Union petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri has assured that oil imports to India are continuing smoothly through alternative routes as the Middle East conflict enters its second week and concerns are growing over the country’s energy supplies. The minister, on social media platform X, confirmed that inflows are “full flow from all non-Hormuz routes” and...Read More

In late February 2026, Applied Materials presented at the SPIE Advanced Lithography and Patterning Conference, while investor sentiment turned cautious amid an Erste Group hold rating, renewed geopolitical tensions, and fresh scrutiny over potential global AI-chip export controls. These developments arrived just as Applied Materials was being added to the S&P 100 and highlighting its...Read More

No increase in fuel prices ahead of Eid: minister Staff Correspondent 07 March, 2026, 17:52 Representational image. | Collected photo The government on Saturday assured the public that Bangladesh had sufficient reserves of fuel oils and liquefied natural gas and was also exploring alternative sources for...Read More

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal today said that education as a service has significant potential to contribute to India’s export earnings and help take high quality Indian education to the rest of the world. Addressing the Vice Chancellor’s Conclave on “Reimagining Internationalisation of Higher Education for Viksit Bharat 2047” today in New...Read More

Roche Chairman Warns of US Tariffs Impact on Diagnostics Business Roche’s Position on US Tariffs and Diagnostics Division Exposure Pharmaceuticals Remain Exempt from Tariffs ZURICH, March 7 (Reuters) – Roche expects its agreement with the U.S. government will keep its medicines exempt from the current round of import tariffs, but its diagnostics division remains exposed...Read More

Prolonged war in Iran could hit India’s farm sector significantly as agricultural exports to West Asia, at $11.8 billion, accounted for over a fifth of India’s total farm exports in 2025, a report by research body Global Trade and Research Initiative (GTRI) noted. Cereals, especially rice, fruits, vegetables, spices, meat, dairy and beverages are all...Read More

The official said the 2.80 lakh tonnes of refined diesel imports have been finalised but declined to disclose the countries of origin or the prices for strategic reasons TBS Report 07 March, 2026, 03:30 pm Last modified: 07 March, 2026, 04:17 pm Representational image. Photo: Collected “> Representational image. Photo: Collected Amid the Iran war,...Read More

Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Commerce Ministry has assured that full benefits under the export support scheme RoDTEP will be restored from April 1 this year, providing major relief to exporters facing challenges due to the West Asian crisis, FIEO said on Saturday (March 7, 2026). Barring agricultural...Read More

The United States has granted India a 30-day waiver allowing Indian companies to continue importing Russian crude oil, citing the ongoing conflict involving Iran as the context for the temporary exemption. The waiver, issued by the Trump administration, covers oil shipments that were already loaded onto vessels before March 5. Indian companies have been authorised...Read More

A startup export strategy can look global on paper and still fail at the point of movement. Korea’s latest Middle East response makes that gap visible. The government is no longer treating this disruption as a temporary shipping headache. It is now testing how fast public support can move when cross-border startup execution begins to...Read More