India's COVID-19 situation 'beyond heartbreaking': WHO chief

Highlighting that several countries are still experiencing intense COVID-19 transmission, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that situation in India is......

Trouble brews for MP's Chouhan as farmers prep for new agitation

A countrywide call for a ‘gram bandh’ between June 1 and 10 is set to be centred on Mandsaur district of the state. A year after a massive farmers’ agitation roiled western......

Cyclone Phailin: 3 killed, 18 fishermen stranded off Odisha coast

At least three persons died on Saturday after uprooted trees fells on them in Odisha ahead of Cyclone Phailin's landfall at Gopalpur. While a 35-year-old man of Garama village in Jagatsinghpur......

Cyclone to hit Odisha: Thousands fleeing port towns; pujo festivities dampened

Carrying their baggage, thousands of people are leaving the port town of Paradip to escape the wrath of the severe cyclonic storm 'Phailin' which is expected to make landfall in Odisha in less than......

FPIs from Mauritius to face greater scrutiny after tax treaty revision

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) from Mauritius may face higher scrutiny after the amendment in the India-Mauritius tax treaty introduced a principle purpose test (PPT) to prevent treaty abuse by......

Sensex, Nifty tank over 1% on concerns over Middle East conflict

Stock markets took a beating on Monday with benchmark Sensex and Nifty tumbling over 1 per cent as escalating conflict in the Middle East and weak trends from global markets unnerved investors.......

Jefferies sees fiscal pressure building, warns of choppy mkts

Fiscal pressure for the Indian economy is gradually rising, suggested analysts at Jefferies in a recent note, as oil prices (Brent) — which are close to the $100 a barrel mark —......

Mind the gap as G-sec and Nifty earnings yield enters danger zone

Following a more than 15 per cent surge in the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty 50 from this year’s lows, the spread between the 10-year government security (G-sec) and the Nifty earnings......

Why I think Sunny Paaji should retire as commentator

'Ramchandra Guha has sent down an express delivery at Sunil Gavaskar, the great batsman who seldom wore a helmet while facing the fastest of fast bowlers.' 'Gavaskar may have easily ducked the......