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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) board will meet on Monday to deliberate on a wide-ranging agenda that includes a proposal to ease fund settlement norms for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) and changes to regulatory frameworks governing market intermediaries, people familiar with the matter told news agency PTI.A key proposal before the board…
File photo: Tibetan women in markets to cash in on winters Traditional Indo-Tibet trade, suspended during the Covid pandemic in 2020, is set to resume through the Shipki La pass in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district from June this year, state tribal development and revenue minister Jagat Singh Negi said on Sunday.He said earlier restrictions due…
The government has stepped up efforts to streamline gas distribution and ease supply pressures, directing faster processing of city gas projects while increasing allocations of commercial LPG to key sectors amid a challenging geopolitical environment.The Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) has instructed its offices to dispose of City Gas Distribution (CGD) applications within 10…
The government will launch the seventh tranche of auctions for critical and strategic minerals on Monday, putting 19 blocks on offer across multiple states as part of efforts to strengthen domestic resource security.The move comes as India seeks to boost self-reliance in clean energy, advanced technologies, fertilisers and other strategic sectors amid global supply-chain disruptions,…
Indian companies are facing supply-chain disruptions ranging from shipment delays to shortages of key raw materials due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said on Sunday, highlighting rising stress in sectors dependent on global trade flows.In a statement, CII director general Chandrajit Banerjee said, as quoted PTI,…
The Middle East crisis has left oil markets on edge, and the volatility is expected to continue. Prices are likely to stay high, even as forecasts vary on how long the surge will last, with the ongoing conflict still disrupting global supplies. Prices edged lower on Friday but held firmly above the $100 mark, reflecting…
The Iran war has entered its fourth week and global oil markets are showing a clear split with actual fuel supply prices are rising much faster than widely tracked oil futures. Brent crude, the global benchmark, has jumped over 50% to around $112 a barrel following the near-complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz and…
MOSCOW: The US-Israeli missile attack on Iran’s Bandar Anzali, a key transit hub on the INSTC linking Mumbai with St Petersburg, is a major blow to the Indo-Russian ambition of boosting bilateral trade to $100 billion by 2030 via the crucial corridor, experts said Saturday.The 7,200-kilometre long multi-modal International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) links Mumbai…
NEW DELHI: Following a temporary waiver issued by the US administration on sanctioned Iranian oil stranded at sea, Indian refiners on Saturday said they would be keen to buy the crude, even as Tehran maintained that no surplus stocks existed.US treasury secretary Scott Bessent announced the waiver on Friday, saying that by temporarily unlocking this…
NEW DELHI: Several domestic companies including Sun Pharma, Torrent, Zydus, Dr Reddy’s, Glenmark and Alkem announced the launch of semaglutide on Day 1, substantially lowering the cost of weight-loss therapy.This is in the wake of the innovator Novo Nordisk losing its patent on semaglutide on March 20.Sun Pharma’s weekly therapy costs, from initiation to the…
