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Representational image of Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty slipped in early trade on Thursday (December 4, 2025), but later bounced back to trade in positive territory, amid value buying at lower levels. The 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex declined 156.83 points to 84,949.98…
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Ash billows from the eruption of the long-dormant Hayli Gubbi Volcano in Ethiopia’s Afar region, on November 23. | Photo Credit: AP The story so far: Last week, the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India’s aviation regulator, ordered airlines to brace for the impact of volcanic ash travelling from Ethiopia after volcano Hayli Gubbi…
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The story so far: Airbus ordered software and hardware upgrades to an estimated 6,000 of its widely flown Airbus A320 family of aircraft across the world. This followed from an investigation of an inflight incident, on October 30, 2025, involving JetBlue flight B61230 from Cancun Mexico to Newark in the U.S., a distance of about…
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Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s smartphone exports to the U.S. more than three-fold year-on-year to $1.47 billion in October despite global challenges, according to the government data. The export stood at $0.46 billion in October last year. Cumulatively, smartphone exports to the United States surged to $10.78 billion during April-October this fiscal…
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The company’s latest push is aimed at reversing that trend by pairing immediate operational fixes with longer-term structural changes. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ola Electric has initiated a major service reboot, deploying a 250-member rapid-response team across the country to address its after-sales backlogs and stabilise customer support, as per company sources. The team…
The four labour codes — Code on Wages, 2019, Industrial Relations Code, 2020, Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 – were notified on November 21. File. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The four labour codes ushering another wave of reforms in the country are likely…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on December 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: Sansad TV via PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) said the levy of excise on tobacco will ensure that incidence of tax on the demerit…
From the Sensex firms, Bharat Electronics, Mahindra & Mahindra, Titan, NTPC, State Bank of India, Adani Ports, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles and Bajaj Finserv were among the major laggards. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower in a largely range-bound trade on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) amid…
This image is used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee breached the 90-a-dollar level for the first time to settle at a fresh all-time low of 90.21 (provisional) on Wednesday (December 3, 2025), down 25 paise from its previous close, amid sustained foreign fund outflows and higher crude oil prices….
The Indian rupee logo seen inside the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) headquarters in Mumbai | Photo Credit: Reuters The Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) V. Anantha Nageswaran on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) said the government is not losing sleep over declining rupee, which has breached the 90-level against the U.S. dollar. The falling rupee is…
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