Economics
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US Trade Representative to hold trade pact talks with Goyal next week
The US Trade Representative (USTR) is scheduled to visit India on June 22–24, 2026, for two days of talks with the Commerce and Industry Minister on the inte...
India, UK working to resolve issues for trade pact implementation
Negotiations between India and the United Kingdom are actively progressing to resolve implementation-level issues in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agr...
PM Modi welcomes US-Iran deal, hopes for freedom of navigation soon
India officially welcomed the framework agreement between the United States and Iran that is set to end the 2026 Hormuz crisis, with the government emphasisi...
Fifth unit of Kudankulam nuclear power project likely to be operational by year-end
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has successfully completed erection of the Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) inside the reactor building o...
India, UAE step up efforts to expand re-dirham trade
More than 15% of India-UAE bilateral trade has been invoiced in local currencies (Indian Rupee and UAE Dirham) since the rupee-dirham settlement mechanism wa...
Safe Hormuz passage for Disha sparks hope for 34 India-bound ships
An Indian-flagged LNG (liquefied natural gas) tanker became the first to successfully transit the Strait of Hormuz on 15 June 2026, signalling the beginning ...
Market Coupling Operator proposed for power trading: Sole MCO plan gets pushback from Grid India, IEX
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has proposed the Draft CERC (Power Market) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2026, seeking to introduce ma...
Rajasthan: In-principle clearance for coal block in Hasdeo-Arand
The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change granted Stage-I (in-principle) clearance for diversion of ap...
Narendra Modi in France: Tech, innovation to dominate bilateral agenda
The Prime Minister's France visit placed deep-technology cooperation, AI governance, and defence at the centre of the bilateral agenda. In Nice, both leaders...
In first post-Naxal investment push, Chhattisgarh receives proposals worth Rs 9,580 crore
Following the declaration of India as free from organised Naxal activity on March 30, 2026, Chhattisgarh held an Investors Connect event in Hyderabad on June...
Why is the Zojila tunnel a game changer? | Explains
In June 2026, engineers completed the final breakthrough of the Zojila Tunnel, linking both ends of the 13.153-km borehole beneath the Zojila Pass on the Sri...
India remains number 2 Russian oil buyer in May
According to a report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), India remained the second-largest importer of Russian oil in May 2026. India...
Antwerp-Bruges port eyes bigger India share as cargo volumes dip, bets on green hydrogen
The Port of Antwerp-Bruges — Europe's second-largest port by cargo volume — is actively pursuing increased Indian trade as overall cargo volumes between Indi...
Coal Minister Reddy flags disappearance of 40 lakh tonnes of coal; seeks urgent probe into SCCL
Union Coal Minister G. Kishan Reddy wrote to Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on June 10, 2026, flagging news reports that 40 lakh tonnes of coal wo...
NHSRCL building ventilated hoods at tunnel ends to reduce bullet train ‘booming noise’
The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) is constructing 16 ventilated hoods at both ends of eight mountain tunnels along the 508-km Mumbai-...
Andhra CM directs officials to prioritise restoration, development of chain-linked tanks
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to give top priority to the restoration and development of chain-linked tanks under the...
Will voice aspirations of Global South at G7 summit: PM Modi
India's Prime Minister departed for a multi-country European tour: a bilateral visit to France (Nice), the first-ever visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Sl...
The worries in India’s push beyond E20 fuel — and the lessons it can take from Brazil
India has achieved its Ethanol Blending Programme (EBP) target of 20% ethanol in petrol (E20) ahead of the revised deadline of Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2025...
World Bank cuts global growth forecast to 2.5% as West Asia conflict triggers energy shock
The World Bank's June 2026 *Global Economic Prospects* report, released on 11 June 2026, cut the global economic growth forecast for 2026 to 2.5% — the lowes...
World Bank warns 2020s could become a 'lost decade' for many developing economies
The World Bank's June 2026 edition of the *Global Economic Prospects* report warned that the 2020s risk becoming a "lost decade" for many developing economie...