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Post-Supreme Court ruling, economists peg US tariff refunds...
- Mar 06, 2026
A federal judge has ordered the US government to begin paying refunds of President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs that the US Supreme Court has...
Broadcom forecasts revenue from AI chips surging past $100...
- Mar 05, 2026
Chip designer Broadcom has projected that revenue from its artificial intelligence (AI) chip would exceed $100 billion next year. This signals a...
Shell willing to pour $666 million into ailing JV partner...
- Mar 04, 2026
Shell, the healthier joint-venture (JV) partner in Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer Raizen, is ready to pour more resources into a...
India, Canada ink $1.9-bn uranium deal, target $50-bn...
- Mar 03, 2026
India and Canada will aim to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) by the end of this year, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said.Mr Carney is...
Lower yields bring 2024-25 sugar output forecast down by...
- Mar 02, 2026
India’s sugar production has been revised down by 5.57 per cent of the earlier forecast to 32.40 million tonnes (mt) for the 2025-26 marketing...
Andhra Pradesh gives nod to mine rare earth minerals along...
- Mar 01, 2026
With 25 per cent of India’s beach sand mineral (BSM) deposits, Andhra Pradesh is giving a strategic push to tap the immense economic potential of...
India’s real GDP under the new base year grows by 7.8% in...
- Feb 28, 2026
India’s third quarter (Q3) GDP for FY26 expanded by 7.8 per cent under a new series with the base year of 2022-23. In the Q2 of FY26, the GDP was...
SEBI unveils new norms for mutual funds to value their...
- Feb 27, 2026
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has revised the valuation methodology for physical gold and silver held by mutual fund schemes. The...
US slaps 126% Countervailing Duty on imports of solar...
- Feb 26, 2026
Tariff shock continues for India, as the US Commerce Department has announced anti-subsidy Countervailing Duties on solar cells and panels imported...
Rs 9,072-crore, rail multi-tracking projects get...
- Feb 25, 2026
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has cleared three major railway multi-tracking projects worth Rs 9,072 crore. These projects are aimed at...
Bharti Airtel set to inject Rs 20,000 crore into Airtel...
- Feb 24, 2026
Bharti Airtel has planned to scale up its non-banking financial company (NBFC) arm, Airtel Money, with a capital infusion of Rs 20,000 crore over the...
IDFC First Bank reports Rs 590-cr fraud in some accounts of...
- Feb 23, 2026
IDFC First Bank has disclosed a Rs 590-crore fraud committed by its employees and others in accounts held by the Haryana government with the private...
India, Brazil raise trade target from $20 billion to $30...
- Feb 22, 2026
India and Brazil have set a target to boost their bilateral trade to $30 billion by 2030, up from the previous goal of $20 billion.Secretary (East)...
US Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump’s...
- Feb 21, 2026
The US Supreme Court has stricken down a huge chunk of President Donald Trump’s far-reaching tariff agenda, delivering a major rebuke of the...
Production of rare earth permanent magnets all set to begin...
- Feb 20, 2026
India will begin production of rare earth permanent magnets this year itself, Union Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy has said. The announcement...
Private credit investments stay flat at $3.4 billion in H2...
- Feb 19, 2026
Private credit investments have remained flat at $3.4 billion in the second half (H2) of 2025 as against $3.3 billion in the H2 of 2024, according to...
$200 billion set to flow into AI and data infrastructure...
- Feb 18, 2026
Union Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw expects India to attract over $200 billion in artificial intelligence (AI) and data...
Realty market set to expand by three-fold to Rs 88 l cr,...
- Feb 17, 2026
The Indian real estate market is projected to reach Rs 88 lakh crore by 2030, a more than three-fold jump from last year’s market size, according...
Blackstone, co-investors bet $1.2-bn on Neysa, one of the...
- Feb 16, 2026
Blackstone-affiliated private equity funds and co-investors have entered into definitive agreements to invest $1.2 billion in Neysa, the artificial...
