As Indian markets hit fresh record highs in 2024, with the Sensex blazing past 75,000 and the Nifty moving towards 22,800, they are turning up the heat on global markets, outpacing several emerging and even developed markets.Over the past year alone, Nifty has soared 27 percent, eclipsing the modest 7 percent rise seen in the MSCI Emerging Markets index, which was dragged by Chinese heavyweights l...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are set to hold consecutive Lok Sabha campaign rallies in Cooch Behar, North Bengal, on April 4.They are set to address voters in the same constituency for the first time, a region that has witnessed substantial electoral advancements for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since the 2019 elections.The constituencies of Cooch...

The public issue of Bharti Hexacom had a decent start to day two of bidding on April 4, as investors picked up 1.62 crore shares, or 0.40 times the issue of 4.12 crore shares up for grabs.Retail investors led the race, purchasing 0.61 times the portion reserved for them. Non-institutional investors were second in line after buying 0.46 times the allotted quota, and qualified institutional buyers (...

Market experts expect the strong trend exhibited by mid- and small-cap indices to reverse going into FY25 as concerns of 'frothy' valuations by Sebi and mutual funds' stress test results cast a shadowSmall- and mid-cap indices summarily beat frontline indices in FY24, giving more than double the returns of Nifty 50. However, equity analysts expect the trend to reverse going into the next financial...

Chandrayaan-3 is India's third mission to the moon and is part of the Chandrayaan program developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The mission consists of a Vikram lunar lander and a Pragyan lunar rover, similar to those launched in Chandrayaan-2 in 2019. Chandrayaan-3 aims to demonstrate end-to-end capability in safe landing and roving on the lunar surface. The spacecraft was l...