Exports up 23%, trade deficit at $30 billion in September

Mumbai: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal with Canada’s Minister for International Trade Maninder Sidhu during a reception for the Team Canada trade mission to India, in Mumbai. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)(PTI10_14_2026_000578B) Trade with China rose about 29%to $91.8 billion in April-Sept, making Beijing the largest trading partner in the first half Mumbai: Union … Read more

Porn showing choking or incest to be banned from early November, government says

Online pornography depicting strangulation or incestuous relationships will be banned from early November, the government has announced. From 6 November, it will be illegal to possess or publish porn which shows strangulation or suffocation, depicts sexual activity between people who are related or shows adults role-playing as children under 16. The new rules follow a … Read more

Kiran Rao reacts to Aamir Khan’s nephew Imran Khan’s ‘leave India’ notice; says ‘Wah, now it’s Mumbai Police?’ |

Filmmaker Kiran Rao, has reacted to the ‘leave India’ notice issued to actor Imran Khan, the nephew of her ex-husband, Aamir Khan. Kiran Rao reacts to Imran Khan’s ‘leave India’ notice Taking to her Instagram Stories, Kiran shared a post about the Bollywood actor being asked to leave the country by the end of October, … Read more

After Jio’s listing, Reliance Industries could topple Tata as India’s most valuable group

Reliance Jio Infocomm chairman Akash Ambani and non-executive director Isha Ambani at the IPO announcement in Mumbai Thursday MUMBAI: In the biggest reshuffle in the country’s corporate rankings in decades, Reliance Industries (RIL) Group is all set to overtake Tata Group as India’s most valuable conglomerate, once Jio Platforms lists.The proposed listing, at an estimated … Read more

Martin Short says ‘pain’ of daughter’s death will ‘always be present’ – National

Canadian actor Martin Short honoured his late daughter, Katherine, during Selena Gomez’s fourth annual Rare Impact Fund Benefit in Los Angeles on Wednesday. During the event, which raises funds for youth mental health, Gomez introduced a new award “in memory of Katherine Short, Martin Short’s daughter, who passed away by suicide earlier this year,” People reports. … Read more

Sahibzada Farhan: Sahibzada Farhan, now Pakistan’s captain, surpasses India’s Abhishek Sharma to script new T20I record | Cricket News

Sahibzada Farhan, now Pakistan’s captain, surpasses India’s Abhishek Sharma Pakistan captain Sahibzada Farhan created a new record by scoring 238 runs in a three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, surpassing India’s Abhishek Sharma, who scored 229 runs against Afghanistan earlier this year.Farhan scored his third consecutive half-century, making 76 off 47 balls in the final … Read more

Sanju Samson: Sanju Samson joins Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli in elite T20I club after quick 56 off 23 against West Indies | Cricket News

Sanju Samson added another milestone to his T20I career on Wednesday, becoming only the sixth Indian batter to hit 100 sixes in the format during the fourth T20I against West Indies at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. The wicketkeeper-batter reached the landmark in style while launching India’s pursuit of a daunting 248-run target, producing an … Read more

PM Modi inaugurates Rs 3,350 crore projects in Ladakh, including new Leh airport terminal

PM Modi dedicated to the nation the 298-km Nimmu-Padum-Darcha Road. (Photo: X) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually inaugurated five development projects worth around Rs 3,350 crore in Ladakh, covering airport infrastructure, strategic road connectivity, renewable energy and water conservation.“Today, another chapter is being added to Ladakh’s progress and development. I am … Read more

BCCI raises selectors’ budget by Rs 5 cr as hunt for Ajit Agarkar’s replacement continues | Cricket News

Pragyan Ojha (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: There’s ambiguity around the composition of the BCCI’s national selection committee following former chief Ajit Agarkar’s decision not to continue. The deadline for applications to fill the West Zone vacancy ended on Wednesday with former India wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel, who was widely tipped to be Agarkar’s replacement, choosing … Read more

India-US trade deal: First phase finalised, legal drafting under way, says Piyush Goyal

The much-awaited India-US trade deal has cleared its first phase and moved to the legal drafting stage, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.He said that the pact would be operationalised once India gains a competitive advantage over its peer countries. The minister further expressed hope that the process would be completed soon.“US … Read more

Letters with ‘suspicious substances’ sent to US election offices

Federal authorities say they are investigating “potentially hazardous” letters containing “suspicious substances” that have been sent to congressional and state election offices around the US. The FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) said they were trying to trace the “suspicious mailings”, some of which were intercepted before they were received. Authorities declined to … Read more

Rohit Sharma’s 5th T20I century and two super overs: A look at what happened when India last played in Bengaluru as IND vs WI set for series decider at Chinnaswamy | Cricket News

Rohit Sharma plays a shot during the third T20 cricket match between India and Afghanistan, at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo) Shai Hope struck another century as West Indies beat India by 24 runs in the fourth Twenty20 in Hyderabad on Wednesday to level the five-match series at 2-2.Chasing 248, India got off … Read more

India Balance Of Payments: India’s current account deficit narrows to $5.2 billion in August, RBI data shows

Foreign inflows lift India’s BoP surplus (representative image) India’s overall balance of payments (BoP) recorded a surplus of $45.4 billion in August 2026, compared with a deficit of $5.6 billion in the same month last year, as foreign currency inflows, particularly non-resident Indian (NRI) deposits, rose sharply, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data.The … Read more