Rs 1-lakh crore Urban Challenge Fund gets green signal to...
- Feb 15, 2026
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved launch of a Rs 1-lakh crore Urban Challenge Fund (UCF). The fund aims to...
Spectrum allotted to telecom companies cannot be asset...
- Feb 14, 2026
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has held that the spectrum allocated to telecom service providers is not an asset to be subjected to...
January CPI inflation rises to 2.75% with new base year...
- Feb 13, 2026
Retail inflation for January 2026 has risen to 2.75 per cent, with recent introduction of a new series of Consumer Price Index (CPI) parameters....
UBS launches GCC in Hyderabad, to employ 3,000 people in...
- Feb 12, 2026
UBS has announced opening of its new global capability centre (GCC) in Hyderabad. This marks a significant step in strengthening the Swiss...
New IT rules mandate labelling of AI-created content,...
- Feb 11, 2026
The Union government has notified amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021,...
Draft Income Tax rules raise limits across financial...
- Feb 10, 2026
Draft Income Tax (I-T) Rules, 2026, have proposed a significant increase in transaction limits for mandatory quoting of Permanent Account Number...
PSBs’ combined profit set to cross Rs 2 lakh crore in...
- Feb 09, 2026
Buoyed by good health of public sector banks (PSBs), Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju has exuded confidence that the combined profit of these...
India, US unveil interim deal, tariff on Indian exports cut...
- Feb 08, 2026
India and the US have taken a major step forward with the announcement of an India-US trade deal framework designed to lower tariffs, strengthen...
M&M lines up Rs 15,000 crore for an integrated plant in...
- Feb 07, 2026
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has announced a Rs 15,000-crore investment to set up its largest integrated automobile and tractor manufacturing...
Start-up framework widened to include deep-tech firms,...
- Feb 06, 2026
India has overhauled its start-up recognition framework, widening access to policy benefits by raising turnover thresholds. It has also extended...
SPIRITUAL CORNER - Understanding The Knower
- Feb 06, 2026
Understanding The KnowerAre You The Self? Do You Know The Self?Dadashri: What is your name?Questioner: Chandubhai.Dadashri: Are you really...
AT THE HELM - Poonam Gupta, Deputy Governor, RBI
- Feb 06, 2026
Poonam Gupta arrives at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) at a moment that calls for steady hands and fresh thinking. In her new role as deputy...
Oberoi Group enters luxury residences with restoration and...
- Feb 05, 2026
The Oberoi Group has opened its first luxury residence, Naila Fort, near Jaipur, Rajasthan. Built in 1849 by the Champawat clan, Naila Fort has been...
Bharat Container Shipping Line set to build a robust,...
- Feb 04, 2026
The government has signed an agreement to set up Bharat Container Shipping Line (BCSL) for building an integrated container ecosystem in the...
US cuts tariff on Indian imports to 18%, scraps 25%...
- Feb 03, 2026
US President Donald Trump has announced a trade deal with India that slashes US tariffs on Indian goods to 18 from 50 per cent in exchange for India...
Budget sticks to fiscal prudence, focuses on manufacturing,...
- Feb 02, 2026
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget for 2026-27 stitched together a familiar pattern of steady fiscal consolidation, coupled with an...
SBI chief calls for tax parity on returns from bank...
- Feb 01, 2026
State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman C S Setty has pitched for parity in tax treatment on returns made on equity investments and bank deposits.Mr Setty...
After a decade-long wait, NSE finally gets SEBI’s green...
- Jan 31, 2026
National Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced that it has received the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (IPO) approval for its long-awaited...
Economic Survey pegs GDP growth for FY26 between 6.8 and...
- Jan 30, 2026
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2025-26 in Parliament on Thursday. The survey projected India’s economy to grow...
Amid base year revision, government mulls seasonal...
