India, UK agree to resume free trade talks

IANS | February 24, 2025 5:39 PM

New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, on Monday said that India and the UK have decided to restart negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), after a meeting here with his UK counterpart Jonathan Reynolds.

Inflation burden eases further for India’s farm and rural workers

IANS | February 24, 2025 5:06 PM

New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The CPI inflation rates for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) and Rural Labourers (CPI-RL) for the month of January this year declined to 4.61 per cent and 4.73 per cent, respectively, from the corresponding figures of 7.52 per cent and 7.37 per cent in January 2024, according to figures released by the Ministry of Labour on Monday.

India’s wind power capacity poised to surge to 63 GW by 2026-27

IANS | February 24, 2025 3:27 PM

New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) India’s annual capacity addition of wind power is projected to more than double to 7.1 gigawatt (GW) on average in the next two financial years, compared with 3.4 GW in fiscal year 2023-25 -- driven by government measures to ramp up the pace, a report said on Monday, adding that this will take the country’s total installed wind capacity to around 63 GW by 2026-27.