Shruti Srivastava

A US trade team led by chief negotiator Brendan Lynch will hold talks with counterparts in New Delhi from Tuesday to advance the trade deal the two nations agreed in February.

Two of India’s most consequential trade negotiations are testing New Delhi’s ability to secure stronger protections for exporters in Asia’s third-largest economy.

Huang dismisses fears that AI will decimate the software industry.

India cut taxes on bond investments by foreign institutional investors to attract overseas capital and stabilize the rupee which has been under pressure from higher energy prices and equity market outflows.

Former Indian billionaire Anil Ambani’s legal and financial woes are mounting as authorities widen investigations into several companies he once controlled, including allegations that 20.5 billion rupees ($214 million) in corporate loans were misused. The probes intensified in recent weeks after investigators arrested several former senior executives associated with his once-sprawling business empire. The next hearing in one of the key cases will be on July 13.

India and the US may execute an interim trade deal next month, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said, even as Washington proposed fresh tariffs on imports from major trading partners including the South Asian nation.

India has sought assurance from the US that it will not face any investigations under Section 301 once a trade agreement is signed between the two nations, according to an official from the South Asian country.

A possible meeting next week between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump offers a chance to reset ties following a year of strained relations over tariffs, Pakistan, and now, the Iran war.

India is becoming a case study in how rising temperatures can undermine productivity and growth in nations that still rely heavily on physical labor.

Severe temperatures are having increasing impacts on workers and businesses