When Oakland resident Terrence Dwyer got a flyer advertising a solar system small enough to fit on his deck — and that plugs into a regular wall socket — he didn’t hesitate. “Absolutely, let’s do this right away,” he said.Such “plug-in” or “balcony” solar kits, long popular in Europe for their affordability and easy installation,…
US President Donald Trump is loading another tariff bullet, this time aimed at semiconductor chips and steel.The move, expected to be announced in the coming weaks, could shake the already rattled global trade.“I’ll be setting tariffs next week and the week after on steel and on, I would say, chips,” Trump told reporters aboard Air…
US stocks hovered near record highs on Friday as Wall Street moved towards closing another winning week, buoyed by hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in September.The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in early trade, a day after notching a fresh all-time high, and was on track for its fourth winning week…
India and Singapore held the fourth meeting of their Joint Working Group on Trade & Investment (JWGTI) at Vanijya Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday, focusing on ways to deepen economic cooperation and identify fresh areas of collaboration. The meeting came a day after the third India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable, marking a week of intensive bilateral…
The next round of negotiations to review the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) will be held on October 6-7, 2025, at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, hosted by Malaysia, the Commerce Ministry said.The tenth round of talks concluded in New Delhi between August 10 and 14, with the Joint Committee focusing on advancing…
India’s purchases of Russian crude oil have risen to 2 million barrels per day (bpd) in August, up from 1.6 million bpd in July, according to data from global analytics provider Kpler. The increase, which came at the expense of imports from Iraq and Saudi Arabia, means Russia supplied 38 per cent of India’s estimated…
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Asian stock markets showed a mixed performance on Friday, with strong Japanese growth figures offset by weaker Chinese data, while oil prices slipped ahead of a high-stakes US-Russia summit on Ukraine.As per news agency AFP, Japan’s economy expanded by 0.3% in the April-June quarter, surpassing forecasts, while the previous quarter’s output was revised upwards, helping…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday outlined an ambitious roadmap to drastically cut India’s reliance on imported oil and gas, announcing rapid expansion in nuclear power, deep-sea oil exploration, and other clean energy initiatives. Speaking from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the country’s 79th Independence Day, he said energy self-reliance is critical for…
The ministry of finance has released details on the proposed GST reforms, saying that a two-slab GST structure is being mulled. (AI image) Big GST relief soon! Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech announced that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) burden on the common man is set to come down from…
