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Rajnath urges Chinese firms to join Indian projects
24 Nov 2015
Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Monday called upon Chinese companies to participate in ongoing infrastructure development projects in India
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Modi calls for deeper India-Malaysia defence ties
23 Nov 2015
India and Malaysia today signed three memorandums of agreements for cooperation in cyber security, public administration and culture
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India, ASEAN have opportunities for perpetual cooperation: Modi
21 Nov 2015
India is on a long road to transformation and the scale of transformation and the size of economic opportunities the transformation provides are huge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the ASEAN-India summit in Kuala Lumpur
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India’s 7-month trade deficit hits $77.76 bn despite 15% fall in imports
19 Nov 2015
India’s imports for April-October 2015-16 were down 15.17 per cent at $232.05 billion while cumulative exports during the period stood 17.62 per cent lower at $154.29 billion
Govt announces interest subsidy for SME exports
19 Nov 2015
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Text of US-Pacific trade pact adds fuel to debate
06 Nov 2015
The Obama administration has released the full text of the path-breaking Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP, prompting immediate criticism from unions, environment groups, and – surprisingly – from Ford Motor Co
Govt hikes tariff value for gold, silver imports
30 Oct 2015
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Govt hikes export sops, enhances list of eligible goods
30 Oct 2015
The move comes after India's merchandise exports shrank by nearly a quarter in September from a year ago, falling for a 10th straight month and threatening to derail the government's manufacturing push
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India offers to help develop technology, nurture human capital in Africa
29 Oct 2015
The best partnership is one that develops human capital and institutions, which in turn equips and empowers a nation to have the freedom to make its own choices and shoulder the responsibility for its own progress, Modi said
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India-Africa Forum: Modi sees a new high in India-Africa relations
24 Oct 2015
This will be the first India-Africa summit where all the 54 countries of Africa have been invited and all the 54 countries are participating
Government hikes wheat import duty to 25%
19 Oct 2015
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India’s April-September trade deficit seen lower at $67.99 billion
16 Oct 2015
Trade data showed a 25.42-per cent fall in imports from a year earlier to $32.32 billion during September 2015 and a 24.33 per cent fall in exports at $21.84 billion during the month
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Clinton’s turnaround on Trans-Pacific trade stuns observers
09 Oct 2015
After having firmly backed Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership trade accord, presidential hopeful Hilary Clinton has done an about turn, saying she no longer supports the deal
UK cyber-security mission heading for India
06 Oct 2015
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Merkel pushes FTA as EU continues to block drug imports from India
06 Oct 2015
With the EU continuing to block exports of about 700 generic drugs from India, any resumption of FTA talks would only be a wasteful exercise
Exports from top five sectors down 25% in August
03 Oct 2015
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