External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday hit back at Western media's remarks on Indian democracy, saying that their criticism stems from a misplaced sentiment that they are political players in our elections."I get a lot of these noises from the Western press and if they criticize our democracy, it's not because they lack information. It is because they think they are also political playe...

FinNifty put options across various strikes from 20700 to 21400 saw an alarming surge on the afternoon of April 23 expiry day, climbing as much as 20 times in just one minute, whereas the underlying FinNifty index fell less than 50 points at the same time.At 1:05 pm, the FinNifty 20900 put option spiked from Rs 0.5 to Rs 9; similarly, 21000 PE jumped from Rs 0.95 to Rs 10, as seen in the 1-minute ...

Tata Consumer Products: The FMCG company recorded a consolidated net profit of Rs 268 crore for the quarter ended March FY24, declining sharply by 23 percent compared to the same period last fiscal despite healthy operating numbers, and topline, impacted by an exceptional loss of Rs 216 crore. Revenue from operations grew by 9 percent year over year to Rs 3,927 crore for the quarter. EBITDA increa...

The Gujarat State Petronet share traded 3 percent higher early on April 24 in a huge relief for investors after the stock crashed 24 percent over four sessions after the regulator slashed the tariff for its high-pressure network, triggering downgrades by a string of brokerages.The gains came despite analysts at UBS downgrading the stock to “sell” and slashing the price target, saying the tarif...

All NSE sectoral indices were trading higher except Nifty FMCG which was dragged by Tata Consumer Products. Nifty media led the gains, rising over 1 percent.Indian equity markets open on a positive note mirroring overnight surge in US markets and subsequent gains in Asian equities on April 23. At 09:16 am, the Sensex was up 205.86 points or 0.28 percent at 73,944, and the Nifty was up 45.90 points...