'Trade deal to provide huge opportunities': Piyush Goyal ahead of India-New Zealand FTA signing

‘Trade deal to provide huge opportunities’: Piyush Goyal ahead of India-New Zealand FTA signing

Union minister Piyush Goyal Agra: The free trade agreement (FTA) with New Zealand, scheduled to be signed on Monday, will provide huge opportunities for domestic firms, including leather exporters from the city of the Taj Mahal, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said Sunday. Goyal is here with the visiting New Zealand’s trade and investment…

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Gold and silver outlook: Where are precious metals headed this week? Analysts answer

Gold and silver outlook: Where are precious metals headed this week? Analysts answer

Precious metals gold and silver could remain under pressure in a holiday-shortened trading week as markets react to developments around US-Iran peace talks, movements in crude oil prices and key global central bank policy decisions, analysts said. According to analysts, sentiment in precious metals is expected to be shaped largely by geopolitical and macroeconomic triggers…

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India's wheat outlook: Production stable despite challenges, says government

India’s wheat outlook: Production stable despite challenges, says government

India’s wheat output for the 2025–26 crop year is expected to remain steady despite weather disruptions, the agriculture ministry said on Sunday, even as an industry estimate suggested lower production. The ministry said that the crop is “stable and resilient despite localised damage” caused by unseasonal rainfall and hailstorms. It described the season as “mixed…

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India, New Zealand to lock in FTA next week: Here's what it may have in store for New Delhi

India, New Zealand to lock in FTA next week: Here’s what it may have in store for New Delhi

India and New Zealand are set to sign their long-pending Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Monday at Bharat Mandapam, in the presence of Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and New Zealand’s minister for trade and investment Todd McClay. The agreement, finalised in December 2025 after negotiations that began in March the same year,…

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Market recap: Rs 2 lakh crore wiped out from 7 of top-10 firms; TCS biggest laggard

Market recap: Rs 2 lakh crore wiped out from 7 of top-10 firms; TCS biggest laggard

Dalal Street ended the week in red, dragging down the valuations of several heavyweight companies, erasing more than Rs 2 lakh crore from seven of India’s ten most-valued firms. Tata Consultancy Services and Reliance Industries accounted for the largest share of this decline as the broader market remained under pressure.The slide in stock prices mirrored…

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