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India adds 2.1 crore new investors in FY26 despite recent slowdown: NSE report

May 1, 2025 revoi editor

India’s stock markets saw the addition of 2.1 crore new investors in the financial year 2025–26, marking a robust 23.2% growth in investor registrations, according to the latest report from the National Stock Exchange (NSE). While the overall annual growth was strong, the report highlighted a slowdown in momentum in recent months. In March 2025, […]

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Roving Periscope: After Gaza and Ukraine failures, the US now urges India, Pak to de-escalate

May 1, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After his efforts to bring peace in Gaza and Ukraine failed to bear tangible fruit so far, US President Donald Trump’s administration has urged Pakistan and India to de-escalate tension that has gripped the two countries after the April 22 massacre at Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, carried out by Islamabad-backed […]

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Trade & tariffs: Trump hopes for “potential deals” with India, S. Korea, and Japan

May 1, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After waging a fierce trade war against multiple countries, including China, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he has “potential trade deals” with India, South Korea, and Japan—all viewed as anti-Beijing—the media reported on Thursday. In remarks at an ‘Investing in America’ event in Washington, D.C., he said he […]

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APSEZ records all-time high PAT of ₹11,061 Cr in FY25, up 37%

May 1, 2025 revoi editor

Ahmedabad, 1 May 2025: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ) announced results for the quarter and twelve months ending 31st March, 2025. Particulars (₹ Cr) Q4 FY25 Q4 FY24 YoY FY25 FY24 YoY Cargo (MMT) 118 109 8% 450 420 7% Revenue 8,488 6,897 23% 31,079 26,711 16% EBITDA 5,006 4,044 24% 19,025 […]

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US economy contracts in the first quarter

May 1, 2025 revoi editor

The U.S. economy contracted for the first time in three years in the first quarter, swamped by a flood of imports as businesses raced to avoid higher costs from tariffs and underscoring the disruptive nature of President Donald Trump’s often chaotic trade policy. The Commerce Department’s advance gross domestic product (GDP) report on Wednesday, however, […]

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Ukraine, US sign minerals deal sought by Trump

May 1, 2025 revoi editor

Ukraine and the U.S. on Wednesday signed a deal heavily promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump that will give the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals deals and fund investment in Ukraine’s reconstruction. The two countries signed the accord in Washington after months of sometimes fraught negotiations, with uncertainty persisting until the last […]

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PM Modi chairs 46th PRAGATI meeting, reviews projects worth ₹90,000 crore

May 1, 2025 revoi editor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired the 46th edition of PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation), a multi-modal ICT-based platform for coordinated governance involving the centre and states. During the session, the Prime Minister reviewed eight critical infrastructure projects valued at over ₹90,000 crore. The reviewed projects included three major road projects, two from […]

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Security: Amid Pak tensions, India revamps NSAB with ex-RAW chief as its head

April 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A week after Pakistan-based Islamist terrorists killed at least 26 Hindu tourists at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, and war cries escalated in both the countries, India on Wednesday revamped the crucial National Security Advisory Board (NSAB), for the first time after 2018, the media reported. Alok Joshi, the former […]

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Gold: As prices skyrocket, demand falls by 15% in three months, says WGC

April 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India, believed to be the world’s largest gold consumer, has seen its demand for the yellow metal fall by 15 percent this year because of skyrocketing prices, the World Gold Council (WGC) has said. This decline in sales volume was offset by a 22 percent surge (in rupee terms) in […]

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Ukraine: N. Korea sent up to 15k soldiers of whom 600 died, says S. Korea

April 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: About 600 North Korean soldiers, who fought for Russia in its ongoing war against Ukraine, have been killed so far, according to South Korean lawmakers. Addressing the media after a closed-door briefing by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) on Wednesday, Lee Seong-kweun and Kim Byung-kee said that an estimated 4,700 […]