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The zero-duty raw-sugar quota runs through October 31 after domestic prices rose nearly 40% in two months. Timing, refinery capacity and shipment lead times will de…
The FTP amendment reduces a practical gap between rupee settlement and export-policy benefits. The reform is meaningful for invoicing and compliance, but it does no…
Cement, electricity, coal and iron ore were strong, while crude oil, fertiliser and gas contracted. The new 2022-23 base makes sector composition as important as th…
Governor Sanjay Malhotra says flows through three June schemes are stronger than expected. The strategy strengthens the balance of payments but should not be confus…
Both central banks kept rates unchanged, but their minutes shifted the debate toward possible tightening if inflation stays sticky. For India, the chain runs through crude, the rupee, inflation, bond yields and valuations.
Sachin Bansal-founded Navi said it will raise $100 million from Prosus; the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals, including Competition Commission of Indi…
KKR and BookMyShow confirmed a minority investment without disclosing terms; a Reuters source placed the stake near 6% for roughly $40 million-$50 million.
The U.S. financial-services firm opened its Hyderabad global capability centre and plans phased hiring, starting with roughly 500 employees in the first year.
DEA Joint Secretary Alok Tiwari said FEMA and related rules are being reworked to make the foreign-investment framework easier to navigate; the exercise remains wor…
The CCEA approved four railway multitracking projects estimated at ₹9,450 crore and an 82.578-km NH-22 upgrade in Bihar at ₹3,590.73 crore.
Brent was $91.89 and WTI $86.11 at 11 a.m. ET, both near three-week highs, as shipping uncertainty in the Strait of Hormuz kept geopolitical risk priced into crude.
Spot gold climbed 3.7% to $4,496.39 an ounce by 12:09 p.m. EDT after a U.S. Treasury liquidity-support announcement pulled long-dated yields and the dollar lower.
The MPC kept the repo rate at 5.25% on August 5, but the minutes show policymakers are prepared to tighten if oil, food and input-cost pressures spread across the economy.
SEBI chair Tuhin Kanta Pandey said the regulator is undertaking a comprehensive review, including the cost impact of market-making requirements for smaller IPOs.
SEBI issued an interim order against two firms over alleged August 13 closing-auction manipulation and ordered ₹3.68 crore of estimated gains impounded pending inve…
In an interim order, SEBI said ₹25 crore was repeatedly circulated through connected accounts to simulate ₹1,000 crore of loans, while ₹840 crore of debt was conver…
Brent was around $91.23 and WTI $85.06 at 11:03 a.m. ET, while long-dated U.S. Treasury yields remained near multi-year highs.
At 11:36 a.m. ET, the Nasdaq was down 1.30%, the S&P 500 0.62% and the Dow 0.22%, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index down 5.4%.
Razorpay says its new transformer-based model, built with NVIDIA and AWS technology, is designed to unify payment routing, fraud, risk and checkout intelligence.
The round was led by Norwest, with Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India and existing investor 3one4 Capital participating.
The Department of Defence Production’s sixth Positive Indigenisation List covers 405 strategically important items with estimated business potential of about ₹3,070…
A new government backgrounder focuses on utilisation: origin certification, rules of origin, digital CoO systems and exporter access to preferential tariffs.
Spot gold was down 1% at $4,369.82 an ounce at 12:12 p.m. EDT, while silver fell 2.6% to $64.08 as rising long-term yields pressured non-yielding metals.
Swiggy said shareholders approved a 49.5% cap on aggregate foreign ownership, a step toward Indian-owned and controlled company status and a different operating mod…
Tata Sons adjourned its 18 August AGM, Reuters reported, days after N. Chandrasekaran said he would not seek reappointment when his term ends in February 2027.
Reuters reported that Sagarmala Finance and Vadodara Municipal Corporation are preparing potential blue-bond issues, opening a new segment of India’s sustainable-de…
India is considering limited duty-free sugar imports and other supply measures after wholesale prices in a key market rose about 20% in August, Reuters reported cit…
For Indian markets, the main transmission channels are crude-supply expectations, freight and insurance costs, the US dollar, inflation expectations and the rupee.…
Fitch affirmed India’s sovereign rating at BBB- with a stable outlook, balancing strong growth and macro stability against high public debt and structural constrain…
In an 11 August Rajya Sabha reply, the government disclosed that 30 KTPA of green-hydrogen production capacity has been awarded for refinery use under SIGHT Mode 2B…
A PIB backgrounder dated 11 August says Parliament passed the MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 during August, highlighting registration, delayed-payment and…
India and the five-nation Southern African Customs Union have signed terms of reference to relaunch preferential trade agreement negotiations after earlier talks st…
The government says Phase I of the National AI Skilling Initiative has recorded 60,253 applications/enrolments, with curriculum developed by IICT and private-sector…
India’s provisional CPI inflation was 4.45% year on year in July 2026, compared with final June inflation of 4.38%; food inflation was 5.52%.
India’s combined merchandise and services exports for July 2026 were estimated at $80.14 billion, 13.31% higher year on year, according to the Commerce Ministry rel…
India’s provisional wholesale price inflation was 9.78% year on year in July 2026, compared with 9.87% in June; WPI food inflation was 6.65%.
A new NITI Aayog report benchmarks India’s professional-services framework and proposes a four-part strategy focused on emerging trends, value addition, best practi…
Parliament has passed the MMDR Amendment Bill, with the government presenting the measure as a step toward fiscal certainty while preserving existing state revenues…
