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October 15, 2026 4:29 PM
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said the first phase of the India-US trade pact has been finalised and is undergoing legal drafting. He expressed the hope that it would be finalised soon and operationalised once India secures a competitive advantage over its peer countries. ...
October 15, 2026 4:23 PM
The domestic benchmark equity indices ended sharply higher on Thursday as easing oil prices boosted investor sentiment and soothed concerns over sustained inflationary pressures. The Sensex surged 1,533.72 points, or 2.11 per cent, to close at 74,315.61, while the Nifty advanced 374.65 points, or ...
October 15, 2026 3:07 PM
India's net direct tax collections rose 13.21 per cent year-on-year to Rs 13.38 lakh crore as of Oct 14 in the current financial year (FY27), driven by higher corporate tax, non-corporate tax and Securities Transaction Tax (STT) receipts, according to data released by the Income Tax Department on Th...
October 15, 2026 1:17 PM
Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met UK Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey in Bangkok on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group. The two leaders discussed bilateral financial cooperation and strategi...
October 15, 2026 1:11 PM
Shares of Reliance Industries rallied 3 per cent on Thursday after Jio Platforms Ltd, the digital and telecom arm of the firm, set a price band of Rs 1,065 to Rs 1,119 per share for its initial public offering that could raise about Rs 30,213 crore at the top of the range, making it India's largest....
October 15, 2026 12:51 PM
Domestic automobile sales across major vehicle segments registered an 18.2 per cent year-on-year growth to 83.88 lakh units in the July-September quarter of FY 2026-27, with passenger vehicles, two-wheelers, three-wheelers and commercial vehicles recording their highest-ever second-quarter sales, ac...
October 15, 2026 11:20 AM
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has urged Canadian businesses to use India as a manufacturing, innovation and design base to serve global markets, highlighting the country's talent pool and expanding preferential trade access as opportunities for companies looking to strengthen the...
October 15, 2026 10:35 AM
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded sharply in early trade on Thursday led by a rally in IT stocks and easing crude oil prices. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 354 points to 73,157.43 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty was up 96.15 points to 22,726.05. From the 30 Sensex firms, Tata C...
October 15, 2026 9:22 AM
Markets started the day on the back foot as trading kicked off in Asia on Thursday, as a quicker-than-expected increase in US consumer price inflation upped expectations for the Federal Reserve to act later this year and pushed stocks lower. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japa...
October 14, 2026 5:10 PM
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved Canada-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. as the strategic buyer for a 60.72% stake in IDBI Bank for approximately ₹52,878.08 crore. The transaction comprises the sale of a 30.48% stake held by the Government of India and a...
