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A view of the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled in early trade on Monday (May 18, 2026) amid surging oil prices, weak global market trends after fresh escalation in tensions in West Asia. A drone attack targeted the Barakah nuclear facility in the United Arab…
Prudential plc, an insurer and asset manager in Asia and Africa, on Sunday (May 17, 2026) announced that it has agreed to acquire a 75% stake in Bharti Life Insurance Company Ltd, an Indian life insurer, from Bharti Life Ventures Pvt Ltd and 360 ONE Asset Management as part of a strategic repositioning of its…
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The total exports were $2,448.53 million (₹20,952.26 crore) in the same month in 2025, as per the data by the industry apex body GJEPC. | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s gems and jewellery exports declined by 9.07% at $2,226.45 million (₹20,825.01 crore) in April following the West Asia conflict, the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council…
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According to the data, North America continued to dominate India’s export basket with exports of $97.7 billion accounting for 22.1% of total exports. | Photo Credit: Reuters North America, North-East Asia, and Latin America together accounted for over 35% of India’s merchandise exports, which stood at $441.78 billion in 2025-26, reflecting a gradual shift towards…
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Till a decade ago, betel leaves grown from Sholavandan in Madurai district were exported to the USA and U.K. and among other countries. However, today, the plight of the farmers’ was miserable that most of them are facing ‘red’ and were unable to stop the rising losses due to multiple factors. Very recently, on a…
Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Foreign investors continued to pare their exposure to Indian equities, withdrawing ₹27,048 crore so far this month, indicating cautiousness among global investors amid an evolving global macroeconomic and geopolitical environment. With this, total outflows by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) from the equity market have reached…
Read More “FPIs pull out ₹27,000 crore in May; 2026 outflows hit ₹2.2 lakh crore-mark” »
Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The combined market valuation of nine of the top 10 valued firms eroded by ₹3.12 lakh crore last week, with Reliance Industries taking the biggest hit. Last week, the 30-share BSE Sensex plunged by 2,090.2 points, or 2.7%, while the 50-share NSE Nifty declined…
A Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) pump station. Image used for representation purpose only. FIle | Photo Credit: The Hindu For the second time in 48 hours national capital Delhi along with several other cities in Northern India woke up to an increased price of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) with the price of the retail auto…
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Illustration of a market crash. Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Some predicted the outcome of the State election in Tamil Nadu. Likewise, there are some whose predictions of market crashes turn right. The query is: Are some always good predictors of future events? Here, we discuss what you must…
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