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Piyush Goyal, Sonowal hold meet to facilitate foreign trade

IANS | May 22, 2026 5:24 PM

New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday co-chaired a meeting with Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterway, Sarbananda Sonowal, to directly engage with India's exporters, importers and port authorities to facilitate the smoother flow of trade amid the disruption in ship movement and uncertainties in global markets due to the Middle East conflict.

NHAI collaborates with Norwegian Institute for consultation in tunnel engineering

IANS | May 22, 2026 5:19 PM

New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) in Oslo to strengthen technical expertise for National Highway infrastructure development, an official statement said on Friday.

PM Modi's tourism push seen boosting forex, hotel investment: HAI

IANS | May 22, 2026 4:52 PM

Thiruvananthapuram, May 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call urging Indians to increasingly choose destinations within the country for leisure travel, conferences, weddings and events has opened up a major economic opportunity for India's tourism and hospitality sectors, according to the Hotel Association of India (HAI).

DigiHaat expands cooperative mobility service to 55 Indian cities

IANS | May 22, 2026 4:32 PM

New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Government-backed e-commerce platform DigiHaat on Friday announced that it has expanded its mobility services to 55 cities across India through partnerships with driver-owned cooperatives Bharat Taxi and Namma Yatri.

RBI declares record dividend of Rs 2.87 lakh crore to Centre for FY26

IANS | May 22, 2026 4:28 PM

New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday declared a record dividend of around Rs 2.87 lakh crore to Centre for FY26, that would help the government address challenges arising from the ongoing West Asia crisis.

China deploys AI tool DeepZang for narrative control in Tibet: Report

IANS | May 22, 2026 4:17 PM

New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) China has started deploying a Tibetan‑language artificial intelligence platform called DeepZang in Tibet which aims to shape narratives and reinforce Beijing’s authority in the region, a new report has said.

Pakistan faces dangerous overlap of climate shocks, economic fragility, rising inflation

IANS | May 22, 2026 3:24 PM

New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) As Pakistan gets included among world’s ten most severe hunger hotspots in the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2026, the country faces a dangerous overlap of climate shocks, economic fragility and rising inflation, a new report has said.

India’s capital goods industry set to see double-digit growth this fiscal

IANS | May 22, 2026 3:21 PM

New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) India’s capital goods industry is projected to see a revenue growth of 12-14 per cent this fiscal, buoyed by sustained government spending, steady capacity expansion in power, mining, oil and gas, metal and auto-linked sectors, and increasing opportunities from emerging segments such as data centres and electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, a report showed on Friday.

Adani Group’s proposed US investment changing perception of Indian firms globally: Industry leaders

IANS | May 22, 2026 3:18 PM

New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Global industry leaders and Indian-American voices on Friday said the Adani Group’s proposed multi-billion-dollar investment in the United States is helping reshape perceptions around Indian companies.

Execution at scale, healthy balance sheet: Bernstein goes bullish on Adani Group

IANS | May 22, 2026 3:07 PM

Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) Global brokerage Bernstein has gone bullish on Adani Group over robust execution and a healthy balance sheet, hailing its ability to execute at scale against competition while expressing comfort on debt levels as well as promoter holding and share pledge metrics.

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Piyush Goyal, Sonowal hold meet to facilitate foreign trade

NHAI collaborates with Norwegian Institute for consultation in tunnel engineering

PM Modi's tourism push seen boosting forex, hotel investment: HAI

DigiHaat expands cooperative mobility service to 55 Indian cities

RBI declares record dividend of Rs 2.87 lakh crore to Centre for FY26

China deploys AI tool DeepZang for narrative control in Tibet: Report

Pakistan faces dangerous overlap of climate shocks, economic fragility, rising inflation

India’s capital goods industry set to see double-digit growth this fiscal

Adani Group’s proposed US investment changing perception of Indian firms globally: Industry leaders

Execution at scale, healthy balance sheet: Bernstein goes bullish on Adani Group

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