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14.01 / 10:51

markets UPS Provident wellness President country China, wary of global unrest, is keeping the oil market afloat

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Donald Trump’s control of Venezuela’s oil supply increases U.S. influence in the world oil market, but China is the major power that has been keeping prices steady.

14.01 / 10:33

Provident Citizens security Universities country peace International China’s creepiest export surge

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. “I MET THE most lovable people on the streets of Serbia: Chinese police officers," gushes a Chinese tourist in an article released by one of his country’s police universities about joint patrols with Serbian police in Belgrade. “I felt so happy, safe and proud," he says.

14.01 / 07:19

Action security President country Latin International US blows up China’s Latin America ambitions with Maduro Ouster

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The U.S. ouster of the Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro is forcing Beijing into a high-stakes recalculation of its ambitions in a region that looks like America’s backyard again, said people close to internal discussions in the Chinese leadership.

14.01 / 04:05

markets Trade show performer reports International Why jewellery firms sparkled in Q3 despite record gold prices

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian households hold nearly 34,600 tonnes of gold, valued at over $5 trillion, according to a report released by Morgan Stanley in October 2025. This stock is larger than India’s nominal GDP of $4.1 trillion, as estimated by the International Monetary Fund.

14.01 / 01:33

UPS Provident FIVE Manufacturing Metro electronic reports Three stocks to watch as Budget 2026 may roll out ₹23,000 crore incentives for capital goods manufacturing

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The government may roll out incentive packages worth up to ₹23,000 crore in the Union Budget 2026 to boost domestic manufacturing of high-value capital goods and reduce dependence on imports, according to an Economic Times report. The schemes are currently under preparation and could be announced in the upcoming budget.

14.01 / 01:33

UPS Trade President country Mint Quick Edit | Trump’s Iran tariff threat puts more at risk than the White House may have realized

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Even as US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor struck a positive note on bilateral ties, President Donald Trump has again put India in a difficult position by announcing a 25% tariff on countries trading with Iran. This could elevate the charge on Indian goods shipped to the US to 75% from an already-steep 50%.

14.01 / 00:15

COST UPS Target Manufacturing Gap security electronic With an eye on China, India plans mandatory localization for battery energy storage systems (BESS)

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Centre is considering a proposal to require wind and solar farms supplying power to the grid, along with standalone energy storage systems, to install battery storage systems featuring a minimum level of domestic components, three people familiar with the discussions said.

13.01 / 15:23

security economy Trade country isolate An isolated Iran finds China’s friendship has limits

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. HONG KONG—As street protests and a failing economy continue to put pressure on Iran’s government, its ally China has offered few signs of support. Rather than boost Tehran in its time of need, the partnership that had worried governments in the West and Middle East has instead shown signs of its limited scope and resilience.

13.01 / 12:19

TikTok wellness Trade country reports Relationships Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agree to a trade truce

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. IT WAS MORE grand bazaar than grand bargain. After months of haggling, bluffing and fist-shaking, America and China appear to have a trade deal.

13.01 / 12:19

COST UPS Manufacturing security Research wellness International The missing middle: Inside India’s slow, costly push to build a battery supply chain

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: About three years ago, on a regular sunny August day in Hyderabad, Altmin, the battery materials company, set out to make cathodes, a critical component in lithium-ion batteries, in India for the very first time. The pilot plant, established within the white walls of the Indian government’s International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) in 2023, has scaled up to produce 250kg a day of the critical mineral that constitutes a significant percentage of a battery cell’s chemistry today.

13.01 / 01:39

Trade President country social Courts US to impose 25% tariff on countries doing business with Iran, Trump says

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The U.S. will put a 25% tariff on any country that does business with Iran, President Trump said on Monday, raising pressure on the Middle Eastern nation after days of protests against the government.

12.01 / 12:43

UPS Target Action Trade President country Chinese trade is thriving despite America’s attacks

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Since Donald Trump returned to office, one country has borne the brunt of his fury. “We’ve been ripped off by every country in the world," he declared in April, “but China is the…‘chief-ripper-offer’".

12.01 / 09:53

markets Booking Manufacturing security Trade reports recommendations BHEL stock punished for potential China threat: Is the Street’s fear overdone?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Shares of public sector major Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) have slid nearly 15% over the past three trading sessions, spooking investors after reports suggested a potential policy shift that could reopen India’s power equipment market to Chinese manufacturers. The sell-off began on 8 January, when the stock plunged 14% intraday, following media reports that a government committee had recommended allowing Chinese power equipment makers to bid for government contracts.

12.01 / 02:55

markets COST UPS economy Trade War Why a market economy remains India’s best bet even though the idea has taken a volley of Cold War II blows

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It has been 34 years plus since the Cold War triumph of ‘capitalism’ over ‘communism’—or rather, of the free-market idea over the Soviet model of a centrally run economy, to put it less crudely. And as India approaches another budget, industry may want the Centre out of the way in some sectors, but is largely looking for it to lend its fiscal heft to the big wheel of output expansion.

12.01 / 01:25

COST economy Sustainability President show country politician Pessimism is the world’s main economic problem

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. POSITIVE THINKING can help people who are feeling down. Politicians, too, have long understood that gloomy expectations can become self-fulfilling.

12.01 / 01:25

UPS Provident President International Trump’s power play risks global blowback

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. “Venezuela is under my control and soon we’ll get Greenland. It’s necessary for the US." This is not a threat issued by a 16th century tyrant but a chilling statement by US President Donald Trump.

11.01 / 13:45

Provident Target Sustainability country innovations Interviews International India, China to lead global energy transition post-US exit: UN Energy official

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The global energy transition and climate goals could face challenges after President Donald Trump withdrew the US from key multilateral organizations, but the transition will continue, with countries such as India and China expected to take the lead in redrawing the global energy roadmap, a senior United Nations (UN) official said.

09.01 / 13:37

markets UPS NVIDIA Trade country This ‘AI tiger’ just made its market debut. The stock soared 109%.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MiniMax made a stellar stock-market debut in Hong Kong on Friday, with shares more than doubling as investors continued to pile into Chinese artificial-intelligence start-ups. The stock soared 109% to 345 Hong Kong dollars on its first day of trading, following an initial public offering in which MiniMax raised HK$4.8 billion ($619 million) at an offer price of HK$165.

09.01 / 10:39

UPS economy Trade President country Courts Investigations How Donald Trump can dodge a Supreme Court tariff block

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. If trade deficits are a national emergency, they are an emergency of a peculiar sort. America began to run them consistently in the mid-1970s.

09.01 / 09:17

markets Trade President country Latin Department Oil isn’t the only commodity at play in the US ouster of Maduro

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Oil isn’t the only commodity to drive President Donald Trump’s decision to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The nation’s critical minerals shouldn’t be overlooked as a potential motive for regime change.

09.01 / 09:17

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. U.S. voters aren’t the only ones up in arms about affordability.

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