Q4 hit but private capital spending
However, fresh investment plans in India halved to ₹8.6 trillion during the West Asia conflict-hit January-March 2026 quarter compared to over ₹16 trillion in the previous three quarters, according to investment tracking firm Projects Today, but the value of new projects rose 32 per cent to ₹58.25 trillion in FY2026 from ₹44.15 trillion in FY2025….
All set to become ‘Bharat Flixbus’
Global travel-tech firm Flixbus, which provides long-distance bus and train services, expects India to become its biggest market in terms of passenger numbers by 2030, according to a senior company official. The company, which entered the Indian market in February 2024, currently offers only intercity bus services in India and plans to further expand its…
Why is there still a shortage of big Audis in India?
Growing economy and domestic companies – the paradox It is ironical that India is on the verge of becoming the third largest economy; Its accounting industry is dominated by large foreign networks or their Indian affiliates. Major Indian companies rely on foreign networks’ audit methodology, intellectual capital and technology platforms without being accountable to…
‘They alone don’t matter much’: Mother
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday attacked the seven Rajya Sabha members who quit AAP through a Pakistan analogy, saying that according to him, the importance of each defector is very little. In a sarcastic post on His comments came a day after he called the seven turncoats traitors. In a surprise move on…
Who is Ashok Mittal? former aap mp
Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab and founder-chancellor of Lovely Professional University (LPU) Ashok Mittal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday. This comes just days after Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on his premises and weeks after his rise in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The 62-year-old’s defection marks a sharp turn in his political…
BJP’s alliance in Andhra is tied in a bind
But he was not alone. YSR Congress leader and Mr Naidu’s rival in the state Jagan Mohan Reddy also attacked the opposition over the bill while supporting the BJP. Mr Reddy has targeted the TDP and Mr Naidu, almost never the BJP, especially after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Glowing explanations like pending Enforcement Directorate…
Energy crisis hits RIL’s Q4 net;
Reliance Industries (RIL) results for the January-March 2026 quarter reflect the adverse impact of the ongoing West Asia conflict on India Inc’s operations and earnings. India’s most valuable company, with a market capitalization of about ₹18 trillion, reported a double-digit decline in net profit on both a consolidated (attributable to company owners) and standalone basis…
America’s bid for energy supremacy
Additional work by Jana Toushinski Oil and gas tanker location and destination data are from Kepler. The map shows the latest status for vessels with active AIS signals on 19–20 April, filtered by minimum capacity limit: crude tankers of at least 50,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT); Oil product tankers of at least 55,000 DWT; Oil/chemical tankers…
Raghav Chaddha joins BJP
Rajya Sabha member from Punjab Raghav Chadha resigned from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday after months of tension with the party leadership. He said that his own party had tried to silence him. Chadha will join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal. Addressing a press conference, he…
India likely to hand over the keys
The government has taken up a proposal to disinvest India Ports Global’s (IPGL) stake in India Ports Global Chabahar Free Zone (IPGCFZ) to an Iranian entity, an official in the know said. India’s activities at the Iranian port will remain sanctions-free until Sunday, and it is eyeing an arrangement where a local entity would take…
