Participate and share quick polls on multiple topics at Business Standard.

Polls: Participate in polls Online at Business Standard

After years of relentless growth, equity SIP inflows have shown a rare decline. Is this a warning sign for markets or just a temporary pause? Here’s what shifting investor behaviour, rising gold inter

India revises GDP methodology | Pronab Sen explains what it means

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2026 visit to Israel has elevated bilateral ties to a “Special Strategic Partnership.” From 16 agreements across AI

India is set to release a revised GDP series with FY23 as the new base year, replacing 2011-12.

In this interaction Arnold Su, Vice President – Consumer & Gaming PC, System Business Group, ASUS India shares his insights on India’s PC market and provides tips to excel

The oil-market's worst fears have been realised this week after Hormuz all-but closed to shipping because of the Iran war

Strait of Hormuz

Bloomberg

A sell-off for stocks is slamming Wall Street after careening from Europe and Asia, and oil prices are leaping even higher as rise that the war with Iran is widening and may do more sustained damage to the economy than feared.
The S&P 500 dropped 1.6% in early trading on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 880 points, or 1.8%, and the Nasdaq composite lost 1.8%.
Crude oil prices jumped more than 8% as Iran struck the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia, part of a widening of targets that's also including areas critical to the world's oil and natural gas production. Treasury yields rose.

stock market, market

Press Trust of India

The cumulative gross revenue of telecom service providers crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore mark in the December 2025 quarter to Rs 1.02 lakh crore, according to a report by sector regulator Trai, published on Tuesday.
The gross revenue of telecom service providers (TSPs) was Rs 96,390 crore a year ago and Rs 99,828 crore in the September 2025 quarter.
The adjusted gross revenue (AGR) grew by 8.13 per cent on a year-over-year basis to Rs 84,270 crore in the December 2025 quarter, from Rs 77,934 crore in the same period a year ago.
The adjusted gross revenue (AGR) is derived from the sale of telecom services and government levies, including licence fees and spectrum usage charges.
Access service providers, which are players like Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, etc., accounted for 84.54 per cent of total AGR in the December 2025 quarter.
The AGR data published till the September 2025 quarter by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in the performance indicator repor

telecom, TRAI, Airtel

Trump said the US military "continues to carry out large-scale combat operations in Iran"

Donald Trump, Trump

Business Standard

In his letter Trump said that the strikes were conducted at his direction on February 28 to protect US interests

US Department of State issued a 'depart now' advisory for 14 countries in West Asia, as Secretary of State warned that a harsher phase lay ahead and said the US stood ready to assist citizens

Marco Rubio

Pakistan became the third team after Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe to be officially knocked out of ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 round

The Pakistan cricket team celebrating wicket vs England. Photo: PTI

Dubai authorities said the fire was brought under control and four people were hospitalised, as reports of explosions surfaced and US President Trump spoke with Israel's Prime Minister

Palm Jumeirah

Finance Ministry sources say probe has flagged GST evasion, shell entities and payment aggregators in alleged banned online gaming operations, leading to arrest of a senior bank official

Rishi Gupta, MD & CEO, Fino Payments Bank, BFSI Summit

In absolute numbers, the net GST revenue is the third highest in the last six months after January at ₹1.70 trn and October at ₹1.69 trn

gst registration, fast-track gst, gst 2.0, automatic gst approval, small businesses gst, simplified gst scheme, nirmala sitharaman, gst onboarding

The beginning of what could be a multi-decade journey has been made. It will be a slow, consistent process, not a hasty one that may cause disruptions

rupee, indian rupee

Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles on Sunday reported a 35 per cent growth in total sales to 63,331 units in February against 46,811 units in the same month of the last year.
Domestic PV sales stood at 62,329 units last month as against 46,435 units in the year-ago period, a growth of 34 per cent, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd said in a regulatory filing.
PV sales in the international market stood at 1,002 units last month against 376 units in February 2025.
Total sales of electric vehicles in the international and domestic market increased 57 per cent to 8,385 units from 5,343 units in February 2025, the company said.

In this Section

All

Iraq starts shutting major oil fields as Hormuz crisis halts exports

Dow drops 1.8% as global stocks slide, oil leaps as Iran war intensifies

Telecom firms' gross revenue crosses ₹1 trillion in December quarter: Trai

Read

Shared

Commented

Iran operations may last 4-5 weeks, could go much longer: Donald Trump

Trump sends official notification to US Congress on Operation Epic Fury

US asks Americans to leave West Asian countries amid escalating conflict