National Trade Strike

The UK wants to strike agreements covering trade and security with India and other democratic nations in the strategic Indo-Pacific region to challenge the influence of authoritarian states, Britain's new Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Sunday.

Britain said it was pursuing data partnerships with countries including the United States, Australia, South Korea, and other fast-growing markets to break down barriers and boost trade after Brexit.

An indefinite relay hunger strike starts today against the government's new agricultural laws as farmers harden stand amid protests that began late November around Delhi borders. After five rounds of negotiations failed, the government on Sunday asked the protesting farmers to choose a date for the next round of talks. The relay hunger strike is th...

America's elections provide a narrow window of opportunity for its trading partners. Across the world, negotiators will have seen a man from Maine given a prime spot at the Republican National Convention: Lobsterman Jason Joyce spokeabout how President Donald Trump had "brokered a deal to end European Union tariffs of 8% on Maine live lobsters and ...

Bharat Bandh Today: More than ten national trade unions have called for a nationwide protest against the growing impact of economic slowdown on jobs, Foreign Direct Investment or FDI, disinvestment, corporatisation and privatisation policies.

More than 10 national trade unions affiliated to left-wing parties, including the main opposition Congress, have called for a nationwide protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's labour reforms. Those include the privatisation of state run companies Air India and oil major BPCL, as well as a merger of public-sector banks.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office has defended his Brexit deal with the European Union, after US President Donald Trump warned it would make it impossible for the two nations to strike a future trade agreement.

Jet Airways' pilots have threatened to stop flying from April 1 if the cash-strapped airline does not have a rescue plan in place by March 31, a trade union said on Tuesday. The airline's pilots union has also said that it seeks a proper roadmap from the airline by March 31 on paying their overdue salaries. "We have decided that either the manageme...

The Maldives' new government will pull out of a free trade agreement (FTA) with China because it was a mistake for the tiny nation to strike such a pact with the world's second biggest economy, the head of the largest party in the ruling alliance said.

For many experts, Donald Trump's administration's effort to portray the tariffs as legal under international trade law for national security reasons amounted to a nuclear strike against the rules-based trade system.

Thousands of traders in Delhi will go on a strike on Wednesday to protest against sealing of commercial establishments in the national capital. The strike called by several traders' body including CAIT or The Confederation of All India Traders will affect several markets across the city.

Not just Darjeeling, several places across in north Bengal went into agitation mode today. In the hills, the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha supporters were lathicharged in Darjeeling town. In Jalpaiguri district, more than 100 km away, tea garden works were lathicharged when they blocked a national highway to demand higher wages. The two agitations have c...

India today said it will review the Most Favoured Nation or MFN status granted to Pakistan by it based on the security and trade interests, asserting that terror cannot be the commodity exported.

My colleagues, with whom I have waved the Indian flag and shouted "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" till my voice became hoarse, had traded national interest with votes. For me, national interest in non-negotiable.

Gold regained its sheen to trade higher by Rs 215 to Rs 29,790 per ten grams as the bullion market in the national capital reopened after two days of strike, while silver rallied by Rs 775 to Rs 40,975 per kg largely in tune with a firming global trend.

The UK wants to strike agreements covering trade and security with India and other democratic nations in the strategic Indo-Pacific region to challenge the influence of authoritarian states, Britain's new Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Sunday.

Britain said it was pursuing data partnerships with countries including the United States, Australia, South Korea, and other fast-growing markets to break down barriers and boost trade after Brexit.

An indefinite relay hunger strike starts today against the government's new agricultural laws as farmers harden stand amid protests that began late November around Delhi borders. After five rounds of negotiations failed, the government on Sunday asked the protesting farmers to choose a date for the next round of talks. The relay hunger strike is th...

America's elections provide a narrow window of opportunity for its trading partners. Across the world, negotiators will have seen a man from Maine given a prime spot at the Republican National Convention: Lobsterman Jason Joyce spokeabout how President Donald Trump had "brokered a deal to end European Union tariffs of 8% on Maine live lobsters and ...

Bharat Bandh Today: More than ten national trade unions have called for a nationwide protest against the growing impact of economic slowdown on jobs, Foreign Direct Investment or FDI, disinvestment, corporatisation and privatisation policies.

More than 10 national trade unions affiliated to left-wing parties, including the main opposition Congress, have called for a nationwide protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's labour reforms. Those include the privatisation of state run companies Air India and oil major BPCL, as well as a merger of public-sector banks.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office has defended his Brexit deal with the European Union, after US President Donald Trump warned it would make it impossible for the two nations to strike a future trade agreement.

Jet Airways' pilots have threatened to stop flying from April 1 if the cash-strapped airline does not have a rescue plan in place by March 31, a trade union said on Tuesday. The airline's pilots union has also said that it seeks a proper roadmap from the airline by March 31 on paying their overdue salaries. "We have decided that either the manageme...

The Maldives' new government will pull out of a free trade agreement (FTA) with China because it was a mistake for the tiny nation to strike such a pact with the world's second biggest economy, the head of the largest party in the ruling alliance said.

For many experts, Donald Trump's administration's effort to portray the tariffs as legal under international trade law for national security reasons amounted to a nuclear strike against the rules-based trade system.

Thousands of traders in Delhi will go on a strike on Wednesday to protest against sealing of commercial establishments in the national capital. The strike called by several traders' body including CAIT or The Confederation of All India Traders will affect several markets across the city.

Not just Darjeeling, several places across in north Bengal went into agitation mode today. In the hills, the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha supporters were lathicharged in Darjeeling town. In Jalpaiguri district, more than 100 km away, tea garden works were lathicharged when they blocked a national highway to demand higher wages. The two agitations have c...

India today said it will review the Most Favoured Nation or MFN status granted to Pakistan by it based on the security and trade interests, asserting that terror cannot be the commodity exported.

My colleagues, with whom I have waved the Indian flag and shouted "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" till my voice became hoarse, had traded national interest with votes. For me, national interest in non-negotiable.

Gold regained its sheen to trade higher by Rs 215 to Rs 29,790 per ten grams as the bullion market in the national capital reopened after two days of strike, while silver rallied by Rs 775 to Rs 40,975 per kg largely in tune with a firming global trend.