NEW DELHI: India will stop importing weapons in the coming years, but will not differentiate between domestic companies and foreign arms majors that set up production facilities in the country, a senior defence ministry official said on Wednesday. Towards this end to promote self-reliance, the ministry of defence has scrapped proposed foreign deals close to…Continue Reading
Fuel prices continue to rise with petrol and diesel rates rising by another 80 paise per litre each on Wednesday, netting an increase of about Rs 5.60 a litre in eight revisions in nine days so far. In the national capital, petrol now costs Rs 101.01 per litre, while diesel is selling at Rs 92.27…Continue Reading
For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS | Published: Wednesday, March 30, 2022, 10:24 [IST] New Delhi, Mar 30: With 1,233 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,23,215, while the active cases dipped to 14,704, according to the Union Health…Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: India has launched talks with countries such as Egypt that depend on Russian and Ukrainian wheat so that it can fill the gap created and at least double exports. While demand for Indian wheat has increased in the last few weeks, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has also begun a dialogue with…Continue Reading
Fuel prices continue to rise, with petrol and diesel prices increasing by 80 paise and 70 paise per litre on Tuesday, respectively, reaching over Rs 5 per litre following seven rate revisions in eight days. Petrol and diesel prices rose for the sixth time in over a week on Tuesday, with petrol now costing over…Continue Reading
New Delhi: With 1,259 fresh cases, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 4,30,21,982 on Tuesday, while the number of active cases of the infection further declined to 15,378, according to the Union health ministry. The death toll due to the viral disease has gone up to 5,21,070 with 35 more fatalities, the ministry’s data updated at…Continue Reading
Pune: The French ambassador to India, Emmanuel Lenain, has announced that the fourth edition of the India-France cultural connect festival, Bonjour India, will be held as an on-ground event after a pandemic-induced hiatus across multiple cities in India, including Pune, in collaboration with the cultural outreach arm Alliance Francaise and its network of consulates as…Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: India aims to be the content sub-continent of the world, information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur said on Monday, the concluding day of his three-day visit to Expo 2020 in Dubai. Thakur met Issam Kazim, the chief executive of Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing, to discuss strategies adopted by Dubai to…Continue Reading
As revealed in the Union Budget, profits from trading in crypto and other virtual assets such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) will be taxed at a flat 30% rate beginning in April. This would apply to all virtual digital assets (VDA) and their earnings from Bitcoin to non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Furthermore, for every transaction involving crypto…Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: India is set to lower import duty on dates, metals, cement, cooking gas and crude oil from the UAE as part of the free trade agreement (FTA) that is expected to be implemented from May. The details of the deal unveiled on Sunday during commerce & industry minister Piyush Goyal’s visit to the…Continue Reading
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