Shell to buy Canada's ARC in output-boosting $16.4 billion dealShell's bold $16.4 billion acquisition of ARC Resources, a Canadian energy powerhouse, is poised to reshape the landscape of the oil and ga...
27 Apr, 2026, 06.49 PM IST
The simple yet powerful plan India could follow to ward off impacts of Iran-like disastersIran war: As geopolitical tensions continue with the looming threat of a restart of the conflict in Iran, India finds itself at a crossroad...
24 Apr, 2026, 08.55 AM IST
UK home asking prices post bigger-than-usual slide, Rightmove saysAsking prices for British homes have seen a larger-than-usual monthly fall, potentially reflecting pre-budget market uncertainty. Rightmove...
15 Dec, 2025, 03.12 PM IST
European shares recover as US rate-cut hopes lift sentiment; Ukraine talks in focusMeanwhile, the U.S. and Ukraine are set to continue work on a plan on Monday, after agreeing to modify an earlier proposal that was widely ...
24 Nov, 2025, 02.57 PM IST
UK to levy $655 million of new tariffs on low-value importsBritain's finance minister, Rachel Reeves, plans to collect 500 million pounds yearly. This will happen by ending a tariff exemption on imp...
22 Nov, 2025, 07.03 AM IST
IMF says UK should not scrap twice-yearly economic forecastsIn a recent advisory, the International Monetary Fund has urged the United Kingdom to maintain its biannual economic forecasts. However, th...
15 Oct, 2025, 08.47 PM IST
UK bond yields jump again on US data surprise and budget worriesBritish government bond yields surged following stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth data, intensifying concerns about the UK's fisc...
26 Sep, 2025, 07.57 AM IST
What is the summary of UK mini-Budget 2022? Details hereThe mini-budget looks like it was 'mini' just for the name. There have been cuts in income tax, bankers' bonus cap, stamp duty, and tax on ...
23 Sep, 2022, 05.57 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman takes tablet in bahi-khata style red pouch to Parliament to present BudgetSitharaman, India's first full-time woman Finance Minister, had in July 2019 ditched the colonial legacy of a Budget Briefcase for the trad...
01 Feb, 2022, 11.37 AM IST
When is Budget 2022, who will present it, and other detailsThe Budget will be presented around 11 am on February 1st 2022 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament. The Union Budget is a ...
13 Dec, 2021, 01.14 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman replaces Swadeshi 'bahi khata' with tablet as Union budget goes digitalThe Finance Minister was seen carrying a tablet kept inside a red coloured cover with a golden coloured national emblem embossed on it.
01 Feb, 2021, 10.02 AM IST
The man who created India's first-ever budgetJames Wilson was also behind the introduction of the income tax act, a move that led to much controversy.
18 Jun, 2019, 08.41 PM IST
Railway budget's 92-year-old journey set to end in 2017There will be no separate railway budget, putting an end to practice that started in 1924, with FM agreeing to merge it with the budget.
13 Aug, 2016, 03.30 PM IST
Scrap railway budget, recommends Niti Aayog panelNiti Aayog was mandated by the Prime Minister's Office to work out a detailed plan for integration of rail budget with the general budget.
22 Jun, 2016, 12.35 PM IST
Diageo's Indian-origin CEO gets pay cut; no hike this year tooDiageo's total sales declined by over 8 per cent to 13.98 billion British pounds in 2013-14, while profits fell by about 15 per cent to 2.1...
17 Aug, 2014, 01.37 PM IST
- New Rs 5 coins to commemorate 150th year of CAG
The RBI will shortly put in circulation new coins of Rs 5 denomination to commemorate 150th yr of Comptroller and Auditor General of India ...
25 May, 2012, 06.58 PM IST
- Britain slashes growth forecast to 2.6 per cent in 2011
Britain slashed its 2011 economic growth forecast to 2.6 per cent, and cut its annual public borrowing estimate to 155 billion pounds, in t...
14 Jun, 2010, 03.09 PM IST