Mumbai, March 13 (IANS) Indian equity markets ended sharply lower on Friday as rising tensions in the Middle East weighed on investor sentiment and triggered broad-based selling across sectors.The benchmark indices, Nifty and Sensex, closed deep in the red as...
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Pakistan is facing a serious shortage of essential medicines as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East disrupts the import of pharmaceutical raw materials and other critical supplies, according to a new report.The neighbour nation’s...
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Indian banks are benefiting from sustained credit growth, deeper digital public infrastructure and rapid adoption of AI‑driven operating models, and heightened regulatory focus on climate risk, cyber resilience and governance, a report said on Friday.The...
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz on Friday announced a price increase of around 2 per cent across its vehicle portfolio in India from April 1, 2026. The company said the move comes in response to continued foreign...
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) India’s large digital user base and low user acquisition costs provide foundation for scalable artificial intelligence products, and the first consumer AI app to reach 200 million users in India will likely be voice‑led rather...
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The US waiver for buying seaborne Russian crude has immediately freed another 20-odd million barrels of oil on board ships which is expected to cool runaway prices that have crossed the $100 per barrel mark...
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Maruti Suzuki India Limited, a prominent automobile firm, on Friday said that its popular sedan Maruti Suzuki Dzire has crossed the 3 million cumulative sales milestone in India.The company said the Dzire was also the...
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The US has launched a fresh trade investigation into Bangladesh and other economies to examine whether their policies and production practices are contributing to global overcapacity that could harm American manufacturing, according to a report...
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Global equity markets have not fully priced in the economic fallout of the ongoing war in the Middle East, Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, said in his weekly note to investors.Wood...
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The corporate earnings in India have shown strong momentum, with profits of companies in the Nifty 500 index rising 16 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in the third quarter of FY26 -- an eight-quarter high and...
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Domestic-listed Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) market has expanded more than six-fold since FY20 -- a pandemic year -- growing from Rs 27,100 crore in 2019-20 to Rs 1.72 lakh crore in the first nine...
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Gold and silver prices opened flat but dipped marginally on Friday, amid profit‑taking capped after recent record highs and strengthening of US dollar.MCX gold April futures lost 0.14 per cent to Rs 1,60,046 per 10...