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NEW DELHI: Tyre maker Ceat said its main focus is to grow its overseas business, with Europe emerging as a key market despite rising geopolitical tensions and renewed global tariff concerns. Ceat MD and CEO Arnab Banerjee said its international business gives better profit margins than tyres sold to consumers as replacements or to car…
India and the European Union are on the verge of sealing their long-delayed free trade agreement. (AI image) In a historic first, India and the European Union are all set to seal a trade deal that has taken almost two decades to finalize. The scale of the proposed free trade agreement is evident in Commerce…
Asian markets ended mixed on Thursday, after US President Donald Trump’s comments on Iran, saying that he was told “on good authority” that plans for executions in Iran have stopped. At the same time, oil prices dropped sharply, falling more than $2 a barrel.Hong Kong’s HSI was up 76 point or 0.28% down at 26,923….
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma distributed seed funds of Rs 10,000 each to over 53,000 women under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Udyamita Abhiyan (MMUA) during an event in Barak Valley on Sunday. Calling it a Sankranti-eve gesture, Sarma said the initiative aims to bolster women’s entrepreneurship and pave the way for an “atmanirbhar…
US stocks edged lower on Monday as investors showed signs of unease over a sharp escalation in tensions between the White House and the Federal Reserve, two Washington institutions whose independence markets have traditionally taken for granted. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3 per cent from its record high, while assets that typically benefit during periods…
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is seeing rapid adoption across several developing countries, helping broaden access to generative artificial intelligence even as the overall gap between advanced and emerging economies continues to widen, according to a new Microsoft report.The report said global adoption of generative AI tools reached 16.3% of the world’s population in the three…
File photo (Picture credit: AP) Wall Street stocks moved higher on Tuesday, pushing major indices closer to record levels, as gains in technology shares and select healthcare stocks supported the market. Investors also remained focused on a busy week of US economic data that could shape expectations around future interest rate moves.As per news agency…
Mark Mobius, a veteran emerging markets investor, has a bullish outlook for India, expecting double digit returns. The trader has allocated almost 30% of his portfolio to the country, predicting gains of 12%-15%. Speaking in an interview with ET, Mobius said that uncertainty in the United States has made caution essential for investors. “The outlook…
Last week, Indian equity markets ended on a firm note, pushing up the combined market value of seven of the country’s ten most-valued companies by Rs 1,23,724.19 crore. The rally was led by Reliance Industries, which emerged as the biggest wealth creator during the period. The positive sentiment was reflected in the benchmark indices as…
Maria Corina Machado (File photo) Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, has returned to global focus after US President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that Venezuela’s long-time leader, Nicolas Maduro, has been “captured” amid large-scale American strikes on the South American nation.While Machado has not reacted publicly to…
