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…
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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…
Union minister G Kishan Reddy on Friday unveiled the government’s Copper Vision Document, a blueprint aimed at preparing India’s copper ecosystem to meet the expected surge in domestic demand over the next two decades.The roadmap projects that India’s copper demand will rise sixfold by 2047 and sets a target of adding 5 million tonnes per…
Gold rate today: Gold prices declined sharply by Rs 600 to Rs 99,020 per 10 grams in Delhi on Friday, driven by fresh selling from stockists and a stronger US dollar, according to the All India Sarafa Association.The yellow metal of 99.9% purity had closed at Rs 99,620 on Thursday. Gold of 99.5% purity also…
India’s Competition watchdog, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has directed UltraTech Cement — which now controls India Cements — along with Dalmia Bharat and Shree Digvijay Cement, to furnish detailed financial records and income tax data following a Director General (DG) report that flagged violations of competition norms in a tendering process by ONGC.In…
