The rupee surged 67 paise to close at 95.18 against the US dollar on Friday, supported by a sharp fall in global crude oil prices after US President Donald Trump signalled that a deal with Iran could be imminent, PTI reported.A positive trend in domestic equity markets and weakness in the US currency further aided…
Elon Musk has become the world’s first trillionaire on Friday after SpaceX made its stock market debut on Nasdaq.The company’s shares jumped over 21 per cent shortly after listing, lifting Musk’s estimated fortune above the $1 trillion mark, according to Bloomberg. The bulk of his wealth exists on paper, rather than cash, derived primarily from…
How do you measure a trillion dollars? Start with the zeroes. A trillion is written as $1,000,000,000,000 — a one followed by 12 zeroes. Yet even that barely captures its scale. As SpaceX’s market debut pushes Elon Musk towards what could become the world’s first trillion-dollar personal fortune, the number is so large that it…
India’s king of fruits is sweet, fragrant and beloved across continents. Every summer, Alphonso, Kesar, Dasheri, Langra and Chausa mangoes trigger memories of family gatherings, school vacations and seasonal indulgence.Yet India’s position in global trade tells a very different story.For a country that dominates global production, it contributes only about 2-3 per cent of global…
Not very long ago, a railway journey in India often began with a queue.Passengers would visit reservation counters, wait for printed tickets, check paper charts pasted outside coaches and rely on station inquiry windows for information about delays or platform changes.Today, much of that experience fits inside a smartphone. A passenger can book a ticket,…
US stocks drifted on Friday as falling oil prices supported sentiment, while investors turned their attention to the highly anticipated stock market debut of SpaceX, a closely watched test of appetite for artificial intelligence-related investments, according to AP.The S&P 500 rose 0.1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 270 points, or 0.5%, as of…
India’s edible oil imports increased 6.7 per cent year-on-year to nearly 13.39 lakh tonnes in May, driven mainly by higher shipments of crude soyabean oil, industry body Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) said on Friday, reported news agency PTI.According to SEA data, edible oil imports rose to 13,38,936 tonnes in May 2026 from 12,54,883…
US equities looked set to extend their recovery on Friday, while crude oil prices fell more than 3% after President Donald Trump said progress had been made in efforts to bring an end to the conflict involving Iran. Ahead of the opening bell, futures linked to the S&P 500 were up 0.6%, while Dow Jones…
India’s foreign exchange reserves declined by $711 million to $681.610 billion in the week ended June 5, dragged down by a sharp fall in foreign currency assets, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday, PTI reported.The decline follows an increase of $938 million in the previous reporting week, when…
Retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 3.93% in May 2026 from 3.48% in April, according to data released by the government on Friday.Food inflation also increased during the month, with the Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI)-based inflation rate rising to 4.78% from 4.20% in April, the government data showed.The CPI…