New Delhi: India's manufacturing sector saw a slower growth rate for the second straight month in May but stayed firmly in expansion mode with global sales increasing to the greatest extent in over 13 years, a monthly survey said Monday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India...
Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty surged nearly 4 per cent in early trade Monday to hit their fresh all-time high levels after exit polls predicted a massive win for the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha polls. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 2,777.58...
New Delhi: Trading in the equity market will largely depend on two major events this week - general elections result and the RBI interest rate decision - analysts said, adding that the benchmark indices may rally Monday on exit polls' prediction of a massive win...
New Delhi: Motorists using expressways will have to shell out more from Monday as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to hike tolls across the country by an average of 5 per cent. The annual revision of highway user fee, which is...
Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is unlikely to cut the benchmark interest rate at its upcoming monetary policy review meeting, taking place soon after the announcement of the Lok Sabha election results, amid inflation challenges, said experts. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) may also...
New Delhi: The combined market valuation of eight of the top-10 most valued firms declined by Rs 2,08,207.93 crore last week, with bellwether Reliance Industries, TCS and Infosys taking the biggest hit. While these three firms along with ITC, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), Hindustan Unilever...
New Delhi: India received the highest foreign direct investment (FDI) from Singapore in 2023-24 even as overseas capital inflows into the country contracted by about 3.5 per cent due to global economic uncertainties, according to the latest government data. Though FDI from Singapore has dipped...
New Delhi: Foreign investors pulled out a massive Rs 25,586 crore from Indian equities in May due to uncertainty surrounding the outcome of general election and outperformance of Chinese markets. This was way higher than a net outflow of over Rs 8,700 crore in April...
New Delhi: Gautam Adani has retaken the tag of richest person in Asia after a surge in stock price of the listed companies in his apples-to-airport conglomerate helped him overtake Reliance Industries head Mukesh Ambani. Adani with a net worth of $111 billion is now...
New Delhi: Jet fuel or ATF price Saturday was reduced by a steep 6.5 per cent and that of commercial LPG used by hotels and restaurants by Rs 69 per 19-kg cylinder on declining international oil prices. Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price was cut by...
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken two very different stands in handling police appointments in the poll-bound states...
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On paper the BRICS summit being held in Kazan, Russia, from 22 October to 24 October aims at strengthening multilateralism...
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In electoral politics the ruling dispensation often tries to offset the anti-incumbency mood of the electorate by changing the head...
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A Bangladeshi court ordering an arrest warrant against Sheikh Hasina on 17 October has only aggravated New Delhi’s predicament vis-à-vis...
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