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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicPiyush Goyal

Topic: Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal hails India-Mediterranean Economic Corridor initiative

The minister said that various initiatives including PLI scheme, Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) through FTAs and economic partnerships have boosted India's manufacturing growth story.

Piyush Goyal sets steel production target to 500 million tonnes

The minister urged the industry leaders to focus on economies of scale through decarbonisation to get green steel.

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal holds talks with business leaders, counterparts in Singapore

Discussions during the second India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR) focussed on enhancing investment and strengthening bilateral economic ties.

Our take on lateral entry, Hema Committee & India’s defence exports—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Amazon’s $1bn investment in India to make up for losses, not to support economy, says Piyush Goyal

Commerce minister also says loss made by Amazon in India 'smells of predatory pricing', which is not good for the country as it impacts crores of small retailers.

Piyush Goyal meets CAA beneficiaries, celebrates Raksha Bandhan

Goyal congratulated the women refugees from Pakistan while assuring them security under the Citizenship Amendment Act.

‘It takes 2 hands to clap’ — Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal joins chorus of voices slamming pvt sector

At a post-budget conference, the minister took industry leaders to task for not cooperating with govt. Last week, Economic Survey & govt officials had also criticised private sector.

‘Not rethinking Chinese investment as advised by Economic Survey,’ says trade minister Piyush Goyal

Chief Economic Adviser Nageswaran's advice to focus on direct investment from China in the survey was backed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

How India can be ‘world’s next food superpower’ & climate crisis spurring coal mining expansion

Global media also discusses the India-UK free trade agreement, RBI governor's call to not cut interest rates & targeting of Muslim journalists in Uttar Pradesh. 

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.