- Jan 29, 2026
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is undertaking the base revision exercise of the Index of Industrial Production...
India, EU clinch trade deal; tariff concessions for 99.50%...
- Jan 28, 2026
India and the European Union (EU) have concluded negotiations on a long-awaited free trade agreement (FTA) as both sides seek to cushion the impact...
China’s Anta to buy 29% in Puma with plans to get its...
- Jan 27, 2026
China’s Anta Sports Products is buying a 29.06 per cent stake in Puma from the Pinault family for 1.51 billion euros ($1.79 billion), making it the...
Samsung likely to begin making HBM4 chips for supply to...
- Jan 26, 2026
Samsung Electronics plans to start production of its next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips or HBM4 next month and supply them to...
President Trump drags JPMorgan Chase, CEO Jamie Dimon to...
- Jan 25, 2026
US President Donald Trump has filed a $5-billion lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon. Mr Trump has accused them of de-banking him...
Godrej, Kirloskar, three others make it to round four of...
- Jan 24, 2026
Kirloskar Pneumatic, Indo Asia Copper and Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company are among five companies with committed investment of Rs 863 crore...
US Q3 GDP grows by a high of 4.4%, but low-income groups...
- Jan 23, 2026
The US economy grew a bit faster than initially thought in the third quarter, the government said on Thursday, while corporate profits were also...
SIDBI set to get Rs 5,000-crore equity infusion from...
- Jan 22, 2026
The Union Cabinet has approved an equity infusion of Rs 5,000 crore into Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to strengthen flow of...
PhonePe gets SEBI’s approval for IPO, may mop up Rs...
- Jan 21, 2026
Walmart-owned PhonePe has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to go ahead with its IPO, sources close to the...
PSBs approve Rs 52,300 crore of MSME loans, powered by...
- Jan 20, 2026
Public sector banks (PSBs) have sanctioned over 3.96 lakh MSME loan applications amounting to over Rs 52,300 crore between April 1 and December 31,...
Automobile exports surge by 24% in 2025 to 63,25,211,...
- Jan 19, 2026
Automobile exports from India rose by 24 per cent in 2025, driven by robust demand for cars, two-wheelers and commercial vehicles in the overseas...
OpenAI may soon carry ads in some ChatGPT versions to boost...
- Jan 18, 2026
OpenAI has said that it will start showing advertisements in ChatGPT to some US users. The proposal is aimed at ramping up efforts to generate...
Limited export of wheat, related products permitted as...
- Jan 17, 2026
The government has allowed limited export of wheat flour and related products, lifting a ban imposed in 2022 due to supply concerns.The new rules...
Supreme Court rules that Tiger Global’s Flipkart sales...
- Jan 16, 2026
The Supreme Court has ruled that Tiger Global’s $1.6-billion stake sale in e-commerce company Flipkart to Walmart is subject to taxes. The verdict...
Japan’s SMBC set to get in-principle approval to set up a...
- Jan 15, 2026
Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) is set to receive in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for setting up a...
Electronics exports grow past Rs 4 l cr in 2025, with...
- Jan 14, 2026
Electronics exports from the country have crossed Rs 4 lakh crore in 2025 and are expected to grow when four semiconductor plants begin production...
Ola enters BESS with Ola Shakti, designed for residential...
- Jan 13, 2026
Ola Electric has forayed into the country’s Rs 1-lakh crore battery energy storage systems (BESS) market, projected to grow to over Rs 3 lakh crore...
Top banks appeal to CIC against RBI’s orders to disclose...
- Jan 12, 2026
Four major banks – Bank of Baroda (BoB), RBL Bank, Yes Bank and State Bank of India (SBI) – have approached the Chief Information Commissioner...
Lemon Tree to spin off into hotel management company, arm...
- Jan 11, 2026
Lemon Tree Hotels has announced a reorganisation, leading to bifurcation of its businesses under two different entities.After the reorganisation,...
