Between April and October, India’s non-petroleum exports surged to the highest ever tally of $211.3 billion, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s goods exports, that had clocked an anaemic 1% uptick in the first half of 2024-25, began the second half on a strong note with October shipments jumping at…
Whatever may be the Presidency, we are integrating our value chains and we are integrating the two economies through various agreements, says Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Commerce Ministry on Thursday (November 14, 2024) played down anxieties about Donald Trump’s re-election as the U.S. President in light of his remarks…
“India’s strategy of focusing on certain sectors and countries was now yielding results, along with its approach to industrial policy, trade policy, and foreign policy, and manufacturing competitiveness had improved,” said Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal. File India’s goods exports, that had clocked an anaemic 1% uptick in the first half of 2024-25, began the second…
The government on Thursday said from November 5, the fourth phase of mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and gold artifacts was started, covering an additional 18 districts. Since the launch of mandatory hallmarking on June 23, 2021, over 40 crore gold jewellery items have been hallmarked with a unique ID, ensuring greater trust and transparency…
An official said that initiatives such as transportation through rail to various consuming centres from Maharashtra and the arrival of kharif onions in the market are likely to bring prices further down. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu As the prices of tomato, onion, and potato (TOP), the three essential vegetables in Indian households, remained…
My health insurance policy started on 29 June 2022. I went through a treatment for a disease in October 2016. The period between the last medication or treatment and the policy start date is over 56 months. Per regulations, pre-existing conditions are defined as those diagnosed within 36 months of the policy purchase date. I…
From the 30-share Sensex pack, Hindustan Unilever, NTPC, Nestle, IndusInd Bank, Power Grid, Adani Ports, Tata Motors and Bajaj Finserv were the major laggards. | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark Sensex declined by 110 points in a see-saw trade on Thursday (November 14, 2024), marking its third straight session of losses amid continued FII selling, disappointing…
The rupee traded in a tight range and fell 4 paise to close at an all-time low of 84.43 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee traded in a tight range and fell 4 paise to close at an all-time low of 84.43 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Thursday…
New Delhi-based Rahul Kumar’s 67-year-old father was diagnosed with liver cancer that needed an advanced palliative treatment called Transarterial Radioembolization (TARE). Kumar’s brother had a corporate policy with a private insurer. However, during pre-authorisation, the company refused to approve the claim, saying, “TARE is an advanced procedure which is not covered under the policy; hence…
Gold prices continued their weak trend in the global markets and shed $15 an ounce to close at $2,559 an ounce. Gold prices dipped ₹360 per 10 grams on Thursday to ₹74,900 against ₹75,260 logged on Wednesday, according to the Indian Bullion and Jewellers Association of India data. From the recent high of ₹79,557 on…
