Trade
COVID-19: Modi moots $10 bn Saarc fund; discusses way forward
16 Mar 2020
India, Modi said, has set up an Integrated Disease Surveillance Portal to better trace possible virus carriers and the people they contacted and that this surveillance software could be shared with other Saarc member countries
President Trump still ready to mediate on Kashmir issue
25 Feb 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President said there was useful and comprehensive discussion on trade and that there was an appreciation that it increased steadily year on year over the last few years - US exports to India had a fairly dramatic increase
Trump looks to make India a robust market for US exports
24 Feb 2020
The United States wants India to remain a key partner across all domains in the future, especially against the prospect of India’s economy becoming the third-largest by 2030
Trump expected to fix elusive Westinghouse-NPCI deal
21 Feb 2020
Westinghouse is expected to sign a new agreement with state-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NCPI) for supply of six nuclear reactors, in what would be a fresh lease of life for the ailing US energy company
Exports from SEZs hit $100 billion mark
19 Feb 2020
Modi to ease dairy, chicken rules to seal trade deal with US
14 Feb 2020
India has offered to lower import duty on US chicken legs, turkey, dairy products and produce such as blueberries and cherries from 100 per cent to 25 per cent and to further lower duty on Harley-Davidson motorcycles to below 50 per cent
US, India to seal $1.9 bn Integrated Air Defence System deal
11 Feb 2020
The proposed sale comes ahead of a planned visit by President Donald Trump to India later this month when the two countries are also expected to sign a trade deal
India, Brazil eye $15 billion bilateral trade by 2022
27 Jan 2020
The two countries signed 15 agreements to bolster cooperation in sectors like energy, defence, environment, health and animal husbandry
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation