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The prices of petrol and diesel have seen another hike on Monday, fourth such hike in less than two weeks amid uncertainties stemming out of the US-Iran conflict in West Asia and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. A worker fills petrol in a scooty at a petrol pump, following the hike in petrol…

A key Asia-Pacific M&A market in 2025, India recorded just one insurance deal in Q1 2026 — down from four a year earlier — as Australia took the lead on regional activity Source link

The Indian rupee may now be undervalued following its recent depreciation, Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra said in an interview with Mint. Source link

State-owned fuel retailers ​in India increased ‌diesel prices by 2.71 ​rupees ($0.0283) per ​litre and petrol ⁠by 2.61 ​rupees on ​Monday, dealers said on Monday, the ​fourth ​hike in May as ‌authorities ⁠try to recoup losses driven by ​higher ​crude ⁠costs due to ​the Iran ​war. Source link

New Delhi: BJP said Sunday that Rahul Gandhi’s reported comment at a Congress event that govt will fall within a year is a no ordinary statement but a pointer to the conspiracy to stoke anarchy and destabilise the country.Several BJP functionaries launched a coordinated attack on the Congress MP, with Union minister Piyush Goyal saying…

Overseas acquisitions, however, can be hit or miss. Tata Steel’s purchase of Corus Steel, for instance, turned out be an “albatross” around the company’s neck for decades, says Mukherjea. What is also striking, he adds, is that even after all these years, Indian companies are still unable to pay for these deals with shares. Even…

India Inc spent $18bn on global buyouts in 2025 and the deal value could cross $15bn in the first half of 2026. Source link

NEW DELHI: India and the US had never been closer, US President Donald Trump told Sergio Gor in the middle of the US Independence Day celebrations, ‘Freedom 250’, attended by secretary of state Marco Rubio and external affairs minister S Jaishankar, and told the ambassador to tell PM Narendra Modi he was “a big fan”….

India reduced Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), or the number of deaths per 1,000 live babies born, from 30 in 2019 to 24 in 2024, an annual average decline of about one point. Chhattisgarh had the highest IMR of 36 followed by both UP and MP with 35. Kerala had the lowest IMR of 8, followed…