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US core capital goods orders drop in Feb amid uncertainty over tariffs

Non-defence capital goods orders excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, dropped 0.3 per cent last month after an upwardly revised 0.9 per cent surge in January

Zelenskyy calls on US to sanction Russia after fresh drone strikes

Moscow said Ukraine had tried to attack a gas storage facility in Russian-occupied Crimea and energy infrastructure in Russia's Kursk and Bryansk regions. It did not report any damage

Dollar Tree to sell Family Dollar for $1 billion to private equity firms

The discount-retail chain, which Dollar Tree bought in 2015 for about $9 billion, will be acquired by Brigade Capital Management and Macellum Capital Management

Indian steel to see impact from EU's import curbs, but local demand strong

EU will reduce import quotas, known as safeguards, limiting the amount of steel that can be imported into the bloc of 27 nations tariff-free

IndusInd Bank raises $2 billion in higher-cost bulk deposits in March

The discrepancies have led to concerns over governance at the bank and the appointment of Grant Thornton to conduct a forensic review into the accounting lapses

Swap market prices in more RBI rate cuts amid weak growth, low inflation

OIS rates, the closest gauge of interest rate expectations, have eased by 10-15 basis points so far in March

Pakistan, China in talks to increase security for Chinese nationals

The push came after a bombing at the Karachi airport last October killed two Chinese engineers who were returning there to work at a power plant

Petrobras to finish analysis of Shapoorji's FPSO appeal in India this week

The Indian company was the only one to bid on chartering a production storage and offloading vessel, known as an FPSO, for Petrobras' Barracuda and Caratinga fields

Zelenskyy says ceasefire accords brokered by US take immediate effect

The Ukrainian leader cautioned that the agreements did not set out a course of action if Russia broke them and that he would appeal directly to the US president if that happened

US FDA approves GSK's 'Blujepa' for treating UTIs in women and girls

The approval was based on data from two late-stage trials showing the drug was superior to nitrofurantoin, the standard-of-care medication introduced in the 1950s

Russia gets US to agree to help lift curbs on food, fertilizer and shipping

The United States further said it had also agreed with Russia and Ukraine to implement a ban on military strikes on each other's energy installations

India considers tariff cuts on half of US imports to protect exports

In an internal analysis, New Delhi estimated such reciprocal tariffs would hit 87 per cent of its total exports to the United States worth $66 billion

Govt slaps Samsung with $601 million tax demand for telecom imports

Samsung was ordered to pay 44.6 billion rupees ($520 million), consisting of unpaid taxes and a penalty of 100%

Gold prices rise on safe-haven demand amid uncertainty over Trump tariffs

Gold, traditionally seen as a hedge against geopolitical and economic uncertainties, has risen more than 15 per cent this year and reached an all-time peak of $3,057.21 on March 20

Govt ends import duty for items needed to make EV batteries, phones

India will exempt from import duty 35 items used to make EV batteries and 28 items used in mobile phone manufacturing

Shadowy China network trying to lure fired US govt workers, shows research

The news agency's attempts to track down the four companies and Smiao Intelligence ran into numerous dead-ends including unanswered phone calls, phone numbers that no longer work

Apple set to avoid EU fine after changes to iPhone browser options

The EU decision will come amid tensions with US President Donald Trump who has threatened to slap tariffs against countries that levy fines against US companies

Indian bond yields stable after record state debt sale, RBI purchase

Indian states raised Rs 722.55 billion ($8.43 billion) through a sale of bonds, the biggest amount ever to be borrowed via a single auction

US consumers reduce spending as inflation, debt rise, reports Synchrony

The belt-tightening indicates that Americans, whose finances are broadly healthy, are preparing for their finances to be more stretched, said Max Axler, chief credit officer of Synchrony

China's DeepSeek releases AI model upgrade, intensifies rivalry with OpenAI

The latest model demonstrates significant improvements in areas such as reasoning and coding capabilities compared to its predecessor