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'We can go somewhere between 35 per cent and 40 per cent.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrives with Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das to attend the customary post Budget meeting with the RBI board of directors…

Pakistani singer Atif Aslam paid tribute to the recently deceased Lata Mangeshkar at a recent performance of his. In the video, shared by multiple fan accounts on Twitter and Instagram, Atif can be seen performing on stage as a large…

Evidently, households see a brighter future after the Budget, reveals Mahesh Vyas. IMAGE: A view of a market in Mumbai. Photograph: Girish Srivastav/ANI Photo The Indian stock markets welcomed the Union Budget with the major indices…

If international crude oil prices zoom past the current level of about $90 per barrel and move towards $100 and beyond, middle-class consumers are not going to keep quiet about their discomfort, points out Arun Balakrishnan, former chairman…

There are overvaluation and excesses in many pockets of the market.This is most obvious in the IPO market, where loss-making companies have inflicted large losses on investors, observes Debashis Basu. Stock markets all over the globe have…

Having a single point KYC that is automatically used across all financial and non-financial entities is a single piece of reform that should be an easy win to achieve, points out Harsh Roongta. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman…

Budget for 2022-2023 has returned to its agenda for protectionism in the name of creating a self-reliant India, points out A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a post-Budget press conference, February 3,…

'India's output contraction in the previous year was among the worst in the world!' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves to present the Budget in Parliament, February 1, 2022. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters While many…

'The signal is crude oil prices will rise, I am cutting my subsidy. Be prepared, prices will rise.' IMAGE: A Bharat Petroleum fuel station in New Delhi. Photograph: Prabhat Mehrotra/ANI Photo Former finance minister P Chidambaram tells…

That such a deal can be greeted with celebration in the camps of both buyer and seller speaks volumes about the airline and its recent history, explains T N Ninan. Photograph: Regis Duvignau/Reuters Something had to be radically wrong with…