New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) While India has diversified its energy basket and started sourcing more oil and gas from the US, it is also diversifying its import basket for precious metals from the UAE so that it can purchase more gold and silver from the US market instead, a senior official said.This will help to bring down prices and also the trade surplus with the US.The United States is a major global hub for trading these precious metals. It exports significant amounts of gold (including waste/s…
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New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) India’s combined merchandise and services exports recorded a 13.16 per cent increase to $80.45 billion in January this year, compared with $71.09 billion in the same month of the previous year, data released by the Commerce Ministry on Monday showed.The country’s merchandise exports rose 0.6 per cent year-on-year to $36.56 billion in January, despite the global economic uncertainties, the data showed.Cumulative exports of both merchandise and services (April–January)…
Mumbai, Jan 8 (IANS) Indian equities are well-positioned to recoup part of their global underperformance in 2026, supported by strong macro fundamentals, as GDP growth remains robust and inflation is well contained, a report showed on Thursday.Indian equities enter 2026 with strong domestic tailwinds despite underperforming global peers in 2025. While benchmark indices posted single to early double-digit gains last year — Nifty rose 11 per cent, Nifty Midcap 6 per cent and Nifty500 7 per cent …