Topa coal mine in the Ramgarh district, Jharkhand, India. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Domestic coal production in December accelerated about 3.6% on a year-over-year (YoY) basis, also exceeding the target for the month, as monsoon-related disruptions subsided. Although, according to provisional government data for the month, on a financial year (FY)-to-date basis until December-end,…
Budget 2026 Expectations Live Updates: The countdown to Budget 2026 has already started as the biggest business event of India is only a few weeks away. This is the 88th Budget that will be presented in the Parliament since India gained its independence. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present Budget 2026 on 1 February, Sunday….
Today, India’s clean energy transitions are impossible without imported critical minerals and rare earths. The country needs these minerals now, and China’s tightening export controls only heighten the urgency. Just like other countries around the world, India is also committing to diversify mineral trade linkages, promote responsible production and build standards-based markets. India needs a…
Image for representation only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The International Labour Organization (ILO)’s Employment and Social Trends 2026 report, released in Geneva on Wednesday (January 14, 2026), has warned that the global unemployment rate is projected to remain at the historically low level of 4.9% – equivalent to 186 million people – in this…
The retail inflation figure for December 2025 is the final instalment of the current series of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), with a base year of 2012, before it is updated to a new base year and with new weightages. The CPI data this year have been particularly useful in highlighting the problems with relying…
Precious metals will likely witness two different halves this year, with prices rising in the first and tapering off in the second, says UBS precious metal experts. “In the first half, gold could rise to $5,000 an ounce and silver to $100 an ounce. In the second half, gold could be around $4,500 and silver…
Forex traders said that any intervention by the central bank may support the rupee at lower levels. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee pared initial gains and settled for the day 6 paise lower at 90.29 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday (January 14, 2026), as the likely central bank intervention was…
Representative image | Photo Credit: Reuters Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined on Wednesday (January 14, 2026), extending their previous day’s losses, due to weakness in IT, consumption, and select banking blue-chip stocks amid escalating geopolitical tensions. Besides, persistent foreign fund outflows and fresh tariff-related uncertainties also unnerved investors, traders said. The 30-share BSE…
In vegetables, deflation was 3.50% in December, compared to 20.23% in November. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Wholesale price inflation extended upward momentum for the second straight month, recording at 0.83% in December 2025, driven by an uptick in prices of food, non-food articles, and manufactured items on a month-on-month basis, government data showed…
On Wednesday, silver surged to $91.48 before slipping below $90. At 1230 hours IST, silver ruled at $89.82 an ounce | Photo Credit: istock.com The precious metal complex continued to sparkle with silver heading towards a historic ₹3 lakh per kg, and gold towards ₹1.5 lakh per 10 gm as prices in the global market…
