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August 28, 2025 9:53 PM

Oil prices down

The Crude oil market is trading in negative territory today. Brent Crude was trading almost 0.1 per cent down at 67 dollars and 92 cents per barrel, and WTI Crude was also trading nearly 0.2 per cent down at 64 dollars and 7 cents per barrel, when reports last came in....

August 28, 2025 8:24 PM

Govt extends import duty exemption on cotton for another three months

  The Government has decided to extend the import duty exemption on cotton from 30th September to 31st December 2025. In a statement, the Ministry of Finance has said that this decision has been taken to augment the availability of cotton for the Indian textile sector. Earlier, the Government had ...

August 28, 2025 10:01 PM

Major Asian markets up

 Major Asian stock markets increased today. Shanghai Composite Index surged 1.1 percent, Japan’s Nikkei 225 increased up by 0.7 per cent, South Korea’s Kospi Index advanced 0.3 per cent, Singapore’s Straits Times Index ended up with 0.2 per cent .On the other hand Hong Kong’s Hang Seng inde...

August 28, 2025 7:22 PM

India, Bhutan sign MoU on technical cooperation in Agro & allied sectors

    India and Bhutan have signed an MoU on Technical Cooperation in Agriculture and Allied Sectors. Secretary, Agriculture Ministry Devesh Chaturvedi and Bhutan's Agriculture Secretary Thinley Namgyel signed the MoU in Thimpu. Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement that the signing of MoU r...

August 28, 2025 7:10 PM

Qatar confident of strong investment opportunities in India says FM  

  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs, Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Sayed, in New Delhi today. In a social media post the Finance Ministry said that during the meeting two ministers reiterated their commitment to strengthening bilateral t...

August 28, 2025 9:53 PM

Rupee appreciates by 06 paise to close at 87.62 against US dollar

In the Forex market, the rupee today appreciated by 6 paise to close at 87 rupees and 62 paise against the US dollar. The dollar index, which indicates US dollar's strength against a basket of six other leading currencies, was trading at 97.91 in intra-day trade.      ...