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rupee marginally weakened to 85.78 per dollar on Thursday, from its previous close of 85.71/$1 due to month end dollar demand from oil companies, traders said. The currency traded in a range of 85.73/$1 and 85.91/$1 during the day, LSEG data showed.

Lines of Credit and Concessional Financing Scheme, through a lending bank to six partner countries during January 2022-January 2025, the Parliament was informed on Thursday. Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh said this in a written response to a query in Rajya Sabha. The Ministry of External Affairs was asked the details of foreign aid, developmental assistance, and loans provided by India to other countries between January 2022 and January 2025. «Government of India has offered new loans, under the Lines of Credit (LOCs) and Concessional Financing Scheme (CFS), through a lending bank to six partner countries during January 2022-January 2025. »The total amount of loans offered to these partner countries during the above-mentioned period stands at over USD 3.73 billion. This excludes disbursements for ongoing projects under earlier LOCs," the minister said. The MEA was also asked the details of foreign aid, developmental assistance, and loans received by India from other countries between January 2022 and January 2025.

FICCI-EY report. Moreover, digital media is expected to be the first M&E segment to cross Rs 1 trillion in ad revenues in 2026, it said. The Indian M&E sector is expected to grow at over 7 per cent in the next three years to cross Rs 3 lakh crore, it added. The Indian Media and Entertainment (M&E) sector in 2024 reached a total valuation of Rs 2.5 lakh crore (USD 29.4 billion) and contributed 0.73 per cent to India's GDP in 2024.

Ajeet Prakash Shrivastava on alleged complaint of corruption, misuse of official position, and regulatory violations, till April 2, the next date of hearing. A Bench led by Justice JB Pardiwala sought response from the Madhya Pradesh government and others on a petition filed by Shrivastava and Madhya Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority and posted the matter for further hearing on April 2. Shrivastava had sought directions for quashing the inquiry proceedings against him, which were pending before the inquiry committee constituted by the MP High Court. Senior counsel Shyam Divan, appearing for Shrivastava, told the SC that the inquiry had been initiated in complete disregard and violation to the procedure prescribed under Rule 35 of the Madhya Pradesh Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Rules, 2017 and other provisions of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016. The Economic Offences Wing had last year started investigations in the matter on a complaint that alleged that Srivastava had manipulated the recruitment process for various RERA positions. Thereafter, the state government wrote to the state HC's chief justice, who appointed Justice Maninder Singh Bhatti to probe the allegations.

sectoral deployment of bank credit shows Retail loans rose 14 percent (y-o-y) during the fortnight ended February 21 as compared with 18 per cent a year ago, largely due to decline in growth rate in ‘ unsecured personal loans’, ‘credit card outstanding’ and ‘vehicle loans. Credit to services sector went up by 13 percent (y-o-y) in the February 21 fortnight (21.4 per cent for the corresponding fortnight of the previous year), with a decelerated growth in credit to ‘non-banking financial companies’ (NBFCs). However, credit growth (y-o-y) to ‘computer software’ accelerated. Credit growth remained robust in ‘professional services’ and ‘trade’ segments, the RBI data showed. .

The government had asked for 72 days to complete the process. Some local organisations in Pithampur were opposed to the disposal of the waste near the town, but the government, in its affidavit filed before the court on Thursday, said the three trials of disposal were successful and did not lead to any adverse impact. The court then directed the government to ensure that all safety measures were taken, and dispose of the waste.

Domestic benchmark index NSE Nifty ended 105.11 points up at 23591.95, while the BSE Sensex closed 317.93 points up at 77606.43.

These high-performing stocks that rallied more than 10% during the session included, Aegis Logistics(14.90%), Everlon Synth(14.76%), Sharp Investments(14.49%), Garware Tech(13.71%), BEML(13.59%), DRC Systems India(11.93%), STC India(11.63%), GPT Infraproj(10.89%), Investment & Precision Castings(10.77%) and Orient Refractories(10.60%).

On the BSE, Ishaan Infrastru(down 19.93 per cent), Capri Global(down 15.59 per cent), Dr. Lalchandani Labs(down 15.45 per cent), Nxtdigital(down 14.82 per cent) and Cybele Ind(down 14.72 per cent) stood among the top losers in today's trade.

