This is a representative AI image NEW DELHI: The much-anticipated duty cuts for Scotch and gin is not happening overnight. While import duty will come down from 150% to 75%, it is unlikely to happen until at least the second half of 2035.That’s because the agreement will take at least a year to be ratified…
Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal and his British counterpart Jonathan Reynold during the signing of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), in the UK. NEW DELHI: Indian negotiators are targeting labour-intensive goods and services to boost India’s tiny 1.9% share of UK imports. The new trade pact promises zero- or near-zero tariffs on textiles,…
Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal and his British counterpart Jonathan Reynold during the signing of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), in the UK. NEW DELHI: Government has agreed to cut tariffs on thousands of products imported from UK – from chocolates and cosmetics to cars, silver and Scotch – but reduction and elimination…
This is a representative AI image The India-UK FTA is expected to strengthen supply chains for pharma and medical devices sectors, improve access to affordable medicines, and pave the way for collaboration in bulk drugs and joint research. The domestic pharma industry is hopeful exports of generic drugs to UK – currently valued at around…
It’s ‘business-as-usual’ for parties, Dhankhar now marooned in a political no man’s land NEW DELHI: Just three days after Jagdeep Dhankhar created a flutter by quitting as vice president on health grounds, political circles appear to have settled into its “business-as-usual” rhythm. As govt and opposition trade volleys over a whole range of issues, with…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission of India on Thursday said leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi‘s allegations of “vote theft” during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka appear to be an afterthought, given that Congress neither filed a single appeal with election officials after publication of the state’s final electoral roll in Jan…
This is a representative AI image (Pic credit: Lexica) KULLU: Five MBBS students of Government Medical College and Hospital, Nerchowk, in Himachal Pradesh have been expelled from classes and the hostel for three months for falsely accusing their seniors of ragging.The students were punished on recommendations of the college’s anti-ragging committee. They are from the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his British counterpart Keir Starmer during a meeting at Chequers Estate, in UK. (Pic credit: AP) NEW DELHI: India finally relaxed its highly-controlled duty rates on imported cars with the UK trade deal paving the way for customs charges to come down from the highs of 100%+ to as low…
This is a representative AI image (Pic credit: Lexica) NEW DELHI: Delhi high court Thursday advised former diplomat Lakshmi Puri and TMC MP Saket Gokhale to settle the dispute over defamatory tweets against Puri, pointing out that “courts are overflooded.”A bench of justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar proposed a meeting to settle the…
NEW DELHI: Against a vacancy of 371 judges across high courts, HC collegiums have not made any recommendation for 193 posts, which is more than 52% of the total vacancy, law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Thursday said replying to a question in Rajya Sabha on the pendency of SC collegium recommendations for appointment of…