NEW DELHI: India hopes to avoid an abrupt end to oil imports from Iran without triggering sanctions even as it readies a rupee payment mechanism for oil imports from the Islamic Republic.

India will raise duties on 29 products from the US, striking back against Washington’s move to impose higher tariffs on Indian steel and aluminium exports amid a global trade war that’s broken out as President Donald Trump seeks to combat what he perceives as unfair terms.

HCM CITY — Many Vietnamese firms are set to participate in the Vibrant Tamil Nadu Expo and Summit in Madurai city, India, to seek information and business opportunities, a meeting heard in HCM City yesterday.

Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved $1.9 billion in loans to India for infrastructurerelated projects in 2018, Najeeb Haider, manager of investment operations, told ET.

The revenue of India's analytics and business intelligence (BI) software market will reach $304 million in 2018, an 18.1 per cent increase over the past year, according to a Gartner forecast on Tuesday.

India has complained to the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the US’ tariffs on steel and aluminium imports citing inconsistency with global trade norms.

Vietnamese mobile phone brand Mobiistar is set to start selling in India on the country’s biggest online store, Flipkart, by the end of the month.

Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam Co. Ltd. (Doosan Vina) has shipped five rubber-tyred cranes to India.

NEW DELHI: As many as 140 Indian companies with operations in South Africa have invested more than USD 4 billion and created 18,000 direct jobs, according to a report released today.

MUMBAI: The odds on India drawing the ‘protectionist’ US President Donald Trump’s attention may have just shortened. New Delhi’s trade surplus with Washington has risen to a record high, and Asia’s thirdbiggest economy now ranks ninth on the list of trade partners for the US, climbing from 13 six years ago.