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Rahul attacks PM Modi over 110 fighter aircraft purchase plan
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 7 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what he called a re-tendering of an approximately USD 15 billion fighter jet deal.
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India's forex reserves hit life-time high
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 07 (ANI): India's foreign exchange reserves hit a life-time high of 424.361 billion US dollars, after rising by 1.828 billion dollars in the week to March 30, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) confirmed.
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China threatens 'countermeasures' to US tariffs
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Apr 6 (ANI): China on Friday vowed to fight "unilateral US protectionism at any cost" after United States President Donald Trump ordered officials to consider USD 100 billion in additional tariffs against its goods.
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Magento Commerce bets big in India; brings together industry experts
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Apr. 6 (NewsVoir): According to experts from the retail and e-commerce industry, it is projected that e-commerce in India is expected to grow more than 20 percent in 2018-19 from its current size of USD 33 billion to become a USD 200 billion e-commerce market b
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Trump explores additional $100 bn in Chinese imports
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], April 6 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to consider tariffs on an additional 100 billion dollars in Chinese imports escalating the trade tiff between the two countries.
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US approves sale of $1.3 billion in artillery to Saudi Arabia
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], April 6 (ANI): The Trump administration on Thursday approved a contract to sell about $1.3 billion in artillery to Saudi Arabia as young Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman concludes a marathon tour of the United States (US).
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Govt seeks provisional arrest of Nirav Modi, sends request to Hong Kong
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 05 (ANI): Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has sought provisional arrest of jeweller Nirav Modi by the Hong Kong government in billion dollar fraud case, informed Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh on Thursday.
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Microsoft to invest $5bn globally in IoT over 4 years
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 4 (ANI): Tech giant Microsoft announced that the company will invest USD 5 billion in the Internet of Things (IoT) globally over the next four years to support continued research and innovation in IoT.
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China announces new tariffs on USD 50 billion US goods
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Apr 4 (ANI): In response to United States President Donald Trump's new tariffs, China threatened tariffs of its own on 106 US products, including on soybeans, cars and some airplanes.
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Trump admin plans tariffs on $50 bn in Chinese imports
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], April 4 (ANI): The Trump administration on Tuesday published a list of 50 billion dollars in Chinese imports across 1,300 categories of products set to be targeted by US tariffs.
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China notifies WTO of imposing US $ 611.5 mn on US imports
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 4 (ANI): China on Wednesday notified the World Trade Organisation (WTO) of imposing US$611.5 million worth of retaliatory tariffs on $2.75 billion worth of US imports including pork, nuts and ethanol.
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China imposes USD 3 billion tariffs on US
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Apr 2 (ANI): China on Monday imposed trade tariffs on the United States amounting to USD 3 billion in retaliation to the latter's decision of imposing similar trade tariffs on Chinese goods last month.
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