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Commerce ties between India and China achieved a new feat in 2025, scaling a record high bilateral trade of $155 billion. This reflects a year-on-year growth of more than 12%, according to Chinese ambassador Xu Feihong. Addressing a gathering to celebrate the Chinese New Year, Xu said that Beijing is in support for India’s BRICS…

Karnataka high court (File photo) BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court has imposed Rs 50,000 in costs on Wipro Enterprises Private Limited, terming its stand in an ex gratia payment dispute an abuse of the process of law. The cost is payable to a former staff who was the plaintiff before the civil court.The dispute concerned…

Transactional Model Of Relationship NEW DELHI: The India-US trade deal allows both sides to get the relationship back on to an even keel, but whether it can lead to long-term stability in ties remains open to question.The importance of the agreement, even if conditional, cannot be overstated as it allows India and the US to…

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday summoned Congress’s Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera and Ragini Nayak in a criminal defamation case filed by India TV chairman and editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma.Magistrate Devanshi Janmeja of Saket court noted there were “sufficient grounds” to summon the three on July 27. The summons direct the three to respond to…

RAIPUR: A woman who chooses to live separately from her husband and in-laws without valid and sufficient reason is not entitled to a maintenance allowance, Chhattisgarh high court has ruled, upholding the order of the Bilaspur family court.The judgment came on Jan 27 on a petition filed by the wife of a Bilaspur resident, challenging…

NEW DELHI: You can loosen your purse strings a little more abroad. Travellers flying into India will now have enhanced duty-free limit, which for resident Indians has been hiked from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000. What’s more, duty-free import of one laptop for passengers above 18 years has now been allowed under Baggage Rules, 2026,…

Ladakh saw violent protests last year over demands for statehood and greater autonomy. Clashes were reported across the region NEW DELHI: Centre on Tuesday told Supreme Court that all procedural safeguards were followed while ordering detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and action against him was taken for instigating people in the sensitive border area…

NEW DELHI: The India-US trade deal is unlikely to lead to a near-term reduction in India’s imports of Russian crude oil, with supplies to be stopped from sanctioned entities such as Rosneft and Lukoil.While govt is yet to comment on US President Donald Trump’s claim that India will stop Russian crude purchases, officials pointed out…

Despite collecting a cess specifically for health, the Centre’s spending on health is now lower than it was before the cess was imposed, both as a share of the total budget and as a proportion of the GDP.Before the health cess was introduced in 2018, the allocation for health was 2.4% of total govt expenditure…

NEW DELHI: With a couple of big-ticket trade deals in his bag within a matter of days, PM Modi asserted on Tuesday that the world is recognising India’s strength and according it renewed respect, even as he cautioned governing alliance MPs against any sense of complacency over the govt’s achievements.Addressing the BJP-led NDA parliamentary party…