By cutting off a nation’s access to resources, finance, and trade, sanctions aim to put economic pressure on the government or leaders to alter their policies. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Economic sanctions are measures imposed on a country, group, or individual to change their attitude or behaviour. They can also be tools of foreign…
“We will continue to see relentless growth,” Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said, adding India’s merchandise and services exports too have recorded high growth during April-October this fiscal. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday (November 29, 2025) said a host of steps and reforms undertaken by…
A view of the RBI logo outside its headquarters in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday (November 28, 2025) issued 244 consolidated Master Directions (MD) after undertaking a review exercise pertaining to approximately 3500 directions, circulars, and guidelines issued over the years, to reduce compliance burden on the…
Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India’s real GDP has been estimated to have grown by 8.2% in the July-September quarter of the current financial year 2025-26 over the growth rate of 5.6% in the same quarter of the previous fiscal, official data showed on Friday (November 28, 2025). The…
Representational image for Indian Rupee | Photo Credit: Getty Images The rupee dropped 7 paise to settle at 89.43 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Friday (November 28, 2025), tracking a strong greenback and a rise in crude oil prices in the international market. “The Indian currency was also weighed down by subdued equity market…
Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “India’s industrial production data for October 2025 will be released on December 1, 2025,” an official statement said on Friday (November 28, 2025). The All India Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data is usually released on the 28th of every month or the next working day if…
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed almost unchanged in a highly volatile trade on Friday (November 28, 2025) as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of key macroeconomic data announcements in post-market hours. Halting its two-day rally, the 30-share BSE Sensex slipped by…
Former Delhi CM and AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal | Photo Credit: ANI Former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday (November 28, 2025) demanded that the Central government immediately remove 18% GST imposed on air and water purifiers, in view of the worsening air quality in Delhi-NCR. In a post on X in Hindi, he…
India is poised to transition from a price-taker to a price-maker in the global gold market, with domestic mining expected to meet approximately 20 per cent of the country’s demand over the next decade, industry leaders said on Friday. Speaking at a gems and jewellery conference organised by the Chamber of Commerce of India (CCI),…
Gold and silver prices gained in the futures trade on Friday driven by firm global trends and growing expectations among investors that the US Federal Reserve will deliver a rate cut next month. On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), gold futures for December delivery increased by ₹596, or 0.47 per cent, to ₹1,26,100 per 10…
