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But the talks this week also faced certain unexpected hurdles. Even as the US delegation was still in Delhi, the US trade department proposed new tariffs on dozens of countries over concerns they were not doing enough to tackle forced labour. India was on the list, facing an additional 12.5% tariff on its exports to…

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NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on Friday resigned from the party, saying he wanted to start a new “political movement.”He also voiced to end “cult and dynastic” politics. His resignation made the speculations official after days of buzz around his possible exit from the BJP. The development comes a month after…

June 5 (Reuters) – India’s economy grew at an unexpectedly strong 7.8% in January-March, the government said on Friday, as better farm output and brisker construction activity helped offset weakening external demand emanating from the Middle East conflict. The print, the second in an updated data series with a revised base year and ‌wider coverage,…

MUMBAI     India‘s central bank left interest rates unchanged on June 5, despite the Middle East conflict threatening to stoke inflation and heap pressure on a weak rupee. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said the benchmark repurchase rate, the level at which it lends to commercial banks, would remain at 5.25 percent. Central…

Dipke created the Cockroach Janta Party online in May and it soon broke the internet in IndiaImage: Arthur Maiorella/REUTERS Abhijeet Dipke, the US-based founder of India’s digital satirical political movement — the  “Cockroach Janta Party” (CJP) — was leaving for New Delhi on Friday ahead of a planned protest.  The viral movement is moving from…

A labourer works on a construction site near the Amazon India headquarters in Bengaluru on December 29, 2025. Idrees Mohammed | Afp | Getty Images In a quarter partially affected by the economic disruptions from the Middle East conflict, India’s economy grew at 7.8% year-on-year in the three months to the end of March, a…

A money lender counts Indian rupee currency notes at his shop in Ahmedabad, India. Amit Dave | Reuters India is doubling down on measures aimed at attracting foreign portfolio investments, as foreign capital outflows hit a record high. The government on Friday announced that it has exempted foreign investors and ​the Bank for International Settlements…

The Reserve Bank of India on Friday kept its policy repo rate unchanged ​at 5.25%, opting to look past rupee weakness and ‌assess the fallout from rising global energy costs on inflation and growth. Source link