PM Modi, Austrian Chancellor Stocker hold talks, sign MoUs to boost trade, tech ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker in New Delhi’s Hyderabad House on Thursday, holding wide-ranging talks as the two sides exchanged MoUs. Stocker is currently on a four-day visit to India, his first since taking office last year. According to the ministry of external affairs, the meeting focused on strengthening bilateral cooperation…

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New record! Apple’s India vendors export $2.5 billion components to China; may reach $3.5 billion under ECMS

Experts say the surge in electronics exports represents an unexpected boost from the smartphone production-linked incentive scheme. (AI image) In a big achievement for the government’s electronics component manufacturing scheme (ECMS), Apple’s India vendors have already exported a record $2.5 billion components to China. The development also signals a shift from the earlier pattern, where…

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Stock market today (April 16, 2026): Nifty50 opens above 24,350; BSE Sensex up over 400 points on oil prices easing, hopes of US-Iran war ending

Stock market today (AI image) Stock market today: Indian equity benchmarks, Sensex and Nifty50, continued their uptrend on Thursday on positive global cues and hopes of an early end to the US-Iran conflict. While Nifty50 went above 24,350, BSE Sensex rose over 400 points. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 was at around 24,357.25, up 126 points…

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Tata Trusts board ‘illegal’, replace it: Mehli Mistry

MUMBAI: Mehli Mistry has accused Tata Trusts leadership of running an “illegal” board by selectively applying rules to secure their own lifetime trusteeships while removing him. He has accused them of counting votes of trustees whose tenures had expired and violating statutory provisions for appointments and terms.Mistry, who was a trustee of Sir Dorabji Tata…

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