Trade
India's Nov-Oct palm oil imports to rise 16% to 9.3 million tonnes
28 Aug 2015
India’s edible oil imports are expected to rise 7.1 per cent to 15 million tonnes in the next marketing year, after a likely rise of nearly 21 per cent to 14 million tonnes in the current year
Nearly 1,000 tonnes of Afghanistan onion arriving in a week: reports
28 Aug 2015
Strife-torn Afghanistan has been supplying India with an average thousand kg of onions every week with truck-loads of the commodity crossing over to India from the Wagah border every day
WTO rules against India in solar panel dispute with US: report
27 Aug 2015
The WTO dispute settlement panel, in a confidential report to New Delhi and Washington, found India violated global trade rules by imposing local content requirements for solar cells and solar modules
Germany suspends more drugs tested by GVK Bio
22 Aug 2015
Despite the ban, the German regulator said it has no information so far that the medicines subjected to clinical trials by GVK Bio posed any health risks to patients
India offers $1-tn opportunity, Modi tells UAE investors
17 Aug 2015
UAE's financial muscle and India's business potential can combine to make the dream of an Asian Century a reality, Modi said
Chinese steel exporters slash prices post devaluation as India hikes duty
13 Aug 2015
Steel mills in China’s top steel producing city, Tangshan, now exports semi-finished steel products at around $295 per tonne, less than half the price Indian steel mills
India defers FTA talks with EU over GVK ban
05 Aug 2015
Iran offers India expanded role in strategic port: report
18 Jul 2015
Chabahar in southeast Iran is key to India’s efforts to access and pursue its economic and security interests in landlocked Afghanistan and the Central Asian nations circumventing Pakistan
SCO-BRICS summit: Modi has nothing to bring home
10 Jul 2015
BRICS agree on easier visa, customs procedures to push trade
10 Jul 2015
South Africa has suggested evolving a BRICS business pass on the lines of the APEC Business Travel Card, where a holder does not need a visa to visit an APEC member country
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