OpenAI, SoftBank to put $1bn in SB Energy to expand data...
- Jan 10, 2026
OpenAI and SoftBank Group will invest $500 million each in SB Energy to expand data centre and power infrastructure for their Stargate initiative, SB...
UpGrad’s negotiations to acquire Unacademy fall through...
- Jan 09, 2026
UpGrad has abandoned talks to buy Unacademy due to significant disagreements on valuation. Despite months of negotiations, Unacademy’s sharp drop...
FY26 real GDP growth estimated at 7.4%, nominal GDP pegged...
- Jan 08, 2026
India’s economy is estimated to grow by 7.4 per cent in real terms in FY26, according to the first advance estimates released by the Ministry of...
CCI probe puts Tata Steel, JSW, SAIL and others in the dock...
- Jan 07, 2026
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has reportedly found that market leaders Tata Steel, JSW Steel and State-run SAIL, along with 25 other...
ONGC in two JVs with Mitsui to transport ethane by large...
- Jan 06, 2026
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will take a 50 per cent stake in two joint venture (JV) companies that will own and operate very large ethane...
SPIRITUAL CORNER - Is ‘I Am A Part Of God’ True?
- Jan 06, 2026
Dadashri: Who are you?Questioner: I am a part of God (Ishwar).Dadashri: People have been led astray with these discussions about one being a part...
AT THE HELM - Meg O’Neill, CEO, BP
- Jan 06, 2026
In a dramatic shake-up of one of the world’s most storied energy companies, BP has named Meg O’Neill as its next chief executive officer (CEO)....
Subsidies account for 8% of States’ revenue expenditure;...
- Jan 05, 2026
State governments continue to devote a sizeable share of their budgets to subsidies, underscoring their role in welfare delivery, while intensifying...
Analysts do not see any change in Venezuelan oil output...
- Jan 04, 2026
Venezuela is unlikely to see any meaningful boost to output of crude oil for years, even if US oil companies do invest the billions of dollars in the...
Coal India throws open e-auctions to neighbouring countries...
- Jan 03, 2026
Coal India has opened up its e-auctions to foreign buyers from neighbouring Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal amid a decline in local demand for power...
Come February, cigarettes will burn a hole in your pocket,...
- Jan 02, 2026
Cigarette prices are set to rise from February 1, 2026, after the government has reintroduced the Basic Excise Duty (BED) on cigarettes. The BED on...
Vi gets a government lifeline with frozen AGR dues, payment...
- Jan 01, 2026
The Union Cabinet has approved a rescheduling of Vodafone Idea’s (Vi) adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues, amounting to Rs 87,695 crore. The...
India’s $4.18-trillion GDP races past Japan’s to become...
- Dec 31, 2025
India has overtaken Japan as the world’s fourth-largest economy, the government’s end-of-year economic review calculation shows.Official...
ATM number shrinks in FY25 with surge in digitalisation,...
- Dec 30, 2025
Number of automated teller machines (ATMs) has declined in FY25, reflecting an increasing adoption of digital payments, according to the Reserve Bank...
Shipbuilding capacity set for a big boost with Rs...
- Dec 29, 2025
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has rolled out two major shipbuilding initiatives with a total outlay of over Rs 44,700 crore.The two...
Climate change-induced natural disasters cost the world...
- Dec 28, 2025
Heat waves, wildfires, droughts and storms cost the global economy more than $120 billion in 2025, according to a new report by UK-based...
Coforge’s $2.35-billion acquisition of Encora set to...
- Dec 27, 2025
Coforge has said that its $2.35-billion acquisition of Encora positions the company among a small group of global leaders in AI-led engineering. The...
BP to sell 65% in Castrol to Stonepeak for $6 billion to...
- Dec 26, 2025
BP has agreed to sell a 65 per cent stake in its Castrol lubricants business to US private equity firm Stonepeak for about $6 billion. The deal is a...
