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Retail inflation for farm workers eased to 3.73 per cent in March 2025, as compared to 4.05 per cent in February this year, as per latest data released on Wednesday.
For rural workers retail inflation eased to 3.86 per cent in March 2025, as against 4.10 per cent in February this year, according to officia...
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Maharashtra has emerged as the top-performing state in the CareEdge State Ranking Report 2025, delivering its strong performance across economic, social, environmental and governance parameters. Maharashtra’s inclusive growth, better infrastructure, and sound fiscal management positioned it as a top state in ...
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MARKET & FINANCE
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Private Equity-Venture Capital (PE-VC)
investments recorded a 27% growth year-on-year during Jan-April this year at $11.8 billion against $9.3 billion in the same four-month period last year. In April, the investments stood at $2.7 billion, data released by research firm Venture Intelligence on Wed said....
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Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) have gained immense popularity among retail investors in India, and for good reason. They offer a disciplined approach to investing, allowing individuals to build wealth gradually over time without the need for constant market monitoring.
Unlike active investing, which o...
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For India and Pakistan, much has changed since the horrific attack in Pahalgam’s Baisaran Valley on April 22, 2025. Terrorists, including three Pakistani nationals, killed 26 tourists, plunging the two countries into a dangerous standoff.
Claimed by the so-called Resistance Front, a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy, ...
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The era of the US Federal Reserve setting the pace for global interest rates may be nearing its end, Viktor Shvets, global strategist at Macquarie said, adding that the world is entering a far more fragmented and unpredictable phase where inflation and rates may no longer move in sync across nations.
"For ...
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Net sales of Indian bonds by overseas investors surged the highest in April since the inclusion of local debt on global bond indices, reflecting the undiminished allure of higher returns in the US, and the impact of escalating tensions with Pakistan toward the latter half of the month, market experts said.
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GLOBAL CORPORATE
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IT services major Cognizant has kept its revenue growth guidance for the full year unchanged at 3.5–6 per cent in constant currency. This outlook is supported by a revival in discretionary spending in the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) segment, AI-led transformation across the client ecosyst...
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An executive of Mexican telecoms giant America Movil said Wednesday that the company's capital expenditure for 2025 would be $6.7 billion, below the $7.1 billion capex in 2024.
"It's only because we're seeing a slow down in all the economies. We have been investing a lot... with the slowdown that will redu...
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Insurer MetLife reported a nearly 5% rise in first-quarter profit on Wednesday, driven by higher premiums and investment income, and announced a share buyback.
Economic uncertainty and increased risk from cyber attacks, natural disasters and global war have sustained insurance spending as risk management h...
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In a move that could reshape Ukraine's war economy and the U.S. approach to foreign support, Washington and Kyiv signed a sweeping investment agreement on Wednesday granting the U.S. access to Ukraine's critical minerals. The deal-called the United States-Ukraine Reinvestment Fund-was sealed in Washington aft...
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Amid global market uncertainty triggered by Trump tariffs, German-headquartered sportswear giant Adidas on Tuesday said it could hike price of all its US products. The company did not make it clear by how much it is going to increase the prices.
The company said that the global trade dispute was preventin...
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Global steel giant ArcelorMittal, which also has presence in India, on Wednesday posted over 14 per cent fall in net income at USD 805 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025, dragged by lower sales amid global geopolitical challenges.
It had posted USD 938 million "net income attributable to eq...
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President Donald Trump has signed executive orders to relax some of his 25% tariffs on automobiles and auto parts, a significant reversal as the import taxes threatened to hurt domestic manufacturers. Automakers and independent analyses have indicated that the tariffs could raise prices, reduce sales and make...
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Banking
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Non-food bank credit growth slowed to 12 per cent year on year in March 2025, as of the fortnight ending March 21, said Reserve Bank of India(RBI). The data excludes the impact of the merger of a non-bank with a bank. This marks a slowdown compared to the 16.3 per cent growth recorded in the same period last ...
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GLOBAL ECONOMY
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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) claimed that over 100 countries have been calling the US “morning, noon, night” and are keen to make a deal on tariffs. He said that the first tariff deals with India, Japan, and...
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In a quiet but strategic move, China has begun informing companies of a new list of US-made products that will be exempted from its punishing 125% tariffs, according to two people familiar with the development. The move will cushi...
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U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in March as households boosted purchases of motor vehicles to avoid higher prices and shortages due to tariffs, but that did little to change economists' views that the economy had shifted ...
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Big European lenders are retaining ambitious performance targets after bumper first-quarter profits this week, but beyond the upbeat headline numbers, bank bosses are contemplating a welter of threats to their future earnings pros...
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Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 1.4% in March year-on-year after expanding by 0.7% in February, the economy ministry said on Wednesday.
For the first quarter this year, GDP grew by 1.7% in year-on-year terms compa...
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Russia's finance ministry raised the 2025 budget deficit estimate to 1.7% of gross domestic product (GDP) on Wednesday from 0.5% after reducing the energy revenues forecast by 24% due to expectations of a prolonged period of low o...
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Growth in Ireland's manufacturing sector accelerated in April thanks to a robust expansion in new orders amid signs of stock building due to tariff uncertainty, a survey showed on Thursday.
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Japan's factory activity shrank for the 10th straight month in April on weaker overseas demand and worsening concerns about U.S. tariffs, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday.
The final au Jibun Bank Japan manufacturing p...
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South Korea's exports were unexpectedly resilient in April, buoyed by strong demand for semiconductors despite the drag from U.S. tariffs, although there are signs that global trade tensions have started to impact its key auto sec...
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The American housing market is suffering from economic uncertainty, with mortgage applications still falling against increasing fears about the country's financial well-being, as per a report....
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The US economy shrank in the first quarter, weighed down by a deluge of goods imported by businesses eager to avoid higher costs, underscoring the disruptive nature of Trump's often chaotic tariff policy. Gross domestic product (G...
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American businesses are cancelling orders from China, postponing expansion plans and hunkering down to see what trade policy surprises President Donald Trump plans to spring on them next.
The president's massive and unpredictab...
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Higher tariffs on US imports of products from China appear to be taking a toll on the world's second-largest economy, according to monthly surveys of Chinese factory managers released Wednesday....
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The US economy contracted in the first quarter, weighed down by a deluge of goods imported by businesses eager to avoid higher costs, underscoring the disruptive nature of President Donald Trump's often chaotic tariff policy....
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INDIAN CORPORATE
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JSW Infrastructure has reported a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 516 crore in the fourth quarter of financial year 2024–25. This marks a 57 per cent increase in PAT compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous financial yea...
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Billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate, the Adani Group, has put its $10 billion semiconductor joint venture with Israel's Tower Semiconductor on pause, reported Reuters.
The move followed an internal evaluation which conclud...
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Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) on Wednesday reported a consolidated loss of Rs 304 crore for the March quarter of 2024-25.
It had posted a net profit of Rs 933 crore in the January-March period of 2023-24, the company said i...
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Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Ltd on Wednesday released its fiscal fourth quarter earnings report with profit at Rs 4,961 crore, skyrocketing by 118.07 per cent on-year, surpassing estimates. The profit during the same period of FY24 w...
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Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Wednesday reported a 50 per cent jump in its March quarter net profit as inventory gains negated losses on sale of subsidised domestic cooking gas LPG. Standalone net profit of Rs 7,264.85 crore in ...
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Adani Power Q4 FY25 profit dips despite revenue rise, impacted by higher depreciation and lower finance costs for the quarter, though full-year revenue and operating performance showed strong growth.
Adani Power posted a net pr...
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PepsiCo bottler Varun Beverages on Wednesday reported a 35.2% rise in its net profit during the January-March 2025 quarter to Rs 726.4 crore, on the back of healthy volume growth. The profit was, however, slightly lower than the S...
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