The party workers of the Bharariya Janata Party (BJP) took to the streets in Delhi on Monday to protest against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the rise in power tariffs and water issues faced by the people here. The protest was led by BJP Lok Sabha member from West Delhi, Kamaljeet Sehr
Under new plans, tariffs are hiked between 11-24 per cent in different pre-paid and post-paid plans. The company says over the next few quarters it is going to make significant investments to further enhance the 4G experience and launch 5G services.
The telecom service provider has announced the price hike across all plans including 3 pre-paid unlimited voice plans, 9 pre-paid daily data plans, 3 pre-paid data add-on plans and 4 post-paid plans.
Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said that the country is considering whether to impose import tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles and will seek the public's opinion about the idea, Al Jazeerea reported.
The move, which Beijing officials have slammed as "protectionist," comes less than a month after Washington quadrupled US tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles to 100 per cent.
Electric vehicle maker Tesla has asked the European Union to subject its cars to a lower tariff than other manufacturers shipping into the bloc from China, Bloomberg reported.
Taking the latest cues from the US after it imposed high tariffs on various imports from China, CareEdge Ratings believes that other countries may also follow suit to protect their respective domestic industries.
Moody's Analytics believes China has reasons to exercise restraint in announcing retaliatory tariffs against the US, at a time when the latter has imposed import tariffs on various critical goods from China.
This move escalates tensions with major trading partners, following a series of anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigations into Chinese products by the European Union, including one initiated recently, and impending tariffs from Washington on Chinese new energy products.
Following the US's move to increase tariffs on imports from China, Chinese officials have fiercely promised to retaliate, stressing that this will seriously affect bilateral cooperation with the US, reported Voice of America (VOA).
China's Commerce Ministry also said that the move is against US President Joe Biden's earlier stand of not seeking to 'contain' or 'decouple' with Beijing.