Bharti Enterprises, Warburg Pincus to acquire 49% stake in...
- Dec 25, 2025
US private equity firm Warburg Pincus and Bharti Enterprises will together purchase a 49 per cent stake in appliance-maker Haier India, the companies...
HCLSoftware’s Rs 2,100-crore acquisition of Jaspersoft to...
- Dec 24, 2025
HCLSoftware, the software business division of HCLTech, has said that it will acquire Jaspersoft from Cloud Software Group for $240 million (around...
India, New Zealand seal FTA, look to double bilateral trade...
- Dec 23, 2025
India and New Zealand have concluded a landmark free trade agreement (FTA), a move expected to deepen economic ties and boost trade, investment and...
GeM aids government to mop up Rs 2,200 crore via sale of...
- Dec 22, 2025
Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has facilitated disposal of government assets worth Rs 2,200 crore over the past four years. The public procurement...
Corporate Tax collections race past personal Income Tax...
- Dec 21, 2025
Corporation Tax collections have overtaken personal Income Tax receipts so far during this financial year, underlining stronger corporate earnings...
MUFG Bank to acquire 20% in Shriram Finance for Rs 39,618...
- Dec 20, 2025
Japan’s MUFG will acquire a 20 per cent stake in non-bank lender Shriram Finance for Rs 39,618 crore, the companies have said. The transaction...
ByteDance forms JV with American, global investors to...
- Dec 19, 2025
TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, has signed binding agreements with three major investors to form a joint venture (JV) to operate TikTok’s US...
SEBI restructures mutual fund expenses, lowers trade cost,...
- Dec 18, 2025
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved a comprehensive overhaul of mutual fund regulations to improve cost transparency and...
Globally-accepted COICOP 2018 to guide govt’s new GDP...
- Dec 17, 2025
The new Gross Domestic Product (GDP) series is set for a major overhaul, with the government proposing various changes. The changes include adoption...
Amid centenary celebrations, McKinsey announces 10% layoffs...
- Dec 16, 2025
McKinsey & Company is planning to reduce staffing in non-client-facing roles by about 10 per cent, potentially affecting a few thousand employees...
300 potential products listed out to help bridge trade...
- Dec 15, 2025
The government has identified about 300 products across sectors – such as engineering, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and agriculture – to help...
India’s old economy-led capex boom a hedge against global...
- Dec 14, 2025
India’s capital expenditure (capex) cycle is gaining strong momentum, driven largely by old-economy sectors. This old economy-led capex boom acts...
Bill to hike FDI limit in insurance sector to 100% gets...
- Dec 13, 2025
The Union Cabinet has approved a bill to raise foreign direct investment (FDI) in the insurance sector to 100 per cent.The bill may be introduced in...
Pension funds can now invest in gold, silver ETFs as PFRDA...
- Dec 12, 2025
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has allowed pension fund managers to expand the investment universe to include gold and...
Amazon lines up over $35 billion in India to scale up AI,...
- Dec 11, 2025
Amazon plans to invest more than $35 billion in India by 2030 to expand its operations by boosting artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and...
Government slashes 10% of IndiGo’s winter schedule...
- Dec 10, 2025
India has ordered IndiGo to cut 10 per cent of its planned flights. The decision follows the airline’s cancellation of at least 2,000 services last...
PSBs write off Rs 6.15 lakh crore of loans in five years,...
- Dec 09, 2025
Public sector banks (PSBs) have written off loans worth Rs 6.15 lakh crore in the last five-and-a-half years, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj...
SPIRITUAL CORNER - The True Nature Of Prayer
- Dec 08, 2025
Questioner: What is prayer (prarthana)?Dadashri: Pra + arthana = prarthana. Pra means extra. It means to ask God for a...
AT THE HELM - Priya Nair, MD & CEO, Hindustan Unilever
- Dec 08, 2025
When Hindustan Unilever (HUL) tapped Priya Nair as its new managing director and chief executive officer from August 1, 2025, it marked a historic...
