Govt monitoring exports of products used in Covid management

The government has started close monitoring of exports of products used to deal with Covid infections such as PPE kits, masks, ventilators and certain medicines like paracetamol on account of......

Senior-level bureaucratic rejig at Centre, Rajendra Kumar made ESIC chief

Senior bureaucrat Rajendra Kumar has been appointed the director general of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation, as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on......

India-Germany ties a model of success, says Modi, as 2 nations sign $10.5 bn green deal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the partnership between India and Germany could serve as an example of success in a complex world as the two sides inked several agreements focused......

Govt reshuffles bureaucrats, Air India chairman is aviation secretary

Air India Chairman Rajiv Bansal has been appointed as the new aviation secretary as part of a major top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Wednesday. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

Canada FDI has more than doubled since pandemic

Canada’s foreign direct investment (FDI) into India doubled after the pandemic years even as India’s own investments into Canada show signs of slackening in recent years. Photograph:......

FDI inflows jump 47.8% to $16.17 bn in Q1

Foreign direct investment in India jumped 47.8 per cent to $16.17 billion in April-June this fiscal on healthy inflows in services, computer, telecom and pharma sectors, according to government......

Israel outweighs Iran in trade with India since 2019, shows data

India's exports to Iran dropped to $1.2 billion as of December 2023, on a rolling 4-quarter basis. India's exports to Israel grew to $6.1 billion in the same period Image: Israeli Prime Minister......

ONDC likely to start levying small user charges on each transaction

The government-backed Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is likely to start levying user charges in the current financial year. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Though the quantum of......