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The government plans to incentivise states and districts to work closely with industry to identify and address local skill gaps, adopting a hyper-local approach to build a future-ready workforce, a senior official told PTI on Monday.Addressing the CII Smart Manufacturing Summit 2025, Secretary in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Debashree Mukherjee said the…

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal with New Zealand’s Trade Minister Todd McClay (File photo-ANI) Negotiations between India and New Zealand on a proposed free trade agreement are likely to be wrapped up soon, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said on Monday, signalling progress after multiple rounds of discussions at both official and ministerial levels, PTI…

The rupee on Monday weakened further to close at a fresh all-time low of 90.74 against the US dollar, after slipping as much as 90.80 during intra-day trade, amid lingering uncertainty over an India–US trade deal and continued foreign fund outflows, according to market participants.At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local currency opened at…

India has begun discussions with Mexico to mitigate the impact of steep import tariffs approved by the Latin American country on goods from non-free trade agreement partners, including India, and to explore the possibility of a preferential trade agreement to safeguard bilateral trade interests, ANI reported.Mexico has cleared tariff hikes of up to 50 per…

If you are concentrated in just a handful of names, one bad event can do serious damage to your wealth. (AI image) When I look at individual investors’ stock portfolios, I usually see two extremes. On one side is the “all or nothing” investor who has poured most of their money into just two or…

Wholesale inflation in November was down 0.32%, thanks to falling prices of food articles, oils and electricity. However, the figure was still 0.71% up as compared to the previous month, when the WPI recorded a sharp plunge of 1.21%. This increase is attributed to the month-on-month increase in the prices of pulses and vegetables, according…