Jaishankar and Rubio in Manila External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met US secretary of state Marco Rubio in Manila, with the two leaders holding wide-ranging discussions on trade, tariffs, energy, defence, critical minerals, artificial intelligence and regional security.The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) foreign…
The Houthis control northern Yemen, including the coastline along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern entrance to the Red Sea. (Satellite image of Bab el-Mandeb by Reuters) Red Sea oil supply disruptions have begun! Three tankers carrying Saudi Arabia crude oil that were bound for China and India reversed course in the Red Sea…
Pharmaceutical stocks came under pressure on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump unveiled a phased tariff plan for imported generic medicines, raising concerns over the long-term outlook for one of the industry’s biggest export markets.The sell-off came even though the proposal gives generic drugmakers a two-year tariff-free window before steep duties are introduced. Nifty Pharma…
Rupee came under pressure in early trade on Wednesday, opening 11 paise lower at 96.36 against the US dollar. The slump came as rising crude oil prices and increased demand for safe-haven assets weighed down the currency.Earlier on Tuesday, rupee had ended at 96.25 against the greenback before slipping at the opening of the interbank…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a phased tariff plan for imported generic medicines, saying they would continue to enter US duty-free for the next two years before attracting tariffs of up to 200%.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said generic medicines imported into the US would continue to attract zero tariffs from August…
NEW DELHI: Electronics may have seen maximum focus under the production linked incentive (PLI) scheme, but it is the humble food products that have created the most jobs, and with low levels of investment. In fact, sectors such as pharma and automobiles too have seen more investments but fewer jobs, according to govt data.According to…
Trump said the move was intended to encourage companies to manufacture generic medicines domestically US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a phased tariff regime on imported generic medicines, saying they will continue to enter the United States duty-free for two years and then steep tariff hikes aimed at bringing pharmaceutical manufacturing back to the…
Govt has allocated little less than Rs 1.8 lakh crore fertiliser subsidy for 2026-27 NEW DELHI: Govt has spent Rs 70,709 crore, nearly 40% of the fertiliser subsidy allocated for 2026-27, in the first three-and-a-half months of the current fiscal year, indicating the subsidy bill is set to exceed the budget estimate due to the…
Renewed attacks and tensions between the US and Iran have once again de facto closed the Strait of Hormuz. Strait of Hormuz disruptions: Two Indian state-run refiners have cancelled plans to pick up Iraqi crude oil shipments in view of the ongoing disruptions and risks in transiting through the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle…
India will need to address structural challenges such as high trade costs, regulatory complexity, infrastructure gaps and barriers to deeper global integration if it is to achieve its ambition of becoming a developed nation by 2047, according to the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) latest Trade Policy Review (TPR) report.The report said India remained the fastest-growing…