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Rupee opened on a weak note on Wednesday, slipping 22 paise to 90.54 against the US dollar, after recording a strong rally in the previous session.The currency recorded a strong performance on Tuesday, soaring 122 paise, or 1.33%, to settle at 90.27 against the dollar. The spike came after India and the United States announced…

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Commerce ties between India and China achieved a new feat in 2025, scaling a record high bilateral trade of $155 billion. This reflects a year-on-year growth of more than 12%, according to Chinese ambassador Xu Feihong. Addressing a gathering to celebrate the Chinese New Year, Xu said that Beijing is in support for India’s BRICS…

NEW DELHI: Drug makers are set to gain clarity under the proposed India-US trade agreement, sharpening expansion plans in the world’s most lucrative pharmaceutical market. While the sector was insulated from punitive US tariffs, the generics business of major companies, including Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy’s and Cipla faced significant headwinds in the third quarter ended…

A large garment exporter, who was at a party on Monday when Trump announced the removal of 50% tariffs, celebrated the news before getting on to calls with American buyers. Suddenly, the business dynamics looked different.From looking to relocate a part of ops to Sri Lanka, Kenya or Indonesia on the suggestion of US buyers,…

PM Modi with US President Donald Trump (File photo) NEW DELHI: A day after announcements by PM Modi and US President Donald Trump that the two sides had reached a trade agreement, the govt asserted that sensitive sectors such as agriculture and dairy have been protected and labour-intensive sectors such as textiles, leather, marine products…

NEW DELHI: The focus has been on shrimps and textiles, but Indian carpets and rugs have seen a bruising year with exports slipping nearly 9% to $735 million between April and Nov. Lowering of tariffs is expected to come as a boost for the highly-labour intensive sector.While overall exports are down 4% to $1.3 billion…

MUMBAI: Reliance Industries (RIL) has acquired a 50.1% stake in Oscar-winning producer Guneet Monga Kapoor’s Sikhya Entertainment for Rs 150 crore. The acquisition has been routed through Reliance Strategic Business Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of RIL. The investment strengthens the content portfolio of Jio Studios, RIL’s media and entertainment arm, which has produced over…

LONDON: A House of Lords select committee has criticised various aspects of the UK-India FTA, saying in order to get the agreement over the line, a number of UK interests were omitted.Whilst the report by the International Agreements Committee says that the FTA with India is “a significant achievement with a formidable negotiating partner”, historically…

NEW DELHI: Domestic drugmakers are set to gain clarity under the proposed India-US trade agreement, sharpening expansion plans in the world’s most lucrative pharmaceutical market. While the sector was insulated from punitive US tariffs, the generics business of major companies including Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy’s and Cipla faced significant headwinds in the third quarter ended…