Festive shopping 2025: Online spends to surge 115%; gourmet foods, groceries, fashion to lead buying

[ad_1] Urban households in India are set to embrace e-commerce like never before this festive season, with a new LocalCircles report predicting a sharp rise in online shopping. The findings suggest that recent GST rate changes have helped boost consumer confidence just ahead of the spending rush.The study, ‘How Urban Indian Households Will Spend During…

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Nearly half of India’s diaspora lives in just 10 countries! US & UAE at the top of list; check where overseas Indians live

[ad_1] India’s diaspora also plays a major role in the economy. (AI image) India’s diaspora population has expanded to 3.43 crore, making it the largest in the world, according to a government reply in Lok Sabha quoted in an ET report. It is evenly split between Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs),…

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‘Russian economy will be in total collapse’: Trump official wants more tariffs on countries buying Russia oil; urges EU to add pressure

[ad_1] Bessent made these observations shortly after Russia conducted its most extensive aerial assault since the war began. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called on the European Union to join America in adding pressure on Russia, and indicating possibility of more tariffs on countries buying Russian crude oil. The Donald Trump administration has already…

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Indian stock markets may finally narrow gap with EMs! Modi-Xi meet, GST rate cuts boost sentiment; what’s the outlook?

[ad_1] The strengthening economic ties with China, the second-largest world economy, complement other positive factors for India. (AI image) Indian stock markets may see a boost with several positive catalysts fuelling bullish sentiment. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, alongside recent GST rate cuts, have generated positive sentiment regarding the potential…

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Georgia Hyundai plant raid: US-South Korea finalise deal for workers’ release; here’s what’s happening

[ad_1] South Korea struck a deal with the United States, on Sunday, securing the release of its nationals detained during an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia.Presidential chief of staff, Kang Hoon-sik, declared that the two nations had completed negotiations and only administrative formalities were pending. He further added that Seoul would arrange…

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Petrochemical push: ONGC partners with Japan’s Mitsui to build VLECs for Dahej plant; feedstock imports to begin mid-2028

[ad_1] Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has partnered with Japanese shipping firm Mitsui OSK Lines to operate two very large ethane carriers (VLECs) that will import petrochemical feedstock for its subsidiary, ONGC Petro Additions Ltd (OPaL), according to sources.As per news agency PTI, ONGC and Mitsui have agreed to build, own and operate the…

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SCO trade ministers’ meet: India cautions against weaponising export measures; reaffirms WTO-centred fair trade system

[ad_1] File photo (Picture credit: PTI) India has cautioned against the misuse of export-related measures to create artificial scarcity, distort markets, or disrupt supply chains at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Trade Ministers’ Meeting held in Vladivostok on Saturday.According to a statement by the commerce ministry released on Sunday, India stressed that “export-related measures should…

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