In this screengrab from a video posted on March 6, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a post-budget webinar on ‘Agriculture and Rural Transformation’. Photo: @NarendraModi/YT via PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (March 6, 2026) asked farmers to leverage India’s diverse climatic conditions and focus on scaling up the harvest of high-value crops…
The decision by the U.S. to “allow” India to import Russian oil for a period of 30 days will help mitigate the spike in the price of oil and delays in oil shipments to import-dependent India, according to analysts. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in an early morning post on X on Friday (March 6,…
Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee stayed firm and gained 2 paise to 91.62 against the U.S. dollar on Friday (March 6, 2026) after the U.S. announced a 30-day waiver for Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, easing pressure on the global energy flow amid the ongoing war…
Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled in early trade on Friday (March 6, 2026) after a day’s breather amid persistent geopolitical conflict in West Asia and relentless foreign fund outflows. Weakness in the U.S. equities and subdued trend in Asian markets also…
Gold recaptured some losses but remained on track for the first weekly decline in more than a month, pressured by a stronger US dollar and inflationary risks tied to the ongoing war in West Asia. Bullion rose as much as 1.2 per cent to break above $5,100 an ounce, though was headed for a weekly…
Image used for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: AP India is in touch with U.S. authorities for securing maritime insurance cover from the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), sources in the government informed on Thursday (March 5, 2026). Further, to shield the country against any potential impact on fuel availability amid the ongoing…
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. File | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. Treasury Department is issuing a “ temporary 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil”, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. President Trump’s energy agenda has resulted in oil and gas production reaching the highest levels ever recorded….
Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty bounced back on Thursday (March 5, 2026), closing higher by more than 1% in line with a rebound in global equities after recent sharp losses due to the conflict in West Asia. Snapping its four-day decline, the 30-share BSE…
Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: PTI The rupee rebounded from its lowest level and settled with a gain of 45 paise at 91.60 (provisional) against U.S. dollar on Thursday (March 5, 2026) on the back of a buying trend in domestic equity markets and reports of Reserve Bank intervention. According to forex…
Plumes of smoke rise as strikes hit the city during the U.S.‚ Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, on March 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP “Conflict in West Asia poses some immediate-term challenges for the Indian economy but is unlikely to dent long-term economic growth momentum,” an external member of the Reserve Bank of…
