Your next biryani bowl, burger or that cheesy treat may soon cost a little extra. With fuel prices rising, India’s restaurants and delivery apps are bracing to make food 5-10% pricier from next week, as an industry already battling LPG shortages, soaring gas costs and staff crunches adds yet another expense to the menu.With LPG…
MUMBAI : Markets regulator Sebi and the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) have removed some of the Income Tax Permanent Account Number (PAN)-related difficulties that foreign funds were facing in order to register themselves in India. The move is part of Sebi’s ease of investing initiative to simplify registration process for foreign portfolio investors.After…
Indian consumers may soon feel the pinch a little harder.Your budget could be heading for a price hike, even if the warning signs haven’t fully reached the grocery bill yet. Global analytics firm Crisil has flagged that a sharp surge in wholesale inflation may soon enter everyday household expenses, and today’s relatively soft retail inflation…
Gig workers have called for a temporary nationwide strike on Saturday, asking app-based drivers and delivery workers to cease services from 12 pm to 5 pm to protest against rising fuel prices and low payment rates.The Gig and Platform Services Workers Union (GIPSWU) has appealed to workers to join the shutdown, arguing that increasing petrol…
NEW DELHI: India and the UK are working on a “unique and creative solution” to address issues arising from Britain’s recent steel safeguard measure, which is delaying the operationalisation of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).The two countries, on July 24, 2025, signed the pact, under which 99% of Indian exports would enter the…
NEW DELHI: India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday signed seven key agreements during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s brief stopover in the Gulf nation, the first leg of his five-country tour that will now take him to Europe.“Substantive outcomes that will add further vigour to the India-UAE friendship,” PM Modi posted on X…
New Delhi: Strengthening its International feed from Punjab, Air India has started a twice-daily service between Delhi and Ludhiana (Halwara) from Friday. The airline expects a very strong connecting traffic from this flight at its Delhi hub to feed its widebodies operating to rest of the world from IGIA. Ditto on the way back. Meanwhile,…
NEW DELHI: Amid mounting losses, public sector oil firms announced the much-anticipated increase in petrol and diesel prices, raising it by around Rs 3 a litre across metros on Friday, which was lower than expected. Piped kitchen gas prices were, however, left unchanged.Oil company executives did not rule out the possibility of a further increase…
Tata Steel on Friday reported a more than two-fold jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 2,965 crore for the January-March quarter of FY26, supported by higher revenues from its India operations and improved volumes, PTI reported. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 1,201 crore in the corresponding quarter of the…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday said crude oil supplies from Russia to India have increased despite Western sanctions and mounting geopolitical pressure, ANI reported.Speaking on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi, Lavrov said the rise in Russian oil exports to India was reflected in publicly available data.“We published…
