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Fresh flowers, cozy vibes: why your home needs more blooms
Home is the place where our heart lives. It’s where we drink coffee in the morning before work, cook a good dinner in the evening, and then enjoy a film or book. And weekends are the time we spend relaxing with our families, and it is at home that...
SEBI Proposes To Limit Expiry Days Of Equity Derivatives
MUMBAI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Thursday proposed that expiries of equity derivatives contracts of an exchange should happen either on Tuesday or Thursday. In addition, it has also proposed that exchanges seek its approval before launching or modifying any contract expiry or settlement day....
Equity, Debt Fundraising By Indian Corporates At All-Time High In FY25
MUMBAI: Fund raising by Indian corporates through equity and debt reached all-time highs in financial year 2024-25, according to primedatabase.com, a prominent database provider on the primary capital market. Public equity fundraising surged to an all-time high of Rs 3,71,460 crore, reflecting a 92 percent increase from Rs 1,90,104...
India’s E-Retail Market Set To Reach $190 Billion GMV By 2030: Bain Report
MUMBAI: India’s e-retail market is projected to triple to $170–$190 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) by 2030, owing to an expanding shopper base and newer business models, according to a report by Bain & Company and Flipkart. The report highlighted India’s position as the world’s second-largest e-retail shopper...
RBI To Double Foreign Investor Cap In Listed Firms To 10% To Boost Inflows
NEW DELHI: India’s central bank is set to double to 10 per cent a cap on investment by individual foreign investors in listed companies, as it aims to boost capital inflows, according to two senior government officials and documents reviewed by Reuters. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), pressured by poor...
Refiners Seek Alternatives To Venezuelan Oil Post US Tariff
NEW DELHI: Indian refiners are now stuck with a problem after the US imposed 25% tariffs on countries buying crude oil from Venezuela, forcing them to look for alternative oil sources. While oil imports from the south American country to India have not been conventionally high, these shipments increased...
Economic Policies In India Made For ‘Bombay Club’, Says RJD MP
NEW DELHI: Economic policies in the country are not made for the people but for the “Bombay club,” Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP A D Singh said in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, adding that the situation was the same under the previous government led by the Congress as...
Trump’s Tariff Likely To Hit Indian Auto Component Makers
NEW DELHI: United States (US) President Donald Trump’s decision to slap a 25 per cent tariff on all auto imports has cast uncertainty over India’s nearly $seven billion of exports to America, which industry fears could squeeze margins. Automobiles and car parts imported to the US would face a...
More Taxes For Pakistanis After IMF Deal
ISLAMABAD: The people of Pakistan should brace for more taxes as carbon levy is on the cards following a fresh deal of $1.3 billion with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to tackle climate change, officials said. Under the Staff-Level Agreement (SLA) with the fund on Wednesday, the lender also...
Sensex Rebounds 318 Points Amid FII Buying
MUMBAI: Benchmark BSE Sensex rebounded by nearly 318 points on Thursday on buying in blue — chip HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, L and T, and Bajaj Finance amid foreign fund inflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 317.93 points or 0.41 per cent to settle at 77,606.43 amid the monthly...
Gold Rises Rs 365 To Reclaim Rs 91,000 Mark
NEW DELHI: Gold prices increased by Rs 365 to Rs 91,050 per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday amid a strong trend in the overseas markets, according to the All India Sarafa Association. The precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity had closed at Rs 90,685 per...
The Bizarre Tale Of How Narendra Modi’s Mega Hyped Make In India Has Busted
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known as the super salesman of jumlas. Beginning from Jan Dhan account of Rs. 15 lakh for everyone to generating two crore jobs for youth every year, all the hyped up propaganda of the BJP led government since 2014 have turned...
Modi Govt Should Not Be Allowed To Surrender To President Trump On Reciprocal Tariff Threat
By P. Sudhir With the US’ Damocles sword of reciprocal tariffs hanging over its head, the Modi government is surrendering instead of resisting. The US President Donald Trump explicitly stated that India would be on the list of countries subject to reciprocal tariffs from April 2, irrespective of its...
Extra Judicial ‘Bulldozer Actions’ Are Miscarriage Of Justice
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP led governments, both in the Centre and Indian States, have been continuing ‘bulldozer actions’ which they claim as doing justice against those people who they make accused in the police FIRs.BJP governments thus become accuser and judge both, which is clearly extrajudicial activity violating...
Will AIADMK Once Again Ally With BJP In Tamil Nadu Against Stalin Led DMK?
By Sushil Kutty ‘Speculation’ is the most common pick-up from the English dictionary. If you don’t know what’s happening, ‘speculation’ comes into play. For journalists to fall back on ‘speculation’ to not to make a point comes natural. Right now, there is speculation that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK...
RSS And Ruling BJP Differ On Imposition Of Hindi On Southern States
By Arun Srivastava RSS pratinidhi which concluded in Bengaluru last Sunday made a tactical shift from Hindi imposition to learning of English as a “career language”. This was certainly an implicit endorsement of the political line of Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin that demanding linguistic equality is...
RSS Initiates Organisational Work In Manipur Taking Advantage Of President’s Rule
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, ideological parent of the Bharatiya Janata Party, had to reconcile with the unwelcome proposition of practically remaining organisationally inactive in Manipur for over 21 months since the outbreak of ethnic violence in that small state on May 3, 2023. But...
European Nations Fear An Imminent Aggression By Russian President In The Continent
By T N Ashok LONDON: The European Union fears another WAR and has asked its citizens to stockpile enough food and other essential supplies to sustain them for at least 72 hours in the event of a crisis. The EU Commission has said this in new guidance released Wednesday....
