Silver prices experienced a substantial surge of Rs 1,900, reaching a new record of Rs 1,41,900 per kilogram, while gold increased by Rs 330 in the national capital on Friday due to strong stockist demand and festival-related purchasing, as reported by the All India Sarafa Association, quoted by PTI.Silver, which had previously closed at Rs…
Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Saturday that India’s first bullet train will soon be a reality, with the Surat to Bilimora stretch set to become operational by 2027.He said work on the stations and tracks is making “really good progress” and that several new technologies on the tracks could benefit future railway projects…
Iraq has restarted oil exports from its autonomous Kurdistan region, ending a suspension that lasted more than two years because of legal disputes and pipeline closures.Baghdad’s oil ministry confirmed on Saturday that crude is once again moving through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline. The line, which had been closed since 2023, has been at the centre of…
Bank holiday today: Banks across India, including major lenders like the State Bank of India (SBI), will observe holidays this weekend as per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) calendar. Regular RBI holidays include all Sundays, as well as the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.This week, bank closures will include:September 27–28 (Saturday-Sunday): Pan-India…
NEW DELHI: Foreign ministers of Brics nations, meeting on the sidelines of the 80th UN General Assembly (UNGA80), slammed Donald Trump-led US administration’s tariffs on over 70 countries, calling them a “proliferation of trade-restrictive actions” that endanger global supply chains and economic stability.In their joint statement, the ministers said they were concerned “over proliferation of…
MUMBAI: Tata Motors has reconstituted its board as its two businesses, passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles, will be under two distinct listed entities starting Oct 1. N Chandrasekaran will be the chairman of both the entities, Tata Motors (to be renamed as Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles (TMPV) and TML Commercial Vehicles (TMCV). Shailesh Chandra will…
US President Donald Trump‘s announcement of a 100% tariff on imported “branded and patented pharmaceutical products” has rattled the global pharma industry, though Indian generic drug makers are largely expected to remain unaffected for now.Trump, in a post on Truth Social on Thursday, stated: “Starting October 1st, 2025, we will be imposing a 100% Tariff…
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal (Image credits: PTI) NEW DELHI: India has asked Russia to release 27 more of its citizens who were recently recruited into the Russian military, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Friday.“As per our information, 27 Indian nationals are presently serving in the Russian army. We are also in close…
The Donald Trump-led US administration is considering a plan to impose tariffs on imported electronic devices depending on the number of chips in each one of them, Reuters reported, citing three sourcesUnder the proposal, the US commerce department would calculate tariffs as a percentage of the product’s estimated chip value, in a move designed to…
MUMBAI: Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has said that sales have been impacted in Sept as markets prepared for the new GST regime leading to some temporary disruptions in the supply chain. Distributors and retailers postponed placing orders for fresh stock as they awaited new packs with updated prices to hit the markets and instead focused on…