Renewable energy ministry asks lenders to be cautious in...
- Dec 08, 2025
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has urged banks and other lenders to be cautious in financing new solar photovoltaic (PV) module...
Advent-Whirlpool negotiations to buy the latter’s Indian...
- Dec 07, 2025
Global private equity firm Advent International’s talks to acquire US company Whirlpool’s India unit for up to $1 billion have collapsed due to...
RBI delivers a surprise Repo Rate cut of 25 bps, pegs FY26...
- Dec 06, 2025
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slashed its Repo Rate by 25 basis points (bps) from 5.50 to 5.25 per cent. Announcing the Repo Rate cut, RBI...
BAT looks to sell stake worth Rs 776 million in ITC Hotels...
- Dec 05, 2025
British American Tobacco (BAT) plans to offload its stake worth about $776 million in ITC Hotels, the company has, as it looks to reduce debt and...
China permits first batch of large companies to export rare...
- Dec 03, 2025
China has issued the first batch of new rare earth export licences that should accelerate shipments to certain customers. This development fulfils a...
Q2 CAD rises sequentially to 1.3% of GDP as US tariffs, FPI...
- Dec 02, 2025
Worries on the current account front seem to have returned after a phase of comfort. India’s Current Account Deficit (CAD) moderated to 1.3 per...
PNGRB panel urges government to reform gas market, free...
- Dec 01, 2025
A high-level expert committee set up by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has called for sweeping structural reforms to create a...
Chinese central bank vows crackdown on stable-coins as...
- Nov 30, 2025
China’s central bank has reaffirmed its tough stance on virtual currencies, warning of resurgence in speculation and vowing to crack down on...
Q2 FY26 GDP surges by 8.2% on rural demand, farm output,...
- Nov 29, 2025
The economy delivered a surprisingly-strong performance in the July-September quarter, with GDP rising 8.2 per cent year-on-year. The growth saw a...
CBDT launches NUDGE 2.0 to boost tax compliance on foreign...
- Nov 28, 2025
Intensifying its efforts to curb tax evasion, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has launched the second phase of its NUDGE initiative to...
Reliance JV to set up $11-billion 1-gw data centre in...
- Nov 27, 2025
A Reliance Industries (RIL) joint venture (JV) will invest $11 billion (about Rs 98,000 crore) over five years to develop 1-gw of AI data capacity in...
HP may slash 6,000 jobs globally as it hastens adoption of...
- Nov 26, 2025
HP has said that it expects to cut between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs globally by financial year 2028 as a part of a plan to streamline operations and...
Top executives of power companies review progress of India...
- Nov 26, 2025
The Union Ministry of Power had convened a meeting of the India Energy Stack (IES) Taskforce recently to accelerate the development of the nation’s...
US appeals court upholds $194 million in damages against...
- Nov 24, 2025
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has informed stock exchanges that it has received an adverse ruling from a US appeals court. The court has upheld...
Amid bitter row, COP30 ends without any timeframe to stop...
- Nov 23, 2025
The UN climate summit COP30 in Belem, Brazil, has ended with a deal that contains no direct reference to fossil fuels that are heating up the planet...
Four labour codes come into force, minimum wages fixed,...
- Nov 22, 2025
The Central government has announced implementation of four new labour codes, aimed at simplifying and streamlining the existing, decades-old labour...
With 1 billion subscriptions, India set to be the world’s...
- Nov 21, 2025
India is on track to becoming one of the world’s largest 5G markets, with Ericsson’s Mobility Report 2025 projecting that the country will cross...
Saudi, US talk billion-dollar deals amid Prince Salman’s...
- Nov 20, 2025
Saudi Arabia and the US have touted billions of dollars in new investments and growing financial ties between the two countries, coinciding with...
Supreme Court recalls verdict barring retrospective green...
