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'Israel to begin negotiations on second phase of Gaza ceasefire deal'

Negotiations for the second phase of the deal were supposed to be under way before the first phase ends on March 2, but Qatar said the talks have not officially started yet.

US becomes India's 5th largest crude oil supplier in Jan as imports surge

Widened sanctions on Moscow by Western countries including the United States have roiled global oil trade and forced buyers of discounted Russian crude to find new ways to maintain their purchases

Nato must decline membership promise to Ukraine: Russia's foreign ministry

Zakharova said that Ukraine needed to return to the position of its 1990 declaration of sovereignty from the Soviet Union, in which Kyiv said that it would become a permanently neutral state

Govt bond yields a tad down, traders stay put before key triggers

The benchmark 10-year yield was at 6.6859%, compared with its previous close of 6.6930%. Indian debt and foreign exchange markets are shut on Wednesday for a local holiday

Gold rises as uncertainties around Trump tariffs fuel safe haven flows

With uncertainty surrounding the global economy and the broader geopolitical landscape in the Trump 2.0 era, gold is set to remain a natural beneficiary of risk-off flows and central bank buying

China tech stocks surge as Xi's meeting fuels hopes of policy shift

Index heavyweight Alibaba surged 3.3 per cent to a near three-year high after state media CCTV showed Xi and Alibaba founder Jack Ma shaking hands at the meeting on Monday

J&J begins critical court hearing over $10 billion baby powder settlement

The judge will listen to supporters and opponents of J&J's bankruptcy proposal in a marathon court hearing that will last until the end of February

Industry body calls for broken rice exports as stocks hit nine times target

India banned exports of 100% broken rice in September 2022 and then imposed curbs on exports of all other rice grades in 2023 after poor rainfall raised concerns over production

Export sector face uncertainty as Trump threatens reciprocal tariffs

To ease trade tension, India has already cut tariffs on several items, for example to 30 per cent on high-end motorcycles from 50 per cent and 100 per cent on bourbon whiskey from 150 per cent

Tiger Brokers adopts DeepSeek model as Chinese brokerages, funds embrace AI

Integration of the DeepSeek-R1 model into TigerGPT follows DeepSeek's meteoric rise which stunned Silicon Valley and triggered a rally in Chinese tech shares on bets of an AI revolution

Thousands of Indian investors lose nearly $100 mn in Ponzi scheme: Police

Indian police arrested two individuals on Saturday after a case was filed against Falcon Invoice Discounting, which promised returns of up to 22 per cent

Banks' infra bond funding to turn expensive as investors seek high returns

Domestic lenders have raised a record Rs 89,200 crore ($10.26 billion) in this financial year, with some, including State Bank of India, likely to tap this route before the fiscal year ends

OpenAI considers special voting rights to guard against hostile takeovers

Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman and board members are evaluating new governance measures as the company transitions to a traditional for-profit structure

HSBC lays off 40 dealmakers in Hong Kong as part of revamp to cut costs

The job cuts in HSBC's regional hub Hong Kong started on Monday, where at least four managing directors were let go, with three of them based in Hong Kong and one in Singapore

Australia backs Virgin-Qatar Airways tie-up, cites improved air services

Virgin Australia is the biggest domestic rival to Qantas Airways, which has ties with Dubai-based Emirates and an arrangement with Finnair to operate flights between Sydney, Bangkok and Singapore

Chinese consumer portal flooded with complaints after BYD's smart EV launch

Over 4,700 complaints were filed against BYD cars between February 11-17 on 12365auto.com, a third-party auto consumer complaints platform, compared with about 150 the week before

Honda ready to revive takeover talks if Nissan CEO Uchida steps down

Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida has expressed his intention to stay until 2026, but is facing pressure to step down in coming months from board members and French partner Renault

Shein exec reassures investors after Trump crackdown on low-value imports

Shein investors include Sequoia Capital, General Atlantic, Declaration Partners, Brookfield, and Claure Group, according to PitchBook

FDA staff reviewing Musk's Neuralink among the employees fired by DOGE

The cuts included about 20 people in the FDA's office of neurological and physical medicine devices, several of whom worked on Neuralink

Southwest Airlines to cut 15% of corporate jobs, remove about 1,750 roles

Layoffs, to be completed substantially by the end of the second quarter, are estimated to net $210 million in savings this year and full-year savings of $300 million in 2026