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Revival of India-China trade through Lipulekh brings hopes, concerns for border traders

After a hiatus of three decades, India-China border trade was resumed through Lipulekh pass in 1992. But the volumes were nowhere close to the earlier times, since the markets they served were now better connected with highways.

Traders losing big in India’s derivative market are under 30, low income, small-city men: report

SEBI found individual traders in derivatives market faced loss of Rs 1.8 lakh crore in 2021-24. A little more than half of them were from Maharashtra, Gujarat, UP & Rajasthan.

SubscriberWrites: Seven years to GST implementation, the story so far

Even after so many years, the opposition to GST is because many of the businesses irrespective of size do not want to play by the book.

I protest against govt policies, not PM, says Modi’s brother as he plans August Delhi agitation

Prahlad Modi says he and elder brother Narendra Modi have not met in the past eight years, since the latter became prime minister.

Homeland in crisis under Taliban, fewer Afghan vendors turn up for trade fair 2021

The India International Trade Fair, which draws traders from around the globe every year, was inaugurated Sunday and will go un till 27 November.

RBI faces key auction of Rs 32,000 crore of bonds as traders demand higher yields

The auction Friday will show if the RBI can begin bending traders to its will, or whether the market could lose confidence entirely in its recent move toward quantitative easing.

Traders brace for heavy losses as Covid hits Holi for second consecutive year

Traders' associations estimate the impact on businesses could be around Rs 25,000 crore this year, as against a hit of around Rs 20,000 crore in 2020.

Traders’ body calls BJP’s Raghubar Das ‘mentally bankrupt’ as his article targets ‘middlemen’

Confederation of All India Traders has said BJP must act against the Jharkhand ex-CM who called traders 'mafia and snake'. Raghubar Das says he wasn't talking about 'honest traders'.

Traders’ body to ask Deepika, Ranbir, Virat, Aamir, Katrina to stop endorsing Chinese brands

CAIT gen secy Praveen Khandelwal says it’s stepping up ‘boycott Chinese goods’ campaign due to Galwan Valley clash, in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed.

Traders’ body calls for boycott of 3,000 Chinese products over ‘continued’ border clashes

Confederation of All India Traders condemned the Chinese ‘military aggression’ at the LAC and decided to step up its nationwide campaign to boycott Chinese goods.

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Tarique Rahman’s govt is on a mission of de-Yunusification. It will fix India-Bangladesh ties

Going forward, India and Bangladesh will have to double the effort to fix the damage done to bilateral ties by the Yunus administration.

Venezuela crude returns to India’s oil basket. But only as ‘supplementary’ supply

Indian refiners are testing Venezuelan barrels again as Russian supply sinks, but analysts say volumes will remain limited due to refinery constraints & supply capacity.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.