- Nov 19, 2025
A split Supreme Court has recalled one of its own judgments by 2:1 majority that had allowed post-facto environmental clearance to...
Oil companies seal first major LPG import deal with US, to...
- Nov 18, 2025
In a significant development, government-controlled oil marketing companies (OMCs) will import around 2.2 mtpa of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from...
NMDC celebrates over six-and-a-half decades of excellence...
- Nov 18, 2025
NMDC, India’s largest iron ore producer, entered 68 years of operations and celebrated its foundation day on November 15 with great pride. The...
NTPC targets 30 gw of nuclear power generation by 2047,...
- Nov 17, 2025
NTPC plans to set up nuclear power projects with 700, 1,000 and 1,600 mw capacities across various locations in the country, according to a senior...
Arattai’s major encryption upgrade set to push it further...
- Nov 16, 2025
Arattai, the homegrown messaging platform from Zoho, is set for a major upgrade that will bring end-to-end encryption across its entire ecosystem....
With rules in place, Digital Personal Data Protection Act...
- Nov 15, 2025
The government has formally issued rules under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act. This marks the operational rollout of the country’s...
Longest US govt shutdown ends after President Trump signs...
- Nov 14, 2025
President Donald Trump has signed a spending bill to reopen the government and end the longest shutdown in US history.He signed the short-term budget...
Government unveils Rs 25,060-crore mission to boost...
- Nov 13, 2025
The government has approved an export promotion mission with an outlay of Rs 25,060 crore for six financial years, beginning from this financial...
Tata Power putting Rs 1,572 cr in SPV to set up 1,125-mw...
- Nov 12, 2025
Tata Power will be investing Rs 1,572 crore for acquiring a 40 per cent equity stake in a special purpose vehicle (SPV) that will set up 1,125-mw...
Jobless rate dips marginally to 5.2% in Q2, urban...
- Nov 11, 2025
Unemployment rate in the country fell to 5.2 per cent in the July-September quarter from 5.4 per cent in the previous three months. The drop was...
AT THE HELM - Ajay Seth, Chairman, IRDAI
- Nov 10, 2025
After a rather long gap, the vital office of the chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has finally been...
SPIRITUAL CORNER - Religion
- Nov 10, 2025
To Be The Self Is The Religion Of The SelfQuestioner: What is religion (dharma)? That is what I want to understand.Dadashri: That which holds you...
MANAGEMENT MANTRA - “Credit The Team Always” - Brian...
- Nov 10, 2025
Brian Almeida is the founder of Points for Good, an award-winning philanthropic platform that enables individuals and organisations to convert...
Government permits 15 lakh tonnes of sugar exports, scraps...
- Nov 10, 2025
The Centre has decided to allow export of 15 lakh tonnes of sugar for the 2025-26 sugar season that started from October, according to Food Minister...
SEBI cautions investors about dealing in unregulated e-gold...
- Nov 09, 2025
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued a public statement, cautioning investors against dealing in digital gold or e-gold...
Power cost shoots up as transmission capacity lags behind a...
- Nov 08, 2025
India’s rapid addition of renewable energy capacity is straining grid operations, while contributing to rising cost of power supply due to mismatch...
TVS Motor to offload stake in Rapido to Accel, MIH for Rs...
- Nov 07, 2025
TVS Motor Company has announced that it has entered into agreements to divest its stake in bike-taxi aggregator Rapido for Rs 287.93 crore. The two-...
FATF lauds ED’s efforts in busting money laundering...
- Nov 06, 2025
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has praised the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for its diligent and efficient handling of money laundering cases...
Gopichand Hinduja – the man who oversaw Hinduja Group’s...
- Nov 05, 2025
Gopichand P Hinduja, the chairman of the Hinduja Group and one of Britain’s most influential businessmen, passed away in London at the age of 85. A...
Hindujas line up Rs 20,000 crore across green energy,...
