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The Middle East crisis continues to choke energy supplies across the world and push crude prices higher, swinging around $100 per barrel mark. However, even though input costs for energy continue to rise, fuel prices remain unchanged in India, pushing state-run oil marketing companies under mounting losses.Losses are estimated at around Rs 18 per litre…
Moving to a new city is almost always difficult. But occasionally, the most important things aren’t the cost of living or the infrastructure. It’s something much more subtle: how people talk to each other.A graduate of IIT Bombay found out that after living in Bengaluru for a few months. Instead of complaining about traffic jams…
Craving that dosa cooked to a perfect crisp? Off the menu. Those freshly fried canteen samosas? Gone as well. Ongoing tensions in the Middle East have begun to ripple into everyday industrial activity in India, as shortages of commercial LPG start to disrupt factory operations. Manufacturers said that tightening supply is creating hurdles not only…
NEW DELHI: India may face serious disruptions in supply of fertilisers and raw materials in the next kharif season — starting in June — if the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz continues due to the conflict in West Asia, industry insiders said. They added that there is no immediate crisis because it is a…
The global smartphone market is now bracing for its sharpest downturn ever in 2026m with shipments expected to fall 12.9% to 1.12 billion units, according a new report from IDC. According to a report by Reuters, the figure marks the lowest level in more than a decade and signals a structural reset for the industry….
When results from Maharashtra’s long-delayed civic polls came on January 16, it became clear that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has made it to the top once again. The BJP swept 1,425 of 2,869 seats across 29 municipal corporations, a strike rate of nearly 50%. In Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), a Shiv Sena citadel…
India’s steel capacity expansion is coming under pressure from a policy mismatch that raises input costs even as the government seeks to protect domestic producers, according to a report by the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI).“Protecting domestic metcoke producers is valid, but stacking quotas and duties on a non-substitutable input risks over-correction and macroeconomic consequences,”…
Asian markets opened cautiously higher on Monday, while the dollar held steady as investors assessed the US monetary policy outlook after last week’s Federal Reserve rate cut. Adding to the unease, President Donald Trump’s crackdown on worker visas kept sentiment in check, particularly for India’s tech sector.MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose…
TECH THAT: A JPMorgan Chase office in Mumbai NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: Even though President Trump’s $10,000 H-1B bomb — if it survives legal challenges — is bound to drive up operational costs for tech firms, Fortune 500 companies and global multinationals are accelerating their bets on India. If companies cannot get Indians to work in the…
