will of the state legislature as unconstitutional. The 414-page judgment delivered by a two-member Bench of the Supreme Court, consisting of...
A Strong Indian Economy Based On Equity And Jobs Can Only Take On Trump’s Tariff War
By Prabhat Patnaik Donald Trump has put off his proposed tariffs by ninety days; but countries like India have to respond to Trump’s measures whether now or after ninety days. These measures are not just an episodic act. Trump clearly threatens with tariffs any country that dares to act...
Finalisation Of International Agreement On Pandemic Is A New Hope
By Dr. Gyan Pathak At a time when several international health programmes across the countries have been adversely impacted after withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) following an announcement by President Donald Trump on January 20, 2025, the finalization of the international agreement on...
In Madhya Pradesh, Congress Leader Digvijay Singh Files FIR Against Baba Ramdev
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: The politics in Madhya Pradesh has got fresh heat with the confrontation between the Congress and the pro-BJP Baba Ramdev. The Congress veteran leader Digvijay Singh issued strongly worded statement against Baba Ramdev. Not only that, he went to the extent of filing a...
Decoding The Significance Of 155th Birth Anniversary Of Lenin In Present Era
By Krishna Jha The architect of first path breaking event that heralded the new socialist society, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, was born on April 22, 1870. According to laws of historical materialism, or following the materialist concept of history, Socialism follows capitalism. Whichever socio-economic formation replaces the former stage is...
President Donald Trump Has Exposed The Fragility Of The Global Dollar System
By Dominik A. Leusder NEW YORK: “The bond market is very tricky. I was watching it. But if you look at it now, it’s beautiful.” These were the words with which President Donald Trump accompanied his surprising decision on April 9 to “pause” the previously announced “reciprocal tariffs” for...
Failing At Both Economic War And Real War, Trump’s Alliances Realign
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The statement attributed to Mao: “Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent” appears nowhere in his writings. And like many apocryphal aphorisms it only illuminates a small part of reality. Nevertheless it has been pressed into service to describe the turmoil...
Global Goods Trade To Contract 0.2% In 2025: WTO
NEW DELHI: The global merchandise trade volumes are expected to contract by 0.2% on year in 2025 as against the earlier projection of 2.7% expansion, due to the global tariff war triggered by the US, according to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The predicted decline in trade takes into...
Moody’s Ratings Revises Forecast Of India’s 2025 GDP Growth To 5.5-6.5%
NEW DELHI: Moody’s Ratings on Wednesday said Indian economy could grow in the band of 5.5 to 6.5 per cent during the calendar year 2025, a shade lower than its February projection of 6.6 per cent as the ratings agency factored in the “unpredictable” US tariffs which it said...
Centre May Target Asset Monetisation Of Rs 2 Lakh Crore In FY26
NEW DELHI: The Centre may set an asset monetisation target of `1.9-2 lakh crore in FY26 under the second phase of the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP), with a focus on sectors such as roads, power, railways, and coal and mines. Sources told FE that infrastructure development on vacant public...
