The incidents of enforced disappearances, the safety of religious minorities or lack thereof, and the diminishing rights of women and children have remained a grave cause of concern. The year 2022 was chaotic and fatal for the people in Pakistan. The devastating floods last monsoon led to ex
BSE Sensex went down 71 points to 61,689.38 and NSE Nifty lost 21 points to 18,244.35. The top gainers on Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank, Tata Motors, Power Grid, Bajaj Auto and HCL Tech while the losers were UPL, Dr Reddy, SBIN, Grasim and Adani Ports.
"On inflation, I am with the public that yes, there should not be a burden on them but the Opposition has no right (to speak on it). They should look at their own tenure," Nirmala Sitharaman said while talking to reporters after casting her vote here in the Karnataka Assembly elections.
Going ahead, the release of US and Indian inflation data for April will be keenly watched by the market participants to get a direction. India retail inflation data is expected on Friday.
Fitch Ratings forecasts India's headline inflation to decline, but remain near the upper end of the Reserve Bank of India's 2-6 per cent target band, averaging 5.8 per cent in 2023-24 from 6.7 per cent last year.
The Congress and the Gandhi family have adopted a new strategy for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections -- keeping national issues on the back burner while trying to focus on state issues, including inflation and unemployment.
The consumer food price index (CFPI) in India moderated to 4.79 per cent in March this year, down from 5.95 per cent in February and 7.68 per cent in March 2022
Indian stock indices opened marginally higher Monday after having closed in the red the last session. At the time of writing this report, benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were 0.5 per cent higher each.
Sukhu said, "The mood of the people of Karnataka is moving towards change. For the past 4 years, BJP has been in power in Karnataka and today people are raising questions about employment, inflation, and the schemes that BJP brought in the last 4 years, through which unemployment has increas