U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday slapped a 26% reciprocal tariff on India, threatening the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) estimate of 6.7% economic growth in 2025-26 and the government’s economic survey forecast of 6.3%-6.8%. After the tariffs, Goldman Sachs lowered its growth estimate to 6.1% from 6.3%. Citi forecast a 40 bps drag on […]
Responding to media queries concerning the remarks made by the Indian External Affairs in Lok Sabha and the related discussion on the situation of minorities in Pakistan, the spokesperson, in a statement, said, ”India is in no position to champion minority rights, as it remains a serial violator of those very rights.” In stark contrast, […]
Ibrahim Ali Khan, the eldest son of Bollywood A-lister Saif Ali Khan, made his much-awaited film debut with Karan Johar’s Dharmatic Entertainment’s ‘Nadaaniyan’, co-starring Khushi Kapoor in her second release of the year. Young film director Shauna Gautam’s debut feature, also featuring veteran actors Suniel Shetty, Dia Mirza, Mahima Chaudhary, and Jugal Hansraj, opened to […]
The panel’s annual report also said that communist-ruled Vietnam stepped up efforts to regulate and control religious affairs. It recommended that Vietnam – a country like India with which Washington has sought to build close ties given shared concerns about China – also be designated a “country of particular concern.” Analysts say Washington has long […]
The demand represents a substantial chunk of last year’s net profit of $955 million for Samsung in India, where it is one of the largest players in the consumer electronics and smartphones market. It can be challenged in a tax tribunal or the courts. The company, which also imports telecoms equipment through its network division, […]
India is among the trading partners set to face the tariffs from April, which threaten to cause distress to its exporters in industries from automobiles to agriculture. After Modi and Trump met last month, the two nations agreed to resolve tariff rows and work on the first segment of a deal by the fall of […]
Gig workers, or those outside traditional employer-employee relationships, are set to play a key role in the world’s fifth-biggest economy, spurred partly by high unemployment after COVID-19 pandemic curbs fuelled growth in the sector. Tamil Nadu is also introducing an insurance scheme for nearly 150,000 gig workers to compensate for accidental deaths and disability, its […]
Yuvraj Singh’s post, which has gone viral, conspicuously omitted any mention of Virat Kohli, sparking speculation about a possible feud between the two cricketers. The post was made after India’s victory in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. In his post, Yuvraj lavished praise on several Indian cricketers, including Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, KL […]
“Pakistan denounces the Indian authorities’ decision to declare the ‘Awami Action Committee’ and ‘Jammu and Kashmir Ittihad-ul-Muslimeen’ as ‘Unlawful Association’ for five years,” the foreign office said. The ‘Awami Action Committee’ is led by a prominent political and religious leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. The ‘Jammu and Kashmir Ittihad-ul-Muslimeen’ was also founded by another notable political […]
The Indian rupee declined 0.4% to 87.26 against the U.S. dollar as of 9:45 a.m. IST. The reference rate, or the daily fix, was quoted at a 1/1.20 paisa premium, signalling strong dollar bids, a trader said. Meanwhile, the dollar index ticked up to 103.8, recovering from a four-month low hit last week after data […]
