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India’s rice stocks in government warehouses rose 15 per cent year-on-year to a record high at the start of June, while wheat inventories climbed to their highest level in five years following strong procurement from farmers, according to official data.State reserves of rice, including unmilled paddy, stood at a record 68.43 million metric tonnes as … Read more

NEW DELHI: In late 2020, during a pandemic-induced gap period before starting their freshman year at Stanford, Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra incorporated Kiranakart Technologies in Mumbai. After a pivot from a traditional grocery aggregator model to a hyper-local dark store network in mid-2021, they chose to officially drop out of their deferred university seats … Read more

The reopening of the waterway would also allow oil tankers currently stranded in the Persian Gulf to resume deliveries to consuming markets. (AI image) US-Iran peace deal signing and the full opening of the Strait of Hormuz, if it goes through, will bode well for availability of crude oil supplies globally. Crude oil supplies could … Read more

Gold can extend its rally further in the short-term as oil prices remain under pressure. (AI image) Gold price prediction today: Gold prices may rise in the near-term as oil prices ease but the US Federal Reserve’s meeting is an important thing to watch, says Praveen Singh, Head Currencies and Commodities, Mirae Asset ShareKhan.Gold Performance: … Read more

The heat in the Middle East appears to be finally cooling after over 3 months as the US and Iran have reached a tentative agreement to end the war. The conflict rattled energy and financial markets around the world as the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for global oil trade, was disrupted, affecting over … Read more

Top stocks to buy today (AI image) Stock market recommendations: Somil Mehta, Head of Retail Research at Mirae Asset Sharekhan recommends buying Oberoi Realty, HDFC Life Insurance, Blue Star, and Phoenix Mills as the technical top stocks for today, June 16, 2026:Oberoi RealtyBuy: ₹1673–1674 | Stop Loss: ₹1589 | Target: ₹1768Oberoi Realty has been trading … Read more

After weeks of turmoil that rattled energy markets, oil was trading around $80 per barrel mark on Tuesday as the Middle East chaos has shown signs of cooling down. However, the benchmarks were still trading higher than Monday, as details of the peace deal remains in shadows.Around 7:15 am IST, WTI crude was trading at … Read more

Morgan Stanley maintained its overweight rating on Reliance Industries with the target price maintained at Rs 1,803. The stock is the top pick among the analysts at the brokerage house. They said the energy security policies and tighter refining markets are the reasons keeping product spreads structurally stronger for longer. The company’s oil to chemicals … Read more

Mercedes-Benz is set to take a fresh 1-2% price hike in India to cope with exchange rate volatility and broader war-related cost pressures even as it is pushing a new variant of its top-end S-class model into the market to widen choice for consumers amid slow EV adoption.The company has taken a total of up … Read more

MUMBAI: India’s balance of payments swung from a surplus of $0.5 billion in April 2025 to a deficit of $ 6.6 billion in April 2026, even as the current account moved into surplus during the period. The current account recorded a surplus of $4.7 billion in April 2026 compared with a deficit of $4.8 billion … Read more