Trump threatens tariffs against China, calls COVID-19 pandemic Wuhan's lab mistake

President Donald Trump on Thursday speculated that China could have unleashed the coronavirus on the world due to some kind of horrible “mistake”. The US president threatened the country with fresh tariffs as he stepped up his attacks on Beijing over the coronavirus crisis, saying he had seen evidence linking a Wuhan lab to the contagion. Trump even suggested the release could have been intentional.

AGR-hit Vodafone Idea wants 7-8 times hike in mobile data tariffs

Vodafone Idea has demanded fixing minimum tariffs for mobile data at Rs 35 per GB, around 7-8 times of current prices, and for calls at 6 paise per minute along with monthly charges from April 1 to enable it pay statutory dues and make its business sustainable. 

Defence Expo 2020: Hotel tariffs skyrocket, wedding plans go awry

Hotel tariffs in Lucknow have skyrocketed with hotels having almost run out of rooms due to the Defence Expo which begins on Wednesday. The biggest sufferers are those who have scheduled their weddings in this season, mainly before February 15.  

Italy's wine sector to face major setback due to US tariffs

The Italian government forecast that the economy will grow 0.6 per cent in 2020, higher than this year's growth rate but below the forecast for the EU. But there was still hope for the Italian wine sector, according to Confagricoltura, a national federation for the Italian agricultural sector.

China to exempt additional tariffs on more US products

China on Thursday released another list of US products that will be exempted from the first round of additional tariffs on American goods. This is the second set of American goods to be excluded from China's first round of tariff countermeasures against the US Section 301 measures, Xinhua news agency quoted the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council as saying in a statement.

Trai moves to fix floor tariffs for mobile call, data

Telecom regulator Trai on Tuesday initiated a consultation to fix minimum or floor rates for mobile phone calls and data, a move that will effectively end the regime of free calling and dirt cheap data.  

Airtel, Jio, Vodafone tariffs revised: What is FUP? How to manage calls, save data now

Airtel, Jio, Vodafone plans revised: Here's how you can manage your FUP limits and save 4G data

Telecom shares rise on proposal to fix floor price for data tariffs

On the NSE, the stock soared 9.93 per cent to Rs 7.75 per unit. It zoomed 12.05 per cent to Rs 7.90 during the day. Bharti Airtel also saw its shares rising though marginally at 0.41 per cent to end at Rs 460.85 a unit on the BSE. Intra-day, its stock touched a high of Rs 464.75 apiece, up 1.26 per cent.

US threatens to slap tariffs on France over digital tax

The US move was announced on the same day that the Trump administration also reimposed tariffs on Brazil and Argentina, two countries historically allied with Washington.

Trump to slap new tariffs on Brazil, Argentina

"Brazil and Argentina have been presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies, which is not good for our farmers," Efe news quoted the US President as saying in a tweet on Monday. "Therefore, effective immediately, I will restore the Tariffs on all steel & aluminium that is shipped into the US from those countries," he added.

Attention Jio, Vodafone Idea, Airtel users! Escape call, internet tariff hike by doing this

The telecom operators like Reliance Jio, Vodafone-Idea, Airtel and BSNL are all set to hike mobile call, internet charges for over 60 crore mobile subscribers in India. The mobile tariffs are likely to go up from December 1, while Vodafone is to hike charges from December 3, 2019 for monthly prepaid and postpaid customers. Recently, the telecom companies made the announcement that has left thousands of subscribers jittery.

Trai unlikely to intervene in tariffs, floor price for now

With large telecom operators planning a rate hike in coming days, Trai is unlikely to make an immediate intervention on tariff issues, including fixation of any floor price as of now despite industry's demands, sources said.

Trump looking at exempting Apple from China tariffs

Trump also cited South Korean major Samsung as a reason behind his decision to look into tariffs. "The problem we have is you have Samsung, it's a great company, but it's a competitor of Apple. And it's not fair because we have a trade deal, we made a great trade deal with South Korea. But we have to treat Apple in a somewhat similar basis as we treat Samsung," Trump was quoted as saying.

After Airtel and Voda-Idea, Reliance Jio announces hike in mobile tariffs

Reliance Jio will hike mobile phone call and data charges, the company announced on Tuesday. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio has issued a statement announcing the decision, a day after Vodafone Idea Ltd and Bharti Airtel made public similar plans December onwards.

Airtel to hike mobile service rates in December

Airtel on Monday said it will start increasing rates for mobile services in December. The telecom sector is highly capital intensive with fast changing technology cycles that require continuing investments and therefore, extremely important that the industry remains viable to support the vision of Digital India, Bharti Airtel said in a statement on Monday.

Asian stocks gain after US, China announce truce on tariffs

WTO dispute over India's tariffs on ICT goods

GST Council hikes tax on caffeinated beverages, cuts hotel tarrif rate

Donald Trump admin urged to ask India to reduce duty on US apples