Toronto, July 11 (IANS) Consul General of India in Toronto, Mahaveer Singhvi, on Friday met Tony Wakeham, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador province in Canada and discussed opportunities to deepen cooperation.”Consul General Mahaveer Singhvi met with the Hon. Tony Wakeham, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador and had a warm and forward-looking discussion on strengthening India–Newfoundland and Labrador relations. The meeting explored opportunities to deepen cooperation across a broad range …
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Agartala, July 10 (IANS) The two-day ‘Destination Tripura Business Conclave 2026’ concluded with significant success, attracting investment proposals worth approximately Rs 1,21,303 crore, according to preliminary estimates. The Industries and Commerce Department officials said that participating investors expressed interest in investing across various sectors by signing more than 342 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and Letters of Intent (LoIs).Around 2,000 investors from within and outside th…
Washington, July 8 (IANS) India’s leading industry bodies on Wednesday urged the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to drop its proposed 12.5 per cent tariff on Indian imports, arguing that Indian businesses already operate under stringent labour and environmental compliance systems and that broad-based tariffs would raise costs for American manufacturers without helping eliminate forced labour. Appearing before a USTR Section 301 hearing, representatives of the Federation of Indian Chamb…
Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has initiated its investigation into the alleged financial misstatement case involving Rajesh Exports, with Chairman Nitin Gupta confirming that the audit regulator has begun its process following a referral from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).Speaking on the sidelines of a conference organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in Mumbai on Tuesday, Gupta said the regula…
Washington, July 3 (IANS) The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has scheduled three days of public hearings next week on proposed action against 60 economies, including India, under Section 301 investigations into what it says is their failure to prohibit and effectively enforce bans on imports of goods produced with forced labour.India’s government and industry representatives are among those due to testify on July 8.The hearings will be held from July 7 to July 9 will exa…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Secretariat has officially notified the composition of the joint committee of Parliament on the Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026. The list of members was published in the Lok Sabha Bulletin on Tuesday.The joint committee, comprising members of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, has been constituted to examine the proposed amendments to corporate laws aimed at further strengthening governance, ease of doing business, transparency, and regulatory ov…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Wednesday at Kartavya Bhavan here to foster a robust ecosystem for research & development in the country by bridging the gap between industry, academia, and research institutions.The MoU aims to promote research, its translation, and commercialisation, foster strategic partnerships, and s…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) In a significant regulatory move, the Securities and Exchange Board of India on Thursday proposed bringing back open market share buybacks through stock exchanges, following recent changes in the tax framework.In a consultation paper, the market regulator suggested that companies should once again be allowed to repurchase their shares directly from the secondary market as an additional option under existing buyback rules.This method had been discontinued earlier due to …
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) India has joined the BRICS Centre for Industrial Competencies (BCIC) at an event organised by the Centre’s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in the national capital, according to an official statement issued on Wednesday.The BCIC, launched in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), serves as a one-stop centre providing integrated support services to manufacturing companies and Micro, Small and Medium…