Onion prices still make eyes water despite Centre’s Rs 35/kg buffer sale The Centre is opening up its onion reserves to keep prices under control, but the intervention is yet to bring down the national average. Despite government’s subsidised onion sale, the average all-India retail price has risen to Rs 50.79 per kg from Rs…

SGBs carry a fixed annual interest rate of 2.50% on the amount initially invested. Investors of Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGBs) are reaping a bonanza with gold prices rallying strongly in the last few years. Despite the recent correction in gold prices, gold bonds are still yielding triple digit returns.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has…

FPIs turn sellers again, pull out Rs 7,443 crore from Indian equities in first week of September Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) turned net sellers of Indian equities in the first week of September, withdrawing Rs 7,443 crore after investing in the market for two consecutive months. The latest selling came as a rebound in crude…

PM Modi and Belgian PM Bart De Wever during their bilateral meeting in New Delhi NEW DELHI: Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said Europe had undergone a “rude awakening” over the risks of trade dependencies, acknowledging that India had warned European countries about the issue earlier but that the warning was not heeded.Speaking about…