Sensex tumbles 849 points; slips below 81K

Equity benchmark index Sensex tumbled 849 points to slip below the 81,000 level on Tuesday due to widespread selling pressure after the US issued a draft notice over the implementation of an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian products.

Pramod Sawant: ‘Despite Debt, Goa Is Investing In Capital Creation’

‘We have created massive infrastructure in the past six years.’ IMAGE: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant addresses the Atal Asra Camp, an initiative to provide secure housing solutions for marginalised communities, offering support for home repairs, renovations, and new housing

New I-T rules to be notified by Dec-end

The Income Tax department is working on simplified I-T forms and aims to notify new rules by December-end to give effect to the new I-T Act, which will come into force from April 1 next year, a senior tax official

OYO to file DRHP in Nov, eyes $7-8 bn IPO valuation

Global travel tech firm OYO plans to file its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) in November, eyeing a $7-8 billion valuation for its IPO, sources said. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters The company is expected to approach its board with the proposal

Fitch affirms India’s sovereign rating at ‘BBB-‘

Fitch Ratings on Monday affirmed India’s sovereign rating at ‘BBB-‘, with a stable outlook, saying a strong record of delivering growth and improving fiscal credibility will drive improvements in structural metrics. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters “India’s ratings are supported by its

Trump’s Tariffs Bites Surat’s Diamond Industry

‘We will be able to anticipate the full picture of the impact after August, which is also the time when demand for a year begins to peak ahead of the December holidays and Valentine’s Day.’ IMAGE: Estimates of job losses

Bank of India tags RCom, Anil Ambani as fraud

After the State Bank of India, Bank of India has classified the loan account of insolvent Reliance Communications as fraudulent and named its former director, tycoon Anil Ambani, citing alleged fund diversion in 2016, according to a regulatory filing. Photograph:

Factors that will guide the markets this week

Indication of a potential US Federal Reserve rate cut may trigger optimism in the domestic equity market, with investors’ attention shifting to the looming deadline for additional US tariffs on Indian goods in a holiday-shortened week ahead, analysts said. Illustration:

Gold may consolidate, but bias stays positive

Gold prices are likely to remain in a consolidation phase in the near term, but the overall bias will continue to stay positive amid heightened expectations of a US Federal Reserve rate cut in its September policy meeting, analysts said.

Forex reserves rise by $1.4 bn to $695.1 bn

India’s forex reserves rose by $1.49 billion to $695.106 billion during the week ended August 15, according to RBI data released on Friday. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had increased by $4.75 billion to