From soaps to biscuits, your grocery bill may be headed higher againDabur India anticipates price hikes in Q1 FY27 due to persistent inflationary pressures, particularly in packaging materials, driven by Mid...
08 May, 2026, 02.20 PM IST
Maersk CEO sees passing higher oil shock costs to customersA.P. Moller-Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc stated the Iran war is increasing costs by $500 million monthly. These expenses will be passed to cust...
08 May, 2026, 10.59 AM IST
Earnings vs signals: Q4 results may matter more than they lookThe March quarter earnings season arrives at an inflection point, with stable numbers masking underlying economic shifts. Escalation of the...
15 Apr, 2026, 03.59 PM IST
Shelter from Spike 'n' Supply Storm: West Asia tensions test India Inc’s resilience to energy shocksEscalating tensions in West Asia highlight India’s vulnerability to energy and logistics disruptions. Even without supply cuts, higher frei...
14 Apr, 2026, 11.35 PM IST
Crude above $100: The danger zone for Indian stocks and why the next 2 weeks are criticalIndia's market resilience faces a countdown as crude oil hovers above $100 a barrel. Geojit's Dr. V K Vijayakumar warns that a prolonged sp...
07 Apr, 2026, 09.00 AM IST
Decline in freight movement in November due to slower industrial activity, says CrisilCRISFrex captures the changes in freight rates on a sequential basis. "What makes it the first-of-its-kind in India is that it also tracks ...
03 Dec, 2021, 11.32 AM IST
Railways plans to lower cost of goods transportThe planned incentives will effectively lower transportation costs for commodities such as coal, steel, cement, fertilisers, food grain and...
29 Mar, 2018, 11.59 PM IST
Credit Suisse maintains underperform rating on Ashok LeylandFurther, the brokerage stated that cement companies have indicated that road has been forced to cut freight rates in order to match the red...
05 Aug, 2016, 05.58 PM IST
Rail passengers unlikely to benefit from diesel price cutReduction in diesel price is unlikely to be passed on to rail passengers as cross- subsidisation burden is still hovering around Rs 26,000 ...
22 Dec, 2014, 07.19 PM IST
South Central Railway expects freight earnings growth on ban on coal, iron ore miningTo maintain the growth in freight earnings, South Central Railway (SCR) has set a target of loading 120 million tonnes (MT), an addition of...
07 Nov, 2014, 10.20 PM IST
- In a first, Japan to study carbon emission reduction in WDFC
Japan has launched a study of carbon emission reduction in the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor to facilitate the Railways to earn carbon...
15 Feb, 2013, 07.39 PM IST
- Fare Play: Keeping track of railways books
Freight Operations – Outside the budget announcement of “no change in freight rates” IR revises certain rates and rationalises the freight ...
30 Jun, 2009, 02.48 AM IST
- Lalu signals end for freight freebies
Lalu Yadav has attempted to deftly marry pragmatism with populism on the freight front to keep India Inc happy without actually giving anyt...
27 Feb, 2008, 09.00 PM IST
- Budget 2008: Railway fares set to fall further
Setting the tone for an 'Election Budget', Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav is likely to reduce both passenger fares and freight rates. P...
22 Feb, 2008, 09.05 AM IST
- Lalu wagon steams ahead; freight rates may dip by 5%
Transport of coal, fertilisers and iron ore by rail is likely to turn cheaper by 3-5%. An announcement to this effect is expected in the 20...
23 Jan, 2008, 01.06 AM IST
- Railway fares to remain unchanged
There will be no reduction in rail fares and freight tariff, railway minister Lalu Prasad said Wednesday.
09 Nov, 2006, 01.35 AM IST
- No cut in rail fares, freight tariff: Lalu
There will be no reduction in rail fares and freight tariff, railway minister Lalu Prasad said on Wednesday.
08 Nov, 2006, 09.40 PM IST