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August 25, 2026 4:27 PM
The benchmark indices recovered from early losses to end Tuesday’s trading session on a positive note, supported by gains in healthcare, pharma and public sector bank stocks. The Sensex rose 286.98 points, or 0.37 per cent, to settle at 77,656.09,...
August 25, 2026 1:12 PM
Iran's currency plunged to a record low on the open market on Monday, hours before the United States was expected to announce a new wave of sanctions aimed at further isolating Tehran. The Iranian rial fell to 2.02 million against the US dollar as t...
August 25, 2026 10:45 AM
Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Tuesday amid renewed escalation in the US-Iran standoff and elevated crude oil prices. The 30-share BSE Sensex was down 30 points to 77,336.32 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nift...
August 25, 2026 10:23 AM
Chipmaker Nvidia is reportedly in talks to make a fresh investment in artificial intelligence startup Perplexity as part of a funding round that could value the company at more than USD 30 billion, according to media reports. The development comes a...
August 25, 2026 8:29 AM
Asia shares slipped on Tuesday while oil prices extended losses, after threats from the U.S. for an "economic D-Day" of sanctions on Iran turned out to be a damp squib. U.S. Treasury yields were off their recent highs following a report that the Tre...
August 25, 2026 12:00 AM
The Reserve Bank of India's special USD-INR forex swap facility for FCNR(B) deposits, Overseas Foreign Currency Borrowings (OFCB) and External Commercial Borrowings (ECB), launched on June 8, 2026, has driven an unprecedented surge in foreign exchang...
August 24, 2026 8:46 PM
India and Cambodia have completed negotiations for a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) and have agreed to sign it at the earliest, an official statement said on Monday. They also discussed ways to increase cooperation in sectors such as agriculture,...
August 24, 2026 5:29 PM
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will complete 10 years of operations on August 25, marking a decade of transformation in India's digital payments ecosystem and emerging as a globally recognised real-time payments platform. Launched on Augus...
August 24, 2026 4:22 PM
The benchmark indices ended lower on Monday as rising geopolitical tensions weighed on investor sentiment after Iran threatened to seize vessels and alter transit rules for the Strait of Hormuz ahead of the US announcement of sanctions against Tehran...
August 24, 2026 10:23 AM
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty were trading higher in early trade on Monday, driven by buying in blue-chip stocks HDFC Bank and Infosys amid positive global cues. However, persistent geopolitical tensions and elevated crude oil prices con...
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