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Country facing challenges; let’s have minimum glorification, maximum governance: Congress on PM podcast

New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) The Congress on Monday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his interaction with American podcaster Lex Fridman, saying that at a time when the country is facing grave challenges and the neighbourhood is volatile, there should be “minimum self-glorification and maximum governance”. In an interaction lasting over three hours with Fridman, Modi opened up on a host of foreign affairs issues and also touched on various aspects of his life journey. “Almost a year ago, he said he was non-biological. Now he says that he believes in the 1+1 theory: 1 in

Optimism on Financial Performance Declines; Industrial Sector witnesses largest drop since Q3 2023

MUMBAI, India, March 17, 2025 (PRNewswire) A recent survey of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) in India, conducted by Dun & Bradstreet India, a leading global provider of business decisioning data and analytics, found that CFOs’ confidence for both industrial and services financial performance has reduced compared to Q4 2024. The Dun & Bradstreet India Composite CFO Optimism Index analyses the optimism level of CFOs on 12 parameters: operating margin, liquidity position, level of financial risk on company’s balance sheet, risk appetite, need for raising short-term and long-term funds, cost of raising funds, availability of funds, domestic and global macro-economic scenario,

State Bank of India shelves $1.7 billion fund raising as yields elevated, sources say

MUMBAI, March 17 (Reuters) – State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender by assets, is shelving plans to raise funds this fiscal year, discouraged by elevated bond yields despite a policy rate cut and liquidity boost from the central bank, three sources aware of the matter said on Monday. The bank had planned to raise as much as 150 billion rupees (about $1.7 billion) through sale of bonds before the end of March, but will now tap the market in the next financial year that starts in April, the sources said. Get the latest news from India and how

Maruti Suzuki to hike vehicle prices by up to 4 pc from April

New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) Maruti Suzuki India on Monday said it will hike vehicle prices by up to 4 per cent from April in order to offset the impact of rising input costs. In light of rising input costs and operational expenses, the company has planned to increase the prices of its cars from April, the country’s largest carmaker said in a regulatory filing. The price increase is expected to be up to 4 per cent and will vary depending on the model, it added. While the company continuously strives to optimise costs and minimise the impact on its

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