The United States has emerged as India’s largest LPG supplier so far this month. (AI image) In wake of the Middle East conflict, India’s Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) imports have dropped sharply this month, falling to nearly half of February levels and extending the decline seen in March, according to shipping data. At the same…
Experts say the surge in electronics exports represents an unexpected boost from the smartphone production-linked incentive scheme. (AI image) In a big achievement for the government’s electronics component manufacturing scheme (ECMS), Apple’s India vendors have already exported a record $2.5 billion components to China. The development also signals a shift from the earlier pattern, where…
Asian stocks edged higher on Thursday, as investor sentiments were lifted by hopes of United States and Iran extending their ceasefire and moving a step closer to reopening the crucial Strait of Hormuz. The gains were led by Japan’s Nikkei, which was up 1,214 points or 2% to 59,348. In South Korea, Kospi jumped 1.7%…
Gold appears set to extend its advance toward the 165,000 level in the upcoming sessions. (AI image) Gold and silver price prediction today: Gold and silver prices may extend gains in the coming days, says Abhilash Koikkara, Head – Forex & Commodities, Nuvama Professional Clients Group. MCX Gold Price Outlook On the weekly chart, MCX…
The United States has decided not to extend the temporary waiver that allowed the sale of Russian and Iranian oil already at sea. The announcement comes as US treasury secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said, “We will not be renewing the general license on Russian oil,” adding, “That was oil that was on the water…
Stock market today (AI image) Stock market today: Indian equity benchmarks, Sensex and Nifty50, continued their uptrend on Thursday on positive global cues and hopes of an early end to the US-Iran conflict. While Nifty50 went above 24,350, BSE Sensex rose over 400 points. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 was at around 24,357.25, up 126 points…
Citigroup initiated its coverage of Pine Labs with a buy rating and a target price of Rs 235. Analysts said that India’s payments fintech is on a monetization improvement trajectory, with leading players increasingly entrenched in respective core areas of leadership. While product, services and distribution build-outs into comprehensive plays will continue across the fintech…
NEW DELHI: While rejecting the US Trade Representative’s claims for section 301 investigations against India, govt has said that concerns should be addressed bilaterally, when negotiations for a trade agreement are underway, and not through unilateral measures.After the setback on reciprocal tariffs in the Supreme Court, the Trump administration had initiated two section 301 probes…
NEW DELHI: India closed the last fiscal with record goods exports of $441.8 billion, 1% higher than the previous year, despite being weighed down by the West Asia conflict, which took a toll on March exports. Driven by a surge in gold and silver shipments, imports rose 7.5% to $775 billion, resulting in a trade…
MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: Air India’s mounting losses and operational issues are leading to serious concerns among both its parent groups. Goh Choon Phong, CEO of Singapore Airlines (SIA, which has a 25.1% stake in AI) is in Mumbai and is expected to meet Tata Sons and AI chairman N Chandrasekaran on Thursday.The meeting comes in…