Just as global energy supplies were beginning to stabilise after nearly four months of disruption, Iran has issued a fresh warning over the Strait of Hormuz. This time, however, the threat could extend far beyond the waterway.As tensions in the Middle East intensify again, Iran has warned that it could expand efforts to disrupt regional…
MUMBAI: HDB Financial Services reported net profit of Rs 785.2 crore for the June 2026 quarter, up 38.3% from Rs 567.7 crore in the year-ago period, driven by steady growth in net interest income and a moderate rise in non-interest income alongside stable credit costs.Net interest income rose to about Rs 2,508.7 crore from Rs…
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MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India has proposed changes to bank shareholding norms to ease investment by domestic institutional investors, while tightening disclosure and monitoring to maintain regulatory oversight. The amendments will make it easier for fund managers that are part of a financial conglomerate to acquire shares in private banks without triggering acquisition norms.RBI has…
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved seven major decisions covering infrastructure, semiconductor manufacturing, mobile phone production, fertiliser and railway projects. The package includes Semicon 2.0, the Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (MPMS) and the National Investment Policy for Urea-2026, with a combined outlay of Rs 2,19,353 crore.The announcements came during a press briefing after the Cabinet…
NEW DELHI: Driven by an uptick in food prices and pressure on energy prices due to the West Asia conflict, wholesale price index (WPI) based factory gate inflation surged for the ninth consecutive month to touch a 27-month high of 9.9% in June, as against 9.7% in May, official data showed.Similarly, the inflation in output…
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NEW DELHI: After a lacklustre March quarter, National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) cleared 78 resolution plans in April-June – a record for the quarter — while flagging the capacity constraints that it has to tackle.Latest NCLT data pegged the value of the resolution plans approved in April-June quarter at Rs 5,518 crore, taking the overall…
File photo: Byju Raveendran BENGALURU: The Singapore high court has declined Byju Raveendran’s request to suspend a six-month civil contempt sentence, lifting the temporary protection earlier granted to the Byju’s founder while his appeal against the ruling remains pending.Raveendran’s legal team clarified that the July 9 hearing dealt only with his application to stay the…
China’s economy lost pace in the April-June quarter, despite rising exports as weak domestic demand and investment dragged growth to its slowest pace in more than three years. Official data released on Wednesday showed that the economy expanded at an annualised 4.3%, down from 5% in the January-March quarter and below forecasts. Exports continued to…
