India-EFTA free trade pact to come into effect from October 1: Piyush Goyal

IANS | July 19, 2025 3:17 PM

Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday that the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) between India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) will officially come into effect on October 1, that would facilitate the creation of 1 million direct jobs in India.

MSMEs buck overall headline trend in credit growth in India

IANS | July 19, 2025 12:22 PM

New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Indian credit market is witnessing some structural shifts with headline bank credit growth and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) credit has bucked the overall headline trend in credit growth, according to an SBI report.

Premature and speculative: US NTSB Chief slams media on Air India crash reporting

IANS | July 19, 2025 11:33 AM

New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Calling recent media reports on Air India Ahmedabad crash “premature and speculative,” the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has urged the media and public to wait for the final report from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which is leading the inquiry into the deadly Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad.

Domestic markets continue protracted correction this week amid Q1 earnings

IANS | July 19, 2025 10:17 AM

New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Domestic equity markets continued their protracted correction for the third consecutive week and ended below the psychological level of 25,000, weighed down by the broadly tepid start of Q1FY26 earnings, particularly from the IT and financial sectors, analysts said on Saturday.

Energy infrastructure strong pillar of developed India: Hardeep Puri

IANS | July 19, 2025 9:53 AM

New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) India is continuously developing its energy infrastructure and the work is progressing on the vision of 'One Nation One Gas Grid’ under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has stressed.