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Nasscom advises IT firms to defer travel to Middle East, enable WFH amid rising tensions

New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) IT industry body Nasscom has advised its member companies to avoid travel to affected parts of the Middle...

EPFO retains 8.25 pc interest rate on employees’ provident fund deposits for 2025-26

New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Retirement fund body EPFO on Monday fixed the interest rate on employees' provident fund (EPF) deposits for 2025-26...

Canadian firm Cameco signs $1.9 billion uranium deal with India

Washington: Canadian firm Cameco Corp. signed a C$2.6 billion ($1.9 billion) uranium supply deal with India on Monday during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first...

India’s manufacturing sector activity growth jumps to 4-month high in Feb: PMI

New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) India's manufacturing sector activity growth jumped to a four-month high of 56.9 in February, supported by substantial improvement...

Iran Crisis: No immediate oil disruption for India; Russia pivot possible if conflict drags on

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) With crude inventories sufficient to meet at least 10 days of requirements and fuel stocks covering another 5-7 days,...

Crypto tumbles after US, Israel launch attacks on Iran

Bitcoin dropped as much as 3.8% to $63,038, while Ether, the second-largest token, slid 4.5% to $1,835. Roughly $128 billion in market value was erased across digital assets.

Andhra to open coastline for rare earth mining, eyes China import cut

Amaravati, Feb 28 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh plans to open up its mineral-rich coastline for large-scale rare earth and titanium-bearing beach sand mining, in a...

India, EU trade agreement includes model mediation procedures

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the EU has included an annexure for mediation for a...

Govt temporarily discontinues rice fortification under PMGKAY, cites shelf life concerns

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The government has temporarily discontinued the fortification of rice supplied under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana...

Explainer: MoSPI releases new GDP series with base year 2022-23

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Friday released the New Series of Annual and Quarterly...

On Camera

Russian buffer for crude, but India’s LPG imports vulnerable as Iran conflict chokes Strait of Hormuz

India imports roughly 80–85% of its LPG requirements, with bulk sourced from Gulf suppliers, almost all of it coming through the Strait of Hormuz.

India has ordered more Polish drones, Indian firm keen to set up munitions factory in Poland—Warsaw’s envoy

New Delhi: India is right to pursue and strike terrorists where they are, as during Op Sindoor, Poland’s Ambassador to India Dr Piotr Antoni...

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.