Shares of Persistent Systems Ltd.(up 2.26 per cent), Wipro Ltd.(up 1.8 per cent), Coforge Ltd.(up 1.01 per cent), LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 0.79 per cent) and Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.54 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

media and telecommunications regulator announced on Thursday that it has fined the operator of the adult-only platform OnlyFans £1.05 million ($1.4 million) for failing to meet age-verification and disclosure requirements, according to a report by Reuters. The fine comes amid growing concerns about the platform's involvement in hosting illegal content, including child sexual abuse material and trafficking. Meanwhile, another Reuters report earlier in January, 2025, noted that the popular subscription-based platform has been at the center of allegations involving its payment processors, Visa and Mastercard. According to the Reuters report, a whistleblower, identified as a senior compliance expert, filed a complaint in January 2023, accusing the two credit card giants of failing to stop their networks from processing payments for illicit material on the platform.

Shares of Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 3.46 per cent), TVS Motor Company Ltd.(up 1.09 per cent), Bosch Ltd.(up 1.01 per cent) and Exide Industries Ltd.(up 0.27 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s power generation unit resumed full electricity supply to the nation, four months after halving the feed over unpaid dues. “We’re making regular payments to Adani and receiving power as per our requirements,” Rezaul Karim, chairman of Bangladesh Power Development Board, said on Thursday. He didn’t specify the quantum of payments and whether past arrears have been cleared. Data from BPDB shows Adani increased power supply more than two weeks ago.

fog enveloped New Zealand’s Christchurch airport on Thursday (March 27) disrupting flight operations and throwing the travel plans of thousands of travellers out of gear. Airlines operating from Christchurch airport either cancelled or delayed their flights due to fog. According to a Christchurch Airport spokesperson, two flights were delayed at 8.40am on Thursday while by 10am the airport's website reported flights coming to Christchurch from Auckland and Nelson were cancelled. Among the affected airlines were Jetstar, which had to delay its flight from Auckland, and Air New Zealand. The latter had to cancel its flight to Invercargill due to fog and also divert some of them away from Christchurch. Just three weeks ago, Christchurch airport was rated as the best in a study of 3500 international travellers. New Zealand’s Queenstown Airport was in second position. Madeira Airport in Portugal ranked third with a score of 9.07. The study, involving 3500 international travellers, focused on airport experiences. Travelers rated airports based on factors like customer service and ease of navigation. Nineteen airports received sufficient reviews for inclusion in the rankings.

Indian benchmark indices fell almost 1% on Wednesday, snapping their seven-day winning streak, as traders found the pace of the recent run-up in the market excessive. NSE's Nifty fell 181.8 points, or 0.77%, to close at 23,486. BSE's Sensex declined 728.6 points, or 0.93%, to end at 77,288.

Zomato and Swiggy, and cut their target prices citing expectations of rising losses in the quick commerce business over the next 12-15 months and slowing growth in margins in the food delivery unit. The brokerage has downgraded Zomato from 'Buy' to 'Neutral', and cut its price target to ₹250 per share, and Swiggy to 'Underperform' from 'Buy' with price target slashed to ₹325.

The floor price has been set at ₹1,625 per share, a 4.9% discount to Wednesday's closing price of ₹1,695 on NSE. The base offer comprises 10.6 million shares (6.8% stake) worth ₹1,717.4 crore, along with a greenshoe option of 5.3 million shares (3.4% stake) valued at ₹858.7 crore.

Trump administration's deportation of some Venezuelan immigrants under a little-used 18th century law. The decision by the U.S.

Donald Trump has indicated that there will not be too many exceptions to his reciprocal tariff announcement on April 2. «We don't know what will happen. There is a bit of uncertainty around that. Whether tariffs will be announced or imposed on us, we will see what comes and adequately react,» said an official. Another official said the Indian industry is worried about the US' plan and wants early conclusion of the bilateral trade agreement. «Industry is paranoid. Lot of jobs are at stake. It is demanding to do it (BTA) as fast as possible otherwise they will suffer from the US reciprocal tariffs,» the official said, adding that the industry wants to avert or delay tariffs. In the scenario the tariffs are imposed as threatened, industry wants protection from the impact and has written to the government regarding the same, according to the official.

NITI Aayog is working on a programme to improve India's penetration into global value chains for the growth of domestic micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), its chief executive BVR Subrahmanyam said on Wednesday. Observing that MSMEs are more affected by regulations than large companies, he said the PM has taken a major step towards deregulation and a task force under the cabinet secretary is working on it.

Rajasthan leads with the largest share at 20.3%, followed by Maharashtra (11.8%), Gujarat (10.5%) and Karnataka (9.8%).