Mumbai, Aug 2 — Investors will witness significant changes in stock market trading from Monday (August 3), as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) implements a revised trading framework aimed at strengthening price discovery, improving market efficiency and aligning India's market…
New Delhi, Aug 2 — Domestic coal production has crossed one billion tonnes for two consecutive years, at 1,047.52 million tonnes (MT) in FY 2024-25 and 1,040.08 MT in FY 2025-26, compared with 609.18 MT in FY 2014-15, with a substantial part of this growth has come from captive and commercial…
New Delhi, Aug 2 — The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has released Rs 8.22 crore to three institutions and 33 State Biodiversity Boards as access and benefit-sharing (ABS) disbursement for rice, an official said on Sunday. The release of funds marks one of the largest single access and…
New Delhi, Aug 2 — Pakistan and Bangladesh are among the Asian economies most exposed to the fallout from the prolonged US-Iran conflict, as surging global oil prices threaten to push up inflation, strain public finances and intensify pressure on already fragile economies, according to economists…
New Delhi, Aug 2 — To promote India's rich Geographical Indication (GI) handloom and handicraft products and strengthen their position in domestic and international markets, the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, in association with the Handloom Export…
New Delhi, Aug 2 — Elon Musk has seen his personal fortune shrink by more than $600 billion in just over a month after a sharp decline in the shares of SpaceX and Tesla, even as he continues to double down on artificial intelligence, autonomous driving and robotics.Musk's net worth has fallen to…
New Delhi, Aug 2 — Exhibition 'Worlds Within Cloth: New Orders of Woven Making' will be inaugurated on Wednesday at the Virasat Hall of the National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy here, according to a Textiles Ministry statement issued on Sunday.To be inaugurated by the Development…
New Delhi, Aug 2 — The number of Indians in the 14 to 29 years age group, which represents GenZ, numbers around 407 million or nearly 28 per cent of the national population, according to UN World Population Prospects data.This large segment constitutes the decisive voter base for the coming…
Mumbai, Aug 2 — IT major Persistent Systems Limited on Sunday reported an 8.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) decline in its consolidated net profit for the first quarter of the financial year 2027 (Q1 FY27).According to the company's exchange filing, consolidated net profit stood at Rs 483 crore…
New Delhi, July 2 — The deployment of AI in China is progressing at a much faster pace, triggering concerns of more job losses in an uncertain labour market, a media report said.Taxi drivers in Wuhan were rendered jobless as driverless cabs were rolled out in the city. There was some relief, and…
New Delhi, Aug 2 — Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said that West Bengal is set to benefit significantly from the nine landmark Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) concluded under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with enhanced market access expected to boost the…
New Delhi, Aug 2 — India's installed solar power capacity has surged by a massive 50-fold from a mere 3 GW in 2014 to scale the 162.15 GW mark till June 30, 2026, marking the dawn of a new era in renewable energy, according to a factsheet issued by the government on Sunday.The country added 37 GW…
New Delhi, Aug 2 — The share of coal in India's electricity generation mix fell to its lowest level in a year in July as renewable energy production climbed to a record high, reflecting the country's growing clean-energy capacity even as overall power demand remained strong.Government data showed…
Mumbai, Aug 2 — The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has revised the regulatory framework governing deposit interest rates, introducing measures aimed at enhancing transparency and ensuring uniform treatment of depositors across banks. The new rules, notified on Friday, will come into effect from…
Mumbai, Aug 2 — Nine of India's 10 most-valued companies together added Rs 2.51 lakh crore in market capitalisation last week, driven by a strong rally in the domestic equity markets.The gains came as benchmark indices ended the week on a strong note. The Sensex advanced 2,034.87 points, or 2.67…
Mumbai, Aug 2 — After staging a strong comeback this week, the Indian equity benchmarks are expected to remain on a positive footing in the near term, with the Sensex likely to test the 79,000–79,200 zone and the Nifty 50 eyeing 24,850, provided key resistance levels are decisively crossed, market…
New Delhi, Aug 2 — India's coal production rose 7.51 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in July 2026 to 69.75 million tonnes (MT) (provisional), driven by higher output from state-run miner Coal India Ltd. (CIL) and steady growth across the sector, according to the Ministry of Coal on Sunday.The country's…
Mumbai, Aug 2 — Indian equity markets will enter the new trading week with investors closely tracking the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) monetary policy decision, a fresh round of June quarter earnings, global geopolitical developments, crude oil prices and foreign institutional investor (FII) flows…
New Delhi, Aug 2 — With the improving macro conditions, the preliminary estimate indicates that Q1 FY27 GDP for India may clock 7.0 per cent growth, according to a new report.In the last three policies, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) downgraded Q1 FY27 GDP growth projection from 6.9 per cent to…
New Delhi, Aug 2 — Cotton is the cornerstone of India's rural economy, self-reliance and agricultural prosperity, and the government is committed towards the welfare of cotton farmers, according to Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh.According to him, the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) undertook one…
Mumbai, Aug 2 — The trend in monthly foreign institutional investor (FII) net flows highlights gradual improvement, with net outflows declining from Rs 122,540 crore in March to Rs 70,140 crore in April, Rs 55,960 crore in May, Rs 49,030 crore in June and just Rs 5,780 crore in July, according to…