Chinese company shuts shop in Pakistan days after terror attack

Two days after five Chinese nationals were killed in a suicide attack at a hydropower project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, a Chinese company has suspended civil works and laid off hundreds of......

SC junks legal framework enabling electoral bonds

The Supreme Court on Thursday junked the electoral bonds scheme that allowed anonymous funding to political parties by striking down the legal provisions introducing and laying down its framework.......

EC had red flagged electoral bonds in 2019

The Election Commission (EC) had, in 2019, flagged its concerns in the Supreme Court on the changes made in several laws relating to political funding to facilitate the electoral bonds scheme,......

How Modi govt brought economy back on track: White Paper

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government in the last Parliament session before the general elections on Thursday brought a white paper tearing into Congress-led United Progressive Alliance rule,......

BJP Sankalp Patra: Enough powder to ignite stocks, if investors are patient

Since most proposals will have a long gestation period, the full benefits will be reflected in the revenues of companies, and subsequently the stock prices over time Illustration: Dominic......

Are the stock markets prepared for a delay in interest rate cut?

A higher-than-expected consumer price inflation (CPI) print for March in the US has dashed hopes of an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve (US Fed) in June. Illustration: Uttam......

Banks shift bets from G-secs to state and corporate bonds

Banks are preferring instruments with higher premium over government securities for their held-till-maturity (HTM) portfolio, following the new investment norms, which came into effect from April......

How the markets will fare this week

Global trends, macroeconomic data announcements and the start of the earnings season would be the major drivers for the equity markets in a holiday-shortened week, analysts said. Photograph: Kind......

Shami to likely return for Bangladesh Test series

IMAGE: Mohammed Shami missed the five match home Tests against England and the South Africa tour before that. Photograph: BCCI India's premier pacer Mohammed Shami, who is recuperating from an......