The US president and his senior officials had initially planned to engage in tariff rate discussions with many countries. (AI image) Donald Trump’s tariff deadline: Ahead of his self-imposed deadline on reciprocal tariffs, US President Donald Trump has said that 12 countries will be getting letters Monday onwards detailing their tariff rates. It is yet…
Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have been trying to address for years. Source link
Representative image (Picture credit: AP) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on his visit to Brazil for the 17th Brics Summit, Indian business leaders and the Brics Business Council are pushing for deeper economic integration and seamless trade within the bloc. Onkar Kanwar, chairman of the Brics Business Council, underlined that the grouping’s central aim…
Low environmental standards helped China become the world’s low-cost producer of rare earths, but Beijing was also focused on helping the industry. Source link
Established in Aug 1999, The New York-headquartered Jane Street has offices across the world. In June 2025, one of its co-founders was alleged to have financed a coup to topple the govt in South Sudan. The person then said he was duped into funding the coup. Sam Bankman-Fried, once the poster boy of the crypto…
Saudi Arabia, Russia and six other major oil producers from the OPEC+ alliance will meet on Saturday to decide their crude output strategy for August, with analysts expecting the bloc to approve another production hike of 411,000 barrels per day (bpd), mirroring decisions made for May, June and July. The meeting will be held virtually…
NEW DELHI: India on Friday proposed imposing of retaliatory duties under WTO norms against the US tariffs on imports of auto parts in the name of safeguard measures.“The proposed suspension of concessions or other obligations would take the form of an increase in tariffs on selected products originating in the US,” according to a notification…
NEW DELHI: Fair trade regulator CCI has directed Aditya Birla firm UltraTech, which now owns south-based cement firm India Cements, along with two other makers and their executives to submit financial documents, after its director general in its investigations found contravention of competition norms.The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has also directed Dalmia Bharat Cements…
Gold rose – putting it on track for a 2% weekly gain – as President Donald Trump said some US trading partners would face tariffs from Aug 1. Bullion rose 0.5% to around $3,340 an ounce on Friday as investors weighed the latest trade comments from the president, who said the administration will start sending…
MUMBAI: India’s retail lending sector slowed notably in FY25, as a mix of economic headwinds, regulatory tightening, and shifting borrower behaviour led to a broad-based moderation in credit growth. According to CRIF High Mark’s annual How India Lends FY25 report, the deceleration was especially visible in home loans and personal loans, which have traditionally anchored…
