Savings Effect

PM Modi on Thursday held talks with Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez focusing on boosting bilateral ties in areas of energy, trade and investment. The two sides are looking at expanding energy cooperation, as New Delhi seeks to diversify its crude oil procurement amid supply disruptions from the West Asia crisis.

Sebi is investigating Rajesh Exports over accounting practices and whether ₹15.15 trillion in revenue reported by its overseas subsidiaries can be independently verified.

The Union cabinet has approved a ₹9,585 crore scheme to incentivise the replacement of 2.07 lakh older, polluting trucks and buses in the Delhi-NCR with BS-VI or EVs.

Negotiations on the long-pending US-India bilateral trade deal are underway this week, with trade teams from both sides meeting in New Delhi, and a meeting scheduled with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday. 99% of the agreement is already in place, and the two sides are working to bridge the final gap, Sergio Gor, US Ambassador to India and Special Presidential Envoy to South and Central Asia, said.