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After four straight sessions of losses, Indian equity benchmarks made a comeback on Tuesday helped by an across-the-board recovery. Paytm parent One97 Communications' shares too rebounded ending with a gain of 10 percent after continuing to decline following a weak debut last week. Meanwhile, market veteran Shankar Sharma, the market has to take a breather and there is still a long way to go befor...

The market continued to be in a bear grip on Monday extending losses for the fourth straight session. Sensex crashed over 1,170 points to log its worst single-day drop in over seven months whereas Nifty gave up the 17,420 level. Meanwhile, the Joint Committee of Parliament examining the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 has adopted its report on the bill with several opposition MPs, including th...

Paytm’s listing on the bourses and the tepid response it received remained the talk of the town on Thursday. The company’s CEO Vijay Shekhar, who got emotional ahead of the listing, said today's stock price or any day's share price is not a true reflection of the company's opportunity and scale. Sapphire Foods India, the KFC and Pizza Hut operator also joined the secondary market on the same day a...

At CNBCTV18.com , we have been tracking the cryptocurrency markets closely, and as the world now looks over to the new blockchain tech - NFT, we are ensuring that you are up to speed with the latest trends here too. Manisha Gupta of CNBC-TV18 spoke to Sandesh Suvarna- VP, NFT Marketplace at WazirX and Praphul Chandra- Founder and Chief Scientist at Koinearth about the frenzy around non-fungible to...

Morgan Stanley has recommended booking profits in India as valuations have run up above emerging market (EM) averages. Meanwhile, Asian Paints has confirmed another price hike of 4 to 6 percent effective December 5 due to high raw material inflation. So far this year, Asian Paints has taken a cumulative price hike of about 15-16 percent. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishk...

Today's electric vehicle market in India is a rich one - there are many products and many more enthusiastic buyers. But, while the product pie, when it comes to the vehicle itself grows, a fundamental challenge that original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have to contend with is the lack of infrastructure conducive to slow, overnight home charging.  It is a solution that simply doesn't work for a...

The Supreme Court came down hard on Arvind Kejriwal’s Delhi government on November 15 due to the rising levels of pollution. While the Delhi government mentioned stubble burning as the major cause, the top court stated it constitutes just 4 percent of air pollution. Meanwhile, as the government is set to bring a bill in the winter session to regulate cryptocurrencies, industry bodies have appealed...

Indian equity benchmarks made a big comeback on Friday following three days of losses. Both Sensex and Nifty50 ended 1.3 percent higher for the day recovering all losses in the past three days. However, FINO Payments Bank made a weak debut in the secondary market with its shares listing at a discount to the issue price. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar also talk...

The shares of FSN E-commerce Ventures, the parent company of Nykaa, continued to rise on November 11, a day after making a stellar debut on Dalal Street. According to Bloomberg Billionaires' Index, the company’s founder and CEO Falguni Nayar has become India's wealthiest self-made businesswoman. Meanwhile, Zomato shares too rose 6 percent despite headline indices trading lower. In this edition of...

The Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), one of the pilot unions of Air India, has asked the management to clear the dues of pilots ahead of the transfer of the airline to the Tata Group. They said that the failure to clear arrears will lead to "mass protest and industrial unrest". In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar shares Mahindra & Mahindra’s financial results for the...

The Centre is unlikely to take a tough stance on cryptocurrency, a report said, adding that it, however, may not recognise the currency as legal tender either. Meanwhile, Samir Arora, founder and fund manager at Helios Capital, on Monday told CNBC-Tv18 that his firm would not apply for any initial public offer (IPO) in the Indian market for the remainder of the current financial year. In this edit...

Shankar Sharma of First Global on Wednesday said it is not the time to be sitting on cash and that it could turn out to be a big mistake. In this edition of the Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar shares what the veteran investor said about Samvat 2078 and the risks in the stock market. She talks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s review of districts where the COVID-19 vaccine cove...

Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh has been arrested by Enforcement Directorate in connection with a multi-crore money laundering case. He will remain in ED custody till November 6. Meanwhile, on the occasion of Dhanteras, actor Sushmita Sen stated that she blindy invests in gold. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar reveals why and a few other investmen...

Sensex and Nifty50 made a strong comeback on Monday after three days of losses, helped by buying across sectors. Meanwhile, the initial public offering (IPO) of PB Fintech that operates Policybazaar and Paisabazaar opened for subscription today. On the economic front, petrol and diesel prices soared to record highs after a fresh hike. The cost of a commercial LPG cylinder was increased by Rs 266....

Facebook Inc’s name has been changed to Meta. The company says it is a rebranding exercise that focuses on its ambitions building the "metaverse." Meanwhile, in India’s stock market, Sensex plunged 670 points and Nifty was down 185 points at close as the benchmark indices logged the biggest weekly fall in eight months. The world's second-largest cryptocurrency, on the other hand, hit an all-time h...

It was the worst day for Indian equity benchmarks since April on October 28 ahead of the expiry of monthly derivatives and as Morgan Stanley downgraded India citing expensive valuations. Meanwhile, Nykaa owner FSN E-Commerce Ventures went public today and its initial public offering was subscribed 132 percent till 4 pm on the first day of bidding. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com...

The share market reversed early gains to end lower on Wednesday, breaking a two-day winning streak. Metals and financial stocks bled on Dalal Street dragging the benchmarks down. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has formed a panel of cyber experts to investigate the allegation of the Pegasus snooping case. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar also talks about the World...

Nomura, a global financial services group downgraded Indian equities to ‘neutral’ on Tuesday as it believes valuations are too stretched and a lot of positives are already priced in. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar shares what Chetan Seth, Asia-Pacific equity strategist at Nomura said about Indian markets. She also discusses the latest on Zee and Invesco’s tuss...

The market made a