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Thailand is reported to have replaced its Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after India formally registered a protest over her comments on India’s PSH (Public Stockholding) programme, PTI reported on Friday (March 1).Thai Ambassador Pimchanok Vonkorpon Pitfield had targeted India’s rice procurement programme recently. She said that ...

India is a consensus builder in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by playing a key role in the process, but some countries are breaking that, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said. File | Photo Credit: ANI India is consensus builder at WTO, but certain nations are breaking that ...

New Delhi: Gujarat and Karnataka are ranked as the ‘best performers’ in developing start-up ecosystems for budding entrepreneurs, according to the ranking of states and Union territories by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). The ranking is a yearly exercise under DPIIT that evaluates all ...

THE IMPACT of the Assembly poll triumphs of the BJP is being felt in Parliament, where the last full House Session ahead of the 2024 general elections started on Monday. On the attack since Day 1, the ruling party is trying to use every opportunity to turn the tables ...

Tributes for the martyrs of 26/11 poured in on Sunday, marking the 15th anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack that claimed 166 lives. Union Ministers including Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari lauded the valour and courage shown by the security personnel during the attack and remembered the lost lives.Paying ...

Pakistan has set a minimum export price (MEP) of $1,050 per tonne for basmati rice, prompting India to consider reducing its MEP by $200-300 from the current $1,200 per tonne, sources told ET. This move aims to ensure that Indian basmati rice exporters remain competitive globally and don’t lose ...

India’s inflation woes are not over yet but food price spikes may be “transitory”, the Finance Ministry said on August 22, attributing the latest spike in headline inflation to global uncertainties triggered by the termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA U.S. will ...

Commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday formally operationalised the second major free trade agreement (FTA) in 2022 – the India-Australia Economic and Cooperation Trade Agreement (Ind-Aus ECTA) – by issuing preferential certificates of origin to some export consignments related to textiles, jewellery and pharmaceutical sectors in Mumbai.“All these products ...

Gujarat and Karnataka emerged as the “best performers” in developing their start-up ecosystem for budding entrepreneurs in 2021, according to the ranking of states and Union territories released by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on Monday. The ranking is based on seven broad reform ...

NEW DELHI: India and the European Union (EU) on Monday resumed negotiations, after a gap of over eight years, for a comprehensive free trade agreement, a move aimed at strengthening economic ties between the two regions. Senior officials from both the sides will hold discussions till July 1. India ...