Minutes after Donald Trump announced that India will have to pay, starting August 1, a 25 per cent tariff including an additional penalty for buying energy and arms from Russia, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh hit out at the government, saying all the praise by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
"Also, they have always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are Russia's largest buyer of ENERGY, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE - ALL THINGS NOT GOOD! INDIA WILL THEREFORE BE PAYING A TARIFF OF 25%, PL
The third round of talks on the Bangladesh-US tariff issue officially began on Tuesday at 2:00 pm US local time, Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Press Wing said in a statement on Wednesday.
Indian equity benchmarks settled marginally higher Wednesday, possibly due to some fresh buying, but analysts are of the view that uncertainty around the India-US trade front will continue to remain key headwinds.
Reliance Jio has continued to drive the industry with new subscriber additions, adding 2.7 times more customers than its nearest competitor Airtel in June 2025, maintaining the highest market share at 41 per cent, latest data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) showed.
If US President Donald Trump imposes 20-25 per cent tariffs on India, as he threatened last evening, it will have a varied impact on different sectors, noted the founder of the Global Trade Research Initiative, Ajay Srivastava.
Referring to the recent trade agreements between US and other countries such as the EU, Indonesia, Philippines and the latest comments by Donald Trump that India may have to pay 20-25 per cent tariffs, Vice Chancellor of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Professor Rakesh Mohan Joshi o
Yadav stated that the Indian leadership appears to have surrendered to Trump's demands, lacking the courage to call out the US president for potential falsehoods.
During a gaggle with the press interaction aboard Air Force One on Tuesday (local time), Trump responded to a report suggesting that India might be preparing for 20 to 25 per cent tariffs, stating that India had been imposing higher tariffs on the US as compared to other countries. He fur
US President Donald Trump denied seeking a summit with Chinese President Xi, saying he would only visit China if officially invited. Talks between U.S. and Chinese officials are ongoing in Stockholm, potentially paving the way for a tariff truce, but Trump insists he is "not seeking anyth
South Korea has reportedly pitched a multibillion-dollar initiative called Make American Shipbuilding Great Again (MASGA) to the United States, as Seoul aims to secure more favourable terms in the ongoing tariff negotiations with Washington, as reported by The Korea Herald.
Taiwan's economy continued to show a "green light", reflecting a stable growth in June, according to a report released by the National Development Council (NDC), as reported by Focus Taiwan.