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Last updated: 24 Oct, 2025  
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export.jpg India stays resilient with diversified export basket amid global uncertainty
IANS | 24 Oct, 2025
India’s exports grew 5.19 per cent year-on-year between April and August 2025 to $346.1 billion, compared to $329.03 billion during the same period in 2024 despite the uncertainty in global markets.  
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niti.jpg NITI Aayog unveils roadmap on AI to empower 490 million informal workers
IANS | 09 Oct, 2025
NITI Aayog on Wednesday released a pioneering study to systematically explore how artificial intelligence (AI) and frontier technologies can be harnessed to transform the lives and livelihoods of India’s 490 million informal workers who are the backbone of the nation’s economy. 
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gsp.jpg EU leaders need to relook at GSP+ trade status for Pakistan
IANS | 17 Sep, 2025
The GSP+, or Generalised System of Preferences, of the European Union was designed as a means of linking trade preferences to specific commitments in the areas of human rights, labour rights, environmental protection, and good governance. 
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gst-rejig.jpg How GST rate rejig is going to boost businesses, empower common man
IANS | 04 Sep, 2025
The wide-ranging GST reforms are set to improve lives of citizens and ensure ease of doing business for all, especially small traders and businesses, thus strengthening the economy.  
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jan-dhan.jpg Enhanced dignity, gave people power to script their own destiny: PM Modi as PM Jan Dhan completes 11 years
IANS | 28 Aug, 2025
As the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) completes 11 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the scheme has enhanced dignity and empowered people to script their own destiny. 
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solar.jpg India’s solar surge marks a bold leap towards a Net Zero future
IANS | 19 Aug, 2025
India has become the world’s 3rd-largest solar energy producer, doubled its solar manufacturing.. 
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fta.jpg India-UK FTA: A Boon for Tech and Textiles, A Worry for Farmers?
Moonis Rehman | 11 Aug, 2025
In the himalayan state in Uttarakhand, a free trade agreement (FTA) signed last month between India and UK has brought a smile on the face of resort owner Sunil. “I am very happy today”, he says.  
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trump.jpg Trump's unilateral tariffs on India - a hammer for a screw!
Moonis Rehman | 05 Aug, 2025
Any skilled craftsman will tell you not to use a hammer to turn a screw because if you do that, you only end up damaging the screw and the wood. But this is precisely what the United States has done by unilaterally announcing the tariffs of 25% on Indian imports.  
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