Imports also rose by 2.6 per cent to $41.1 billion in the month under review, leaving a trade deficit of $14.92 billion.
Indian exports, which was hit by global slowdown last year, are likely to remain sluggish during 2013 as well due to challenging economic conditions in western economies, though policymakers have drawn a strategy to diversify exports.
The Indian PC market, including desktops, notebooks and servers, grew by 34.6 per cent in the second quarter of 2004 while the country garnered 9.23 per cent share in the Asia Pacific region, IT analyst firm Gartner said on Thursday.
On Tuesday, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan met Russian oil giant Rosneft's chief executive officer Igor Sechin and discussed raising crude imports from that country, in addition to talks about going for more acquisitions.
Australia wants a third country's help to settle a row with Pakistan which refused to accept a $30-million shipment of wheat claiming that it is affected by a fungus not known to exist in this country.
Emirates and Etihad Airways have over the past year continued to lobby India to allow them more flight slots, which won't be possible until the 2007 pact is revised.
India has slashed import of crude oil from Iran by over 26.5 per cent in the financial year ended March 31 as US and European sanctions made it difficult to ship oil from the Persian Gulf nation.
D Subbarao reiterated concerns over rising gold imports and its pressure on current account deficit.
For the entire 2011-12 fiscal, the shipments to the neighbouring country had stood at $1.53 billion.
Latest data available shows that India's exports to the 10-member bloc of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) declined by 18.6 per cent to $19.17 billion in the first eight months of this financial year.
The commerce department has said that earnings through the new tax will equal the losses faced by Indian industry after the US tariffs on steel and aluminium.
It's earnings from mobile gadgets dropped 64%
Driven by strong demand from first-time buyers in emerging markets and replacement buyers in mature markets, the worldwide market for mobile phones continues to surge in the third quarter of 2003, says an IDC report.
Gold imports are likely to fall below 50 tonnes this month due to sharp fall in exchange rate of rupee and high global prices of the precious metal, according to market experts.
CAD touched a historic high of $88 billion in 2012-13.
Shipments of personal computers in Asia-Pacific are expected to increase by 16 per cent year-on-year in 2004 as against the 13.5 per cent growth forecast for worldwide sales.
Govt uneasy at prices, availability for domestic consumption.
New Zealand fans were offered a letter of consent from Black Caps skipper Brendon McCullum to get them off work.
Pakistani officials have been asked to inspect all the containers carrying North Atlantic Treaty Organisation supplies to Afghanistan to ensure it didn't carry any weapons or military ware, authorities said on Friday.
The trade deficit is now at $21 billion.
Air India and Jet Airways flew tonnes of fresh flowers to Europe in the last 10-12 days, though their uplift is much less compared to rival carriers.
Central bank says it may bring more curbs.
The Governor said the MPC had voted to maintain its accommodative stance, implying more rate cuts in the future if the need arises.
India will consider an appeal by aid groups to allow a planned shipment of soy blended with corn which had been rejected because it was unclear if it had been genetically modified, officials said on Tuesday.
The export of buffalo meat from India to Russia has commenced while the shipment of milk products is expected to begin soon.
If not contained quickly, it will have a knock-on effect in the world economy and disrupt global supply chains, Crisil analysts warned.
India's merchandise exports in February shrank for the 15th straight month on continued weak demand from Europe, the South Asian nation's biggest market.
Chidambaram said he expected gold imports to touch $40 billion in the current fiscal year to end-March, down 31 percent from the year-ago bill of $58 billion.
The ongoing war in Iraq has taken a toll on business of power equipment supplier Bharat Heavy Electricals with its shipments worth Rs 134 crore (Rs 1.34 billion) stranded at various ports.
Despite the slowdown in world economies, the government expects exports to increase 20 percent in the current fiscal, a senior commerce ministry official said here on Friday.
The art dealer flees India, but is detained at Frankfurt airport.
National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India has floated tender after kitchen staple prices touched Rs 90 even though wholesale rates were much less at Rs 50-60 a kg.
India will take up with Argentina the import restrictions imposed by it, as they have implications on the country's shipments to the Latin American nation, a top Commerce Ministry official said.
Country's exports continued to decline for the fifth month due to slowdown in the western economies.
As a part of the scheme, all rakhis would be packed in specially designed pouches so that customers' shipments can be easily identified and delivery can be expedited, the company said.
India's Mars Orbiter Mission is slated to be launched on October 28 after a national committee of experts gave the go ahead for the Rs 450 crore ambitious venture after threadbare deliberations.
Micromax has the highest tablet sales in the second quarter of the financial year 2012, ahead of Samsung and Apple.
Slowdown in western economies pulled down India exports for the fourth month in a row in August to 9.74 per cent, making the task of achieving $360 billion target in the current fiscal difficult.
Dabbawalas have been in the profession of transporting lunch boxes.
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