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A private security guard stands in front of the regional head office of oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) in Kolkata. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bharat Petroleum plans to invest ₹25,000 crore over the next five years into its city gas distribution (CGD) network, informed Rahul Tandon, Business Head for Gas with State-owned refiner,…

Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan with Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Rajiv Ranjan Singh at an exhibition during the inauguration of the 96th Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Foundation and Technology Day, in New Delhi, on July 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Agriculture and…

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla plans to reports fourth-quarter earnings for 2025 after the bell on Wednesday. Here what Wall Street is expecting for the quarter, according to…

View of the refinery El Palito in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo state, Venezuela on January 22, 2026. (Photo by Ronaldo SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty Images) Ronaldo Schemidt | Afp | Getty Images There is a long road ahead to restoring Venezuela’s crude oil production to its former levels. Following the capture of Venezuela President Nicolás…

Homes in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, US, on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. Zak Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images After dropping sharply, mortgage interest rates rose last week for the first time in a month. That pushed total mortgage demand down 8.5% compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted…

A woman walks past an Allbirds store in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., Feb. 16, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shoe brand Allbirds on Wednesday became the latest retailer to shift its focus from physical stores to online retail to increase profitability. The company announced that it will close its remaining…

👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website MUMBAI: Star Health and Allied Insurance reported a sharp jump in profitability in the December quarter, with net profit rising more than four-fold, aided by higher premium growth, improved underwriting performance and a surge in investment income.The Chennai-based standalone health insurer posted a profit after tax of Rs 449…

 At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 91.60 and touched an early high of 91.50, but pared the gains to touch an intra-day low of 91.83 against the greenback | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee pared initial gains and settled for the day in the negative territory, down 11 paise at 91.79 (provisional)…

The manufacturing sector grew 8.1% in December 2025, marginally slower than the 25-month high of 8.5% seen in November. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Growth in industrial activity accelerated to a 26-month high of 7.8% in December 2025, driven by strong performances across sectors including manufacturing, electricity, and the consumer goods sectors, official data released…

Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday (January 28, 2026) suggested that the upcoming Budget should be integrated with a longer-term vision to make the Indian economy more resilient and independent, while accelerating growth, as the world is passing through an ‘extremely dangerous time’. In an interview with PTI Videos, Mr….