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Escalating Middle East tensions a fresh jolt to world markets

By Lucy Raitano and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) - Reports of an Israeli attack on Iranian soil that possibly drags the Middle East into a deeper conflict has jolted world markets with

India’s Tata Group seeks waiver from listing NBFC, Bloomberg News reports

MUMBAI (Reuters) -Indian conglomerate Tata Group has sought a formal waiver from the central bank to avoid listing Tata Sons, its holding company and non-banking finance firm, on stock exchanges,

Gold jumps Rs 400 to breach Rs 74k mark, silver hits fresh peak

New Delhi, Apr 19 (PTI) Gold and silver prices soared to fresh record high levels on Friday with the precious metal breaching Rs 74,000...

Forex kitty drops USD 5.40 billion to USD 643.16 billion

Mumbai, Apr 19 (PTI) India's forex reserves dropped by USD 5.401 billion to USD 643.162 billion for the week ended April 12, the Reserve...

Stock markets stage strong rebound after 4 days of slump; Sensex rallies 599 pts

Mumbai, Apr 19 (PTI) Stock markets rebounded from early lows to close higher on Friday, snapping the four-day losing streak on heavy value buying...

Middle East turmoil sets gold on track to fifth straight weekly gain

By Ashitha Shivaprasad (Reuters) - Gold prices rose on Friday and were poised for a fifth straight week of gains, as investors rushed to the safe-haven asset as escalating tensions between Iran and

Paring early losses, Indian stocks close week on a high

New Delhi , April 19 (ANI): Making a strong comeback from the early losses, Indian stock indices closed the day and the week's trading...

Oil slips despite reported Israeli attack on Iran

By Noah Browning (Reuters) -Oil slipped on Friday after prices spiked earlier on reports that Israel had attacked Iran as market fears of a major escalation to hostilities in the Mideast appeared to

Indian shares snap four-week winning run on Middle East, US rate worries

By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's benchmark indexes bucked the global weakness to end higher on Friday, boosted by HDFC Bank, although the gains were not enough to prevent their first

5-month-old Ekagrah Murty to earn Rs 4.2 cr with Infosys’ bumper dividend

New Delhi, Apr 19 (PTI) Ekagrah Rohan Murty, NR Narayana Murthy's five-month-old grandson who was gifted a whopping 15 lakh shares by the...

On Camera

Both Modi and Priyanka Gandhi are now on TV—only one of them is asked follow-up questions

Almost all of Modi's TV interviews follow the same pattern: compliments, praise, and topics he has addressed in his rallies. No tricky or difficult questions are asked.

Lower oil prices lead to 4x profits for oil firms, bonanza for govt, but no relief for aam aadmi

Petrol & diesel prices have barely changed since June 2022, even though oil prices have fallen 28% since then. This has boosted profitability of OMCs and dividend payouts to govt.

‘Joint culture needed first’ — CDS Gen Chauhan outlines first steps on the road to theaterisation

ThePrint had reported earlier this month that while theaterisation is the ultimate goal, set to be rolled out one year from now, the focus is on structured jointness initiatives by 2024-end.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?