India-US trade rose by 8% in 2022-23, fell 1.5% with China
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Bilateral trade between India and the US rose by almost 8 per cent to $128.55 billion in 2022-23, compared to $119.5...
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India to chair Commonwealth working group on reform of financial architecture
Finance ministers from various Commonwealth countries have called for a systemic reform of the global financial architecture to enhance access to development financing for vulnerable...
India, US forge strong foundation for a peaceful global community: Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that India and the U.S. are forging a strong foundation for a peaceful and harmonious global community. New Delhi,...
Trump becomes first former US President to be arrested
Former President Donald Trump surrendered on Tuesday at a local court here, making history as the first former holder of the US’ highest office to...
Indian-origin robotics engineer to head NASA’s new Moon to Mars office
Washington, April 01 (IANS) Indian-origin software and robotics engineer, Amit Kshatriya has been appointed as first head of NASA’s new Moon to Mars Programme Office at...
Google rolling out new video editing features in Photos app on Chromebook
San Francisco, April 01 (IANS) Tech giant Google has announced that it has started to roll out new video editing features in its photo sharing and...
WhatsApp rolling out new text editor on Android beta
San Francisco, April 01 (IANS) Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a new text editor experience to some beta testers on Android beta. Beta testers...
Garcetti confirmed as US Ambassador to India
Washington, March 16 (IANS) Eric Garcetti was confirmed as the next US Ambassador to India on Wednesday, ending a logjam that had left an important American...
HSBC acquires Silicon Valley Bank UK
London, March 14 (IANS) HSBC UK Bank plc is acquiring Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited (SVB UK) for 1 pound, after a weekend of frantic negotiations...
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman warns more banks will collapse despite US govt’s intervention in SVB
London, March 14 (IANS) Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman says more banks will probably fail even if U.S. authorities step in to shore up confidence...
America’s $620 billion ticking time bomb
London, March 14 (IANS) Banks across the US are sitting on $620 billion of ‘unrealized losses’ — assets which have decreased in value but have not...
US bank shares tumble despite Biden insisting system is safe
New York, March 14 (IANS) US President Joe Biden’s words of reassurance on Monday have done little to calm markets as “worries raced around that other...
Biden vows to fire SVB management but protect depositors post collapse
Washington, March 14 (IANS) US President Joe Biden on Monday calmed an alarmed nation over the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse vowing to protect depositors’ monies,...
India-US goods & services trade doubled since 2014, surpasses $191 bn in 2022
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) India-US bilateral goods and services trade has nearly doubled since 2014, surpassing $191 billion recorded in 2022. This was acknowledged by...
Sitharaman meets US Commerce Secretary, discusses bilateral issues
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday met visiting US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and discussed issues of mutual interest. Raimondo is...
New building of US Consulate General in Hyd to open on March 20
Hyderabad, March 8 (IANS) The United States will be opening a state-of-the-art building of its Consulate General in Hyderabad built at a cost of $340 million...
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo reaching India for 4-day visit
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo will arrive in New Delhi on Tuesday on a four-day visit to India. She will...
India to host Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting on Friday
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) A meeting of the Quad Foreign Ministers will be hosted by India here on Friday. The meeting will be chaired by...
Start direct international flights to US, Canada from Punjab, says minister
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Punjab NRIs Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Wednesday demanded to include both the Amritsar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport...
Bill Gates meets Rajeev Chandrasekhar, discusses India Stack, AI innovations
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Wednesday met Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and had a “good,...
Sitharaman meets US Treasury Secy, Japanese and Canadian Finance Ministers ahead of FMCBG meeting
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday held a series of meetings with various dignitaries, including US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen,...