Hong Kong, April 14 Asian stock markets advanced on Tuesday following gains on Wall Street, while oil prices declined amid growing expectations of a second round of talks between the United States and Iran to ease tensions in West Asia. Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 2.4 per cent and South Korea’s Kospi gained 3.4 per cent. […]
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Tokyo, April 13 Oil prices surged, and most Asian markets declined on Monday as the United States prepared to blockade ships entering and leaving the Strait of Hormuz following stalled US-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan, raising fresh concerns over global energy supply and market stability. US President Donald Trump announced the proposed blockade after negotiations […]
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New Delhi, April 11 The Delhi government has proposed a complete exemption from road tax and registration charges for electric cars priced up to Rs 30 lakh in its new draft Electric Vehicle Policy 2026 to 2030. The benefit will remain in effect till March 31, 2030, subject to formal notification. According to the draft […]
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Hong Kong, April 9 Oil prices climbed back above USD 97 a barrel on Thursday, while Asian equity markets slid lower, as investors grew increasingly skeptical about the durability of the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, which had briefly lifted sentiment across global markets just a day earlier. The truce, announced by […]
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Mumbai, April 8 The Reserve Bank on Wednesday projected India’s GDP growth at 6.9 percent for the current fiscal year, attributing the decrease from the 7.6 percent forecast for 2025-26 primarily to surging commodity prices and supply chain disruptions from the West Asia crisis. Presenting the first bi-monthly monetary policy for 2026-27, RBI Governor Sanjay […]
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New Delhi, April 4 India’s drug export industry has kept growing through a turbulent stretch of global trade — a performance that speaks less to favourable conditions than to the sheer depth of demand the country’s medicine makers have built up over decades. Exports between April 2025 and February 2026 stood at $28.29bn, a 5.6% […]
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Mumbai, April 2 Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined 2 per cent in early trade on Thursday amid rising geopolitical tensions following US President Donald Trump’s warning of intensified military actions against Iran, driving crude oil prices higher. Unabated foreign fund outflows also added to the weakness in domestic equities. The 30-share BSE Sensex […]
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Mumbai, April 1 The rupee gained 15 paise to 94.70 against US dollar in early trade on Wednesday, tracking positive cues from domestic equity markets and retreating American currency overseas. The local currency, however, remained under pressure due to higher crude oil prices and sustained withdrawal of foreign funds even as banks moved to cut […]
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By Bishaswar Malakar Kolkata, April 1 The escalating West Asia conflict is beginning to exert cost pressure on India’s real estate sector, with material prices rising and industry leaders warning of a potential 5 per cent spike in construction costs if hostilities persist through April. Construction schedules are also likely to be affected because of […]
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New Delhi, March 31 The Income Tax department has notified all income tax return forms for the assessment year (AY) 2026-27. While ITR forms 1-4, filed by small and medium taxpayers, were notified on March 30, ITR forms 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7, as well as ITR-U (for filing updated returns), were notified on […]
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