Category: business

Mumbai: Indian benchmark indices closed higher on Friday but remained under pressure on a weekly basis as investors stayed cautious amid uncertainty over the global interest-rate trajectory. The Nifty 50 and Sensex both registered notable weekly declines, extending their recent losing streak as traders closely tracked signals from major central…

Mumbai, Aug 29: Indian equity markets remained under pressure for the third straight week as investors weighed uncertainty over global interest rates, geopolitical developments and changing market dynamics. The Nifty slipped 0.31 per cent over the week, although it recovered 0.35 per cent in Friday’s session to close at 24,175.…

New Delhi, Aug 29: The Centre has started the groundwork for the Union Budget 2027-28, asking ministries and government departments to prepare practical estimates of their expected expenditure and revenue for the coming financial year. The exercise comes well ahead of the Budget and is aimed at giving the government…

New Delhi, Aug 29: Jio Platforms Ltd, the digital services arm of Reliance Industries, has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to move ahead with its proposed initial public offering (IPO), setting the stage for what could become India’s largest stock-market listing. According to the…

Osaka, Japan – Many cars and not enough lanes is a recipe for traffic jams. Now, researchers from Japan show that even proteins can get backed up and start behaving poorly when too many try to squeeze too quickly through a small space. In a study that has been published…

New Delhi, Aug 29: India’s foreign exchange reserves rose to a record $729.3 billion in the week ended August 21, giving the country a stronger financial cushion to deal with global economic uncertainty and volatility in the rupee. According to the latest data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),…

Mumbai, August 28, 2026: Indian equities bounced back on Friday, with the benchmark Sensex and Nifty 50 breaking a two-session losing run as investors returned to select sectors, particularly information technology, pharmaceuticals and metals. The Sensex climbed 330.92 points, or 0.43 per cent, to 77,264.51, while the Nifty 50 rose…

Berberine, palmatine, jatrorrhizine, and other protoberberine alkaloids (PBAs) from Huanglian exhibit potent antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer activities. Yet their structural complexity makes scalable production challenging. Plant extraction depends on crop cycles and climate, while chemical synthesis suffers from low regioselectivity and harsh conditions. Heterologous biosynthesis in microbes has been hindered by…

Aug 28: Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman’s visit to Canada and the US from August 25 to September 2, 2026, has renewed focus on strengthening India–Canada economic and financial ties. During her four-day visit to Canada, the Minister is participating in the inaugural India–Canada Economic and…

Aug 28: Over the past month, Rakhi shopping gathered momentum on Meesho, with the platform recording ~36 percentage growth in orders and ~38 percentage growth in GMV compared with the corresponding Rakhi shopping cycle last year.  E-commerce Expands Deeper Into India’s Small Towns  Non-metro India accounted for ~73 percentage of all…