Two US senators have called for a federal probe into suspicious oil trading activity that took place shortly before major announcements by US President Donald Trump on the Iran conflict, raising concerns about potential insider trading.On Friday (local time), Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island urged the US Commodity…
MUMBAI: Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran on Friday asked Air India employees to focus on cost control, improve services and “stay grounded” in the reality of the challenging situation, while reiterating the group’s continued commitment to the airline. Addressing an employee town hall at the Air India Group’s headquarters in Gurugram, Chandrasekaran said, “While our…
NEW DELHI: As the world scrambles to recover from the biggest energy shock in decades triggered by the West Asia conflict, India should be cautious about relying on traditional supply assumptions, particularly its proximity to the West Asia for sourcing oil and gas, ONGC chairman and CEO Arun Kumar Singh said on Friday. India, which…
NEW DELHI: After months of haggling, the auto industry seems to have been comforted by the latest draft of the Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE 3) norms, which encourage the use of new technologies and target major improvements, starting April 2027. CAFE are govt-mandated norms to reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide across a carmaker’s…
Gold prices traded lower in futures markets on Friday, tracking weak global cues and softer spot demand.Data from the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) showed that the June contract fell by Rs 1,363, or 0.89%, to Rs 1,52,071 per 10 grams, with a business turnover of 2,219 lots. Analysts attributed the decline to subdued global trends….
Equity mutual funds saw net inflows surge 56% to Rs 40,450 crore in March, reflecting strong investor participation despite market volatility and geopolitical tensions, PTI reported.The inflow was the highest since July 2025, when equity-oriented funds had attracted Rs 42,702 crore.According to data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), this also marked…
India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $9.063 billion to $697.121 billion for the week ended April 3, 2026, reversing the decline seen in the previous week, PTI reported.The reserves had dropped by $10.288 billion to $688.058 billion in the week ended March 27.The forex kitty had earlier touched an all-time high of $728.494 billion in…
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday held separate discussions with his Kuwaiti and UAE counterparts, as well as with the GCC Secretary General, on containing disruptions in energy supplies and restoring trade flows at the earliest amid the ongoing West Asia crisis. India’s trade with West Asia has been disrupted severely because of…
Bengaluru: Swiggy cofounder Nandan Reddy has stepped down from the company’s board and will exit the firm to pursue independent projects, marking a key founding-level transition at the listed food delivery and quick commerce platform.The company disclosed in a stock exchange filing on Friday that Reddy is “stepping down from his board position and moving…
The Reserve Bank of India on Friday proposed an overhaul of the framework for identifying upper-layer non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), suggesting a shift to an asset-size-based criterion and inclusion of government-owned entities, PTI reported.Under the draft ‘Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Companies’ Registration, Exemptions and Framework for Scale Based Regulation) Second Amendment Directions, 2026’,…
