scorecardresearch
Saturday, April 27, 2024
HomeEconomy

Economy

Oil buoyed by US signals on interest rate cuts

By Paul Carsten LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices edged higher on Thursday, boosted by the U.S. Federal Reserve signalling a possible start to interest rate cuts. There was limited immediate price impact

Hero Enterprise Chairman Sunil Kant Munjal says interim budget ‘encouraging’ and ‘directionally sound’

New Delhi , February 1 (ANI): Hero Enterprise, Chairman and Chairman, CII Public Policy Council Sunil Kant Munjal, lauded the Interim Budget 2024 presented...

Indian Chamber of Commerce ‘hails’ Interim Budget 2024

Guwahati (Assam) , February 1 (ANI): The Indian Chamber of Commerce- North East Initiative 'hailed' the Union Budget today presented by the Finance Minister...

Modi govt’s social justice approach is ‘secularism in action’, Sitharaman says in budget speech

Presenting the interim budget Thursday, Finance Minister Sitharaman accused previous governments of indulging in tokenism and using social justice as a mere ‘political slogan’.

Stock markets close lower on Budget day; capital goods, metal shares drag

Mumbai, Feb 1 (PTI) Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower on the Budget day on Thursday as investors resorted to profit-taking...

Interim Budget 2024 maintains infra focus, Rs 11.11 lakh crore allocated for capital expenditure

Sectoral allocations for highways, railways show marginal increase in interim budget with experts hoping that the allocations will go up in the full budget expected in June-July.

Govt to form panel to examine challenges of fast population growth, Sitharaman says in budget speech

Panel to be mandated to make recommendations in relation to ‘Viksit Bharat’ goal, adds finance minister. According to UNFPA, India's overtaken China to be world's most populous country.

India’s January car sales surge as manufacturers look to build inventory

By Nandan Mandayam BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian carmakers reported record sales in January as they looked to build up inventory of new and refreshed models this calendar year, wholesale data from the

Gold feeble after Fed meet refutes March rate cut prospects

By Sherin Elizabeth Varghese (Reuters) - Gold prices steadied on Thursday, weighed by a stronger dollar after the Federal Reserve resisted the idea of a rate cut in March, but bullion held its ground

Gold gains Rs 100; silver plunges Rs 600

New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) Gold prices increased Rs 100 to Rs 63,450 per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday amid...

On Camera

Congress can’t deny Modi’s charge of Muslim quota. Karnataka & 2009 manifesto are proof

The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.

A scrap revolution for recyclists, it’s an opportunity too good to waste

Recycling 'energy-transition metals' - or metals from batteries, electric vehicles and renewable-energy products offers abundant growth potential.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.