Shares of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., the parent company of IndiGo, opened 4% lower on Thursday, April 2, after the airline announced a revision in fuel surcharges effective the same day. The revised fuel charge structure is now distance-based, making short-haul travel cheaper while increasing costs for medium and long-haul routes. For domestic routes, fuel surcharges…
As India eyes 2047, health insurance is emerging as critical infrastructure, with policy reforms, tech, and new products driving wider access and financial security. By 2047, India’s defining question may not be how fast it grows, but how securely it sustains that growth. As lifespans lengthen, careers extend, and aspirations rise, progress will increasingly be…
NAGPUR: A roadside “goodwill’ gesture curdled into murder. Three engineering students, who first offered to help a drunk driver, allegedly killed him hours later to grab his red Alto car and phones here. Police said Saturday the trio spotted 44-year-old spare parts supplier Suchit Bhojapure slumped over the steering wheel of his car late Thursday…
Shares of Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd. declined on Thursday, April 2, after the company reported its provisional update for the fourth quarter. The lender’s total business increased 19.68% to ₹33,733 crore from the previous year’s ₹28,219 crore. It also increased sequentially from ₹31,929 crore. Its total deposits were up 16.42% at ₹18,643 crore from ₹16,013 crore…
Banks across India will observe multiple holidays in April 2026. The month will bring a mix of national festivals, regional new year celebrations, and mandatory weekend closures, making it important for customers to plan their financial activities. According to the official schedule released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the month will begin with…
NEW DELHI: A 15-year-old girl, who was stabbed in northeast Delhi’s Seemapuri on Friday, succumbed to injuries at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital on Saturday morning. The accused, a 24-year-old man, died shortly after the incident in a gas cylinder explosion at his residence nearby on Friday evening. The girl was declared dead at the hospital…
NEW DELHI: With 18 days to polling, Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin has sharpened a familiar electoral plank, accusing the Centre of pushing Hindi through CBSE‘s NEP-aligned three-language rollout. Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan hit back, calling the charge a political cover and pitching NEP as a mother-tongue-first, flexible multilingual model. The clash has turned…
Shares of Sun Pharma Ltd. fell as much as 6% on Thursday, April 2, on reports of the Trump administration announcing tariffs on drugmakers. Shares of other pharma companies have also declined along with India’s largest drugmaker. According to a Bloomberg report, the Trump administration plans to announce tariffs on drugmakers who have not struck…
Banks across cities in India will remain closed for four days in a row from March 26 to March 29 due to a combination of festival-related holidays and the standard weekend break. In certain Indian cities, lenders from the public and private sectors will be impacted during this time. The extended holiday stretch is primarily…
NEW DELHI: PM Modi Saturday made his first comments on the govt’s move to implement the women’s reservation law from the next Lok Sabha polls, as he asked women to put pressure on the opposition to ensure related bills are passed in Parliament unopposed, while rejecting as a lie the charge that southern states will…
