Indian firms seen posting faster profit growth despite global headwinds
Business Lineby Reuters·15h ago
Indian companies’ September-quarter profit growth is expected to accelerate even as performance is likely to be uneven across sectors due to global and local headwinds, according to five...
India joins US-led excess capacity initiative amid Section 301 scrutiny
Business Lineby Amiti Sen·16h ago
India has joined a US-led initiative of fifteen countries to tackle structural excess manufacturing capacity in key sectors, including automobiles, batteries, solar panels, chemicals and...
GST Council meet: Scrapping tax officers' arrest powers, decriminalisation among reforms on agenda
Business Lineby PTI·16h ago
The GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprising state ministers, on Thursday started deliberations on sweeping policy reforms, like scrapping arrest powers of GST...
India’s apparel market projected to reach $146.3 billion by 2029
Business Lineby Meenakshi Verma Ambwani·16h ago
India’s domestic apparel market, which is now the fourth-largest globally, is projected to rise from $95.7 billion (₹8 lakh crore) in CY2025 to $146.3 billion (₹12 lakh crore) by CY2029...
ITC shares slide 4% to near 52-week low after ₹9,437-crore block deal
Business Lineby BL Mumbai Bureau·16h ago
ITC shares fell nearly 4 per cent on Thursday, making it the top loser on the Nifty 50, after a large block deal worth ₹9,437 crore changed hands in the pre-open session.
IMD Update: Thunderstorms likely in coastal AP, Rayalaseema, Karnataka for a week
Business Lineby Vinson Kurian·16h ago
The South Peninsula is beginning to show classic signatures of approaching north-east monsoon, with an expansive spell of rain, thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds building, including over...
HDFC Bank shares fall 1%: Here’s why
Business Lineby Madhu Balaji; BL Bengaluru Bureau·17h ago
HDFC Bank shares were in focus on Thursday, declining 1 per cent to ₹684.25 on the NSE after the Reserve Bank of India raised the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50 per cent from 5.25 per cent.
India rejects Elon Musk's claim of unfair Starlink approval process
Business Lineby Reuters·17h ago
India defended its satellite internet approval process as fair and non-discriminatory on Thursday, hours after billionaire Elon Musk accused unnamed “oligarchs” of blocking Starlink’s launch in the...
Govt reacts to Musk’s ‘oligarchs’ post, rebuts discrimination allegations
Business Lineby S Ronendra Singh·17h ago
Reacting to Elon Musk’s post alleging that “certain oligarchs” have blocked his company’s satellite communication (Satcom) services in India, Centre on Thursday said it has put in place a fair and...
Unfolding El Niño may be the strongest since 1950s, says WMO
Business Lineby Srikrishnan PC·17h ago
A rapidly strengthening and drought-bearing El Niño could push central and eastern tropical Pacific temperatures to record levels by late 2026, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s...
Indonesia export overhaul may tighten palm oil supplies, lift prices
Business Lineby BL Mumbai Bureau·18h ago
Indonesia’s planned overhaul of its palm oil export regime, along with a higher biodiesel blending mandate, could tighten global supplies and put upward pressure on palm oil prices from 2027, the...
Gold prices recover from two-month low as dollar rally stalls
Business Lineby Reuters·18h ago
Gold prices climbed on Thursday as the dollar eased from an 18-month peak, helping bullion recover from a two-month low, while traders weighed the prospect of another US Federal Reserve rate hike...
Crude oil futures rise on supply disruption fears
Business Lineby BL Mangaluru Bureau·18h ago
Crude oil futures traded higher on Thursday morning amid fears of supply disruptions following recent attacks on ships in the West Asia region and concerns over the possible impact of the hurricane...
Global stocks drop, Treasuries decline as Brent tops $102
Business Lineby Bloomberg·18h ago
A global stock rally that brought equities within striking distance of an all-time high lost further ground as oil jumped on renewed Middle East tensions, stoking concerns about inflation.
RBI may deliver 50 bps ‘jumbo’ hike in December, repo rate seen at 6%: SBI Research
Business Lineby ANI·19h ago
The Reserve Bank of India could raise the repo rate by another 50 basis points to 6 per cent by December, while taking additional measures to support the rupee, SBI Research said in its latest...
Nana Patekar dies at 75 after heart attack at Goa residence
Business Lineby ANI·19h ago
What would Indian cinema look like without the unmistakable voice, intensity and screen presence of Nana Patekar?
Indian stock markets today: Sensex, Nifty likely to open weak
Business Lineby KS Badri Narayanan·20h ago
Indian stock markets are likely to open on a weak note, amid weak global cues and persistent selling by foreign portfolio investors.
Stock Market Today Live, Oct 8: Stock to buy today: BHEL (₹448.90)
Business Lineby Team BL; KS Badri Narayanan·21h ago
Sensex Today, Nifty 50 | Stock Market Live Updates - Find here all the live updates related to Sensex, Nifty, BSE, NSE, share prices and Indian stock markets for 8 October 2026 - October 8, 2026...
India-Canada security dialogue: cooperation on terrorism, cybercrime and organised crime
Business Lineby ANI·21h ago
India and Canada have agreed to deepen coordination and cooperation in combating transnational organised crime, terrorism and violent extremism, human and drug trafficking, cybercrime, extortion...
India, Ghana deepen agricultural cooperation with five-year research MoU
Business Lineby ANI·21h ago
India and Ghana have strengthened cooperation in agricultural research, education and technology transfer with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Indian Council of...
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