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India plans to protest the European Union’s proposed carbon tax at the next WTO meeting. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India plans to protest the European Union’s proposed carbon tax on imports of steel, iron ore and cement at the next meeting of World Trade Organization (WTO) later this month, saying it would emerge as…
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Maldives tourism hit: Controversial tweets by Maldives ministers against PM Modi sparked a call by some Indians on social media to boycott the Maldives | Photo Credit: AFP In January, controversial tweets by deputy ministers of the Maldives on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Lakshadweep led to a diplomatic row between the two…
Gold prices jumped ₹170 to ₹63,370 per 10 grams in the national capital on Wednesday amid gains in precious metal’s prices globally, according to HDFC Securities. The yellow metal had closed at ₹63,200 per 10 grams in the previous trade. However, silver plunged ₹300 to ₹74,600 per kilogram, while it had ended at ₹74,900 per…
Union Minister Piyush Goyal informed the Lok Sabha that a task force has been set up to identify, categorise and develop tailored strategies to resolve non-tariff barriers. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Government has set up a task force under the Department of Commerce to identify, categorise and develop tailored strategies for the resolution of…
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Rupee hit an intraday high of 82.94 and a low of 83.09. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Rupee appreciated nine paise to close at 82.96 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on February 7, tracking a correction in the greenback against major currencies and fresh foreign capital inflows. “However, a rise in crude oil prices…
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The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 34.09 points or 0.05% to settle at 72,152. During the day, it hit a high of 72,559.21 and a low of 71,938.22. | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed flat in a volatile trade on February 7 ahead of Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) interest rate…
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India is the third largest consumer of oil behind the US and China and this demand will increase despite the Government’s electric vehicle push. File | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K India will overtake China as the biggest driver of global oil demand in 2027 as transportation and industry consumption in the world’s fastest-growing major…
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A woman looks on as she squats with a dog beside houses destroyed by last year’s earthquake, in Hatay, Turkey, February 5, 2024. The magnitude 7.8 tremor that struck in the early hours of February 6, 2023, levelled towns and city swathes in the country’s southeast. It killed more than 53,000 people in Turkey and…
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Shares of One97 Communications Ltd, which owns Paytm brand, climbed 10 per cent on Wednesday, February 7 morning, continuing its recovery journey. The stock jumped 9.99 per cent to Rs 496.75 on the BSE after a firm beginning. Shares of the company climbed 9.99 per cent to Rs 496.25 on the NSE. Earlier, Vijay Shekhar…
You speak of new middle class, but how do you treat current middle class: INC MP Imran Pratapgarhi INC MP Imran Pratapgarhi says that instead of providing houses over people’s heads, the centre is bulldozing homes as well as democracy. How is it ‘s abka saath. sabka vikas,’ when you have taken away the Maulana…
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