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👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website MUMBAI: After a relatively firm Feb, the rupee is likely to start March on a volatile note as global capital shifts toward safe-haven assets amid escalating tensions in the Gulf region. Dealers expect pressure to build from both portfolio outflows and concerns over India’s trade deficit and energy supplies,…

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) will enhance surveillance and enforcement on market manipulators and cyber fraudsters through technology and use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to widen the reach of its investor awareness programmes, its Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey told The Hindu in an interview. He said SEBI aims to have “optimum regulation” in…

RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra addresses a press conference after the announcement of the sixth and final bi-monthly monetary policy for the current fiscal year in Mumbai on February 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Friday (February 6, 2026) said the key policy rates will remain at low levels for…

  In the last three years, the Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to scholars who have shown that institutions, including social institutions, matter for economic development. This thesis is not novel, but its recognition is particularly relevant to India, where differentiation and discrimination based on caste and gender continue to persist in the…

Global oil markets are heading into a volatile phase as escalating tensions in the Middle East raise fears of supply disruption through one of the world’s most critical energy corridors, with analysts warning that crude prices could surge sharply if the conflict deepens.Khamenei’s death, confirmed by Iranian state media earlier, triggered warnings about strong retaliation…

The Government has extended the deadline for submitting bids for India’s largest oil and gas acreage offering for a fourth time, granting potential investors an additional three months, the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons said. “Bid submission closing date for OALP Bid Round X (has been) extended till May 29, 2026,” DGH said on its website….

The story so far: Global oil markets are bracing for a potential upward price shock as trade resumes Monday (March 2, 2026) amidst escalation of hostilities in West Asia, as Israel and its ally United States (U.S.) launched air strikes against Iran on Saturday (February 28, 2026), with Tehran acting in retaliation. More importantly for…

Tankers are seen at the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, the only natural deep-sea port in the region and one of the major container ports in the Sharjah Emirate, along the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway through which one-fifth of global oil output passes on June 23, 2025. Giuseppe Cacace | AFP | Getty Images Oil…

OPEC+ on Sunday announced a higher-than-expected increase in oil production quotas, days after US and Israeli strikes on Tehran triggered Iranian retaliation across the Middle East, according to AFP.The oil producers’ group, which includes Saudi Arabia, Russia and several Gulf states affected by the escalation, said it had “agreed on a production adjustment of 206…

Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Gross GST collection increased 8.1% to over ₹1.83 lakh crore in February, led by higher growth in revenues from imports. Gross domestic revenue rose 5.3% to about ₹1.36 lakh crore, while gross import revenue climbed 17.2% to ₹47,837 crore. 👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website…