S Dinakar, Business Standard

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China Snaps Up Iran Oil, India Misses
Rediff.com4 Apr 2026

Indian refiners have access to only limited Iranian volumes compared with Russian oil,...

Jio IPO Set To Break All Records
Rediff.com4 Apr 2026

Only 2.5 per cent of the equity in Jio Platforms will be offloaded through the OFS...

Goldman Cuts India Market Outlook
Rediff.com27 Mar 2026

Goldman Sachs has materially lowered its earnings growth forecast for Indian companies...

Hiring Outlook Brightens for FY27
Rediff.com26 Mar 2026

Hiring demand strongest in ecommerce, tech startups, healthcare, and energy sectors,...

New truncated gas allocation regime still faces a large LNG shortfall
Rediff.com20 Mar 2026

India's plans to ration the consumption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied...

'No Governance Issue In HDFC Bank'
Rediff.com20 Mar 2026

'Being an important institution in the banking system, we are subject to regulatory...

'You End Up Firefighting': Finance Minister
Rediff.com26 Feb 2026

'Uncertainty level A in the morning, uncertainty level B in the afternoon. If I answer...

'India Is A Reverse AI Trade Globally'
Rediff.com25 Feb 2026

'The day that the market realises that they've overspent (on AI) and there's a sudden...

AI Can Make India World's Creative Capital
Rediff.com21 Feb 2026

'Not the back office for the world's content. The leader. The standard-setter.'

India Faces Russian Oil Squeeze After US Deal
Rediff.com12 Feb 2026

Replacing over a third of India's oil imports at competitive rates is going to be a...

India Will Continue To Buy Russian Oil
Rediff.com6 Feb 2026

'No one can or will bar India from pursuing its energy goals as it wishes.' 'The US FTA...

India Suffers While China, EU Buy Russian Oil
Rediff.com7 Jan 2026

India has gained the least since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and was...

Northern Borders 'Stable Yet Sensitive': Defence Ministry
Rediff.com3 Jan 2026

The deployment of the army in all sectors along the Line of Actual Control, the de...

3.84 Trillion Spent On These Weapons...
Rediff.com2 Jan 2026

The largest tranche came in July, in the wake of Operation Sindoor, with the DAC...

Is India Still Buying Russian Oil?
Rediff.com17 Dec 2025

Indian private sector and State-run refiners continued to receive crude oil from...

SIM-Binding Standoff: Telcos Vs Apps
Rediff.com17 Dec 2025

App-based communication services providers and Indian telcos are at loggerheads over...

Trai Launches Digital Consent Pilot
Rediff.com11 Dec 2025

A national rollout will take place after the pilot test in which SBI, PNB, Axis Bank,...

Sebi Eases IPO Lock-In Rules
Rediff.com14 Nov 2025

Sebi has proposed allowing depositories to mark such pledged shares as...

'Don't Consider Gold, Silver As Asset Classes'
Rediff.com11 Nov 2025

'An asset must generate income. Equities yield dividends, bonds pay coupons, deposits...

Oil companies breathe easy as Saudi cuts LPG price
Rediff.com10 Nov 2025

Saudi Arabia's steep cut in LPG benchmark prices has pushed India's household LPG...