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Apple leads global tech rally as Trump spares key chipmakers from tariffs

Trump said the new tariff rate would apply to "all chips and semiconductors coming into the United States," but would not apply to companies that had made a commitment to manufacture in the US

LIC Q1 results: Profit up 5% to ₹10,987 cr on strong policy renewals

Profit after tax for the country's biggest insurer rose to 109.87 billion rupees ($1.26 billion) for the quarter ended June 30 from 104.61 billion rupees a year earlier

Swiss govt calls emergency meeting as Trump hits goods with 39% tariff

An urgent meeting of the seven-member Federal Council - Switzerland's governing cabinet - would take place in Bern in the early afternoon, the government said a post on X

JSW Steel seeks higher met coke import quota to ease supply shortfall

India, the world's second-biggest crude steel producer, in June extended country-specific import quotas of so-called met coke for six months to the end of December

Asian shares rise on Wall Street rally, strong earnings, Fed cut bets

At the same time, markets largely shook off Trump's latest tariff moves, including an additional 25 per cent tariff on India over purchases of Russian oil

White House plans increase in law enforcement as Trump eyes DC takeover

The threat - and the move to follow through on it - is the latest step by Trump and his administration toward taking over running the city

Trump says 'great progress' made in envoy Witkoff's meeting with Putin

Trump says 'great progress' made in envoy Witkoff's meeting with Putin

US to impose secondary Russia sanctions on Friday despite Putin meeting

Witkoff met Putin for around three hours on a last-minute mission to seek a breakthrough in the 3-1/2-year war that began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

India refiners wait for govt order on Russian oil purchases: Report

US President Donald Trump has criticised India's Russian oil purchases, arguing they help fund Moscow's war in Ukraine

Oil prices seesaw as US Secy questions potential Russia sanctions

Oil prices hit five-week lows as markets await US sanctions decision on Russia. Tariffs on India, crude inventory draw, and Opec+ supply plans also influence Brent and WTI price movements

Bhel Q1 results: Loss widens 114% to ₹455 crore as power demand dips

The manufacturer's net loss more than doubled to ₹455 crore ($52 million) in the quarter ended June 30, from ₹213 crore a year earlier

PVR Inox narrows losses as hits like 'F1' boost footfalls, revenue

Footfalls in cinema halls have been pressured by weak urban consumption, an uneven slate of film releases and growing competition from streaming platforms

Bayer CropScience Q1 results: Profit grew 9.6% to 279 cr; revenue up 17.4%

The Indian unit of German drugs and pesticides maker Bayer AG posted a profit of 2.79 million rupees ($31,834.8) for the three months ended June 30, compared with 2.54 billion rupees a year earlier

Coal India modifies long-term supply deals to allow power sale on exchanges

The move would enable consistent demand for coal, Coal India said in the notice dated August 6, which was reviewed by Reuters

India's forex reserves fall $9 billion to $689 bn reflecting rupee defence

The rupee slid 1.18 per cent against the dollar in the week through August 1, marking its sharpest weekly decline in nearly three years

Missed signals, rising tensions: How India-US trade talks fell apart

New Delhi is now left with the surprise imposition of a 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods from Friday, along with unspecified penalties over oil imports from Russia

Hiroshima warns against nuclear weapons as it marks 80 years since A-bomb

The western Japanese city of Hiroshima was levelled on Aug 6, 1945, when the United States dropped a uranium bomb nicknamed "Little Boy", killing about 78,000 people instantly

Asian shares slide as weak US data, Trump tariffs rattle sentiment

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slipped 0.2 per cent, while Japan's Nikkei eked out a small 0.2 per cent gain

Oil prices dip as Opec+ output rise counters Russia disruption worries

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, together known as Opec+, agreed on Sunday to raise oil production by 547,000 barrels per day for September

Nayara exports first fuel cargo after EU sanctions, tanker heads to Oman

A second vessel, the Sard, is currently at the western Indian port of Vadinar used by Nayara, set to lift about 43,000 tons of diesel