Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Foreign portfolio investors have started 2026 on a cautious note, extending their selling streak from last year by withdrawing ₹7,608 crore ($846 million) from Indian equities in the first two trading sessions of January. The withdrawal of funds followed the largest outflow of ₹1.66 lakh…
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Foreign portfolio investors have started 2026 on a cautious note, extending their selling streak from last year by withdrawing ₹7,608 crore ($846 million) from Indian equities in the first two trading sessions of January. The withdrawal of funds followed the largest outflow of ₹1.66 lakh…
Zoho. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Human resources solutions provider CIEL HR Services has raised ₹30 crore from 88 investors, including Zoho Corporation, Pegasus India and Standard Fireworks, ahead of its proposed initial public offering (IPO). In a public announcement, the Chennai-based company said it carried out a pre-IPO placement of 27,27,272 equity shares at…
Gold ($4,332/ounce) lost 4.4 per cent and silver ($72.8/ounce) was down 8.2 per cent last week. In the local market, gold futures (₹1,35,761/10 gm) slipped 2.9 per cent and silver futures (₹2,36,316/kg) lost 1.4 per cent. MCX-Gold (₹1,35,761) Gold futures (February) saw a sharp drop in price last Monday. In the following sessions though, it…
Gold and silver steadied at the beginning of the year after their best annual performances since 1979 as traders assessed the reweighting of a benchmark commodity index that starts next week. Bullion gained as much as 1.9 per cent on Friday before paring most gains during US hours. Silver eased after earlier climbing as much…
Indo-Canadian rapper AP Dhillon performs during a concert as part of his ‘One of One – India Tour’, in Mumbai on Decemeber 26, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has established a Live Events Development Cell (LEDC) to facilitate the expansion of the “concert economy”, boosting employment and tourism in the…
Silver is influencing both the pace of the green transition and the flow of long-term capital in ways that are already playing out across current projects. As green technologies move from pilots to large-scale rollout, the materials enabling them become increasingly critical. Silver now plays a central role in how solar, electric mobility and digital…
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue of ₹1.74 lakh crore in December 2025 confirms just how narrow the government’s fiscal policy space is. The December data reflect the economic activity in November, the second month under the new, reduced GST rates. December’s revenues were marginally higher than the ₹1.7 lakh crore collected in November….
Soaring silver prices have begun to impact the global solar power industry, particularly the photovoltaic sector. Chinese manufacturers of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells or panels plan to hike prices during the current quarter or cut production. China dominates global solar panel manufacturing, producing over 80 per cent of the world’s panels, cells, and wafers, controlling…
The overall kitty had increased by $4.368 billion to $693.318 billion in the previous reporting week. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s forex reserves jumped by $.293 billion to $696.61 billion in the week to December 26, the RBI said on Friday (January 2, 2026). The overall kitty had increased by $4.368 billion to $693.318…