- Nov 04, 2025
The Hinduja Group has signed an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh government, committing to invest Rs 20,000 crore in a phased manner. The agreement was...
Steel companies ask government to unveil more measures to...
- Nov 03, 2025
Steel-makers have urged the government for more measures to check rising imports from select group of countries, including China, which has produced...
Rs 2,000 banknotes worth Rs 5,817 crore still in...
- Nov 02, 2025
High-value Rs 2,000 notes worth Rs 5,817 crore are still in circulation, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI data.The RBI had announced...
Ford set to revive its Chennai plant, invest Rs 3,250 crore...
- Nov 01, 2025
American automaker Ford has said that it will invest Rs 3,250 crore in its Chennai plant to produce new-generation engines.The automaker, which had...
US slashes tariffs on Chinese imports to 47% after a...
- Oct 31, 2025
US President Donald Trump has agreed with President Xi Jinping to trim tariffs on China in exchange for Beijing cracking down on the illicit fentanyl...
Government sets up panel to review rates of tax refunds...
- Oct 30, 2025
The government has constituted a committee to review the rates of tax refund under the export schemes – Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported...
REC and SMFCL team up to boost maritime infrastructure...
- Oct 30, 2025
REC and Sagarmala Finance Corporation (SMFCL), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the India Maritime Week 2025 in Mumbai.The MoU has...
Tata Trusts row set to intensify with Mehli Mistry failing...
- Oct 29, 2025
Mehli Mistry is set to exit the Tata Trusts after a majority of trustees voted against extending his term on the boards of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust...
Vodafone Idea gets Supreme Court relief in additional ADR...
- Oct 28, 2025
The Supreme Court has allowed the Centre to examine Vodafone Idea’s plea, seeking to quash additional adjusted gross revenue (AGR) demands raised...
Homebuyers’ association urges government to amend RERA...
- Oct 27, 2025
Homebuyers’ body Forum For People’s Collective Efforts (FPCE) has demanded that Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA), 2016, should...
Office rentals in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Mumbai expand by...
- Oct 26, 2025
India’s three major office markets – Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Mumbai – have seen an average 4.3 per cent annual growth in rentals of prime...
In IPO boom, SEBI’s ban on pre-offer placements...
- Oct 25, 2025
The SEBI has told mutual fund managers that they cannot invest in companies before they list.Certain mutual funds had sought clarifications from the...
India’s Russian oil imports set for a big plunge after US...
- Oct 24, 2025
Refiners in India – particularly Reliance Industries (RIL) – are set to reduce imports of Russian oil sharply after the Donald Trump...
Government scales up scrutiny in edible oil sector with...
- Oct 23, 2025
The government has said that it will launch inspection drives to verify compliance with new edible oil regulations.The regulatory tightening is...
REC clocks 19% jump in net profit at Rs 8,877 crore in H1...
- Oct 23, 2025
Board of directors of REC have approved the limited reviewed standalone and consolidated financial results for the period ended September 30, 2025.On...
Exporters from India, ASEAN may be hit by US transshipment...
- Oct 22, 2025
A 40 per cent transshipment tariff by the US will create major compliance issues for companies in India and the ASEAN region, with high risks for...
Changing global economic conditions posing challenges to...
- Oct 21, 2025
Flux in the global economy presents considerable challenges to the global macroeconomic outlook, and the Indian economy is not immune, the central...
NTPC’s subsidiary NGEL’s arm starts operation of 38-mw...
- Oct 20, 2025
State-owned NTPC has begun commercial operation of a 38-mw solar power capacity of its step-down subsidiary in Gujarat.The new unit is a part of the...
ENBD to snap up 60% in RBL Bank for Rs 26,853 cr in largest...
- Oct 19, 2025
Emirates NBD (ENBD) will buy a 60 per cent stake in private lender RBL Bank for Rs 26,853 crore. This is the largest cross-border acquisition in the...
