Imports of U.S. pork and products now allowed in India, U.S. officials say
India has agreed to allow imports of U.S. pork and pork products into India. Removing a longstanding barrier to U.S. agricultural trade, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Agriculture Secretary…
Fuel demand in India hit 9-month high in December
India’s fuel consumption in December scaled a nine-month peak, government data showed on Tuesday. Although a fresh coronavirus wave may slow the gradual recovery of demand in the world’s third…
Indian shares gain for third day on IT boost ahead of earnings
Indian shares ended higher for a third straight session on Tuesday, with sharp gains in IT stocks offsetting a slide in the metal index as investors eyed the start of…
Vulnerable groups given vaccine boosters, India’s COVID-19 cases multiply
India started administering booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine to frontline people and vulnerable old people on Monday. With the fast-spreading Omicron variation fuelling an nearly eight-fold upward thrust in every…
Inflation in India likely accelerated to a six-month high in Dec
Higher telecommunications charges, along side a relatively low base one year ago, seemingly drove Indian retail inflation to a six-month high in December. A poll found, keeping alive expectations for…
India likely to trim fiscal deficit target as Omicron cases rise
India is aiming for a financial deficit of 6.3% to 6.5% of gross home product for the following monetary year. A much less formidable goal than formerly deliberate as COVID-19…
Sri Lanka signs deal to lease oil tanks to Indian Oil amid financial crisis
Sri Lanka on Thursday signed a cope with the neighborhood unit of Indian Oil Corp, Lanka IOC. To lease 75 oil tanks, as the island moved closer to securing a…
Toxic gas kills six in India after illegal chemical dump
AHMEDABAD – Six workers at a dyeing and printing mill in India were killed and more than 20 were taken to hospital on Thursday after inhaling toxic gas caused by…
Amazon deal halted by Indian court, Future arbitration in blow to U.S. giant
A Delhi court has halted arbitration proceedings between Indian conglomerate Future cluster and its unloved U.S. partner Amazon.com. In light of the national just agency’s suspension of a 2019 deal…
Startup ONE says battery prototype delivered 750-mile range
Our Next Energy (ONE), a two-year-old Michigan startup, said on Wednesday it had tested a paradigm. Its new battery in an exceedingly Tesla Model S, driving 752 miles (1,210 kilometers)…