Month: February 2025

India may offer lower duties on pecan nuts to cool Trump’s tariff barbs

February 10, 2025 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr. Modi’s bilateral meetings with Mr. Trump may include some offers for further reductions in import duties on items of U.S. interest such as pecan nuts. | Photo Credit: Reuters Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bilateral meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump this week, which are likely…

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Labour Ministry inks pact with FoundIt, to bring 10 lakh more jobs on National Career Service portal annually

February 10, 2025 admin

An MoU was signed in the presence of Union Minister of Labour & Employment Mansukh Mandaviya and aims to enhance international and domestic employment opportunities for jobseekers registered on the National Career Service portal. Photo: @/X@mansukhmandviya Labour Ministry on Monday (February 10, 2025) announced the inking of an initial pact with FoundIt — a leading…

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U.S. tariffs won’t impact Indian steel industry much: Steel Secretary

February 10, 2025 admin

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. announcement to impose tariffs on steel imports will not have much impact on the Indian industry as the domestic market is strong and a small quantity is exported to America, Steel Secretary Sandeep Poundrik said on Monday (February 10, 2025). Also read: Trump…

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New Delhi 6th, Mumbai 7th among 44 cities globally in luxury home price rise: Knight Frank Report

February 10, 2025 admin

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: PRASHANT NAKWE New Delhi has jumped to the sixth position among 44 cities globally in price appreciation of luxury homes with the national capital seeing an average 6.7% increase in rates during the latest December quarter, according to Knight Frank. Real estate consultant Knight Frank on…

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Natco’s generic for PAH gets USFDA nod, marketing partner Lupin to launch product

February 10, 2025 admin

Image for representation. Natco Pharma has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration final approval for Bosentan tablets for oral suspension, 32mg, its generic version of Actelion Pharmaceuticals US Inc.’s pulmonary arterial hypertension drug Tracleer. The Hyderabad-based generic drugmaker said it believes it has the sole first-to-file status for the product and consequently eligible for a…

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Is global warming accelerating? – The Hindu

February 10, 2025 admin

The Palisades Fire burns a beach front property, January 8, 2025, in Malibu, California. | Photo Credit: AP The world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States, a cooling La Nina and predictions of a slightly less hot 2025, according to the European climate service Copernicus. The…

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Lumpy skin disease vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech group firm with ICAR gets CDSCO licence

February 10, 2025 admin

Biovet says Biolumpivaxin is the first Differentiating Infected from Vaccinated Animals (DIVA) marker vaccine globally for LSD and will be launched shortly. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Animal health vaccine maker and Bharat Biotech group firm Biovet on Monday (February 10, 2025) said it has received the Central Drug Standards Control Organization (CDSCO) licence for the…

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Vidarbha important for Maharashtra’s $1 trillion economy goal: Union Minister Piyush Goyal

February 10, 2025 admin

Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Nitin Gadkari at the Advantage Vidarbha 2025, in Nagpur, on February 9, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra will become a $1 trillion economy in three years and Vidarbha will contribute significantly to it, said Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal at the Advantage Vidarbha conclave’s closing event…

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India sets up EFTA desk to promote trade, investment, business facilitation

February 10, 2025 admin

Union Minister for Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal during the signing of the India-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Trade & Economic Partnership Agreement, in New Delhi on March 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI India is setting up a dedicated platform — EFTA (European Free Trade Association) desk — to promote trade, investment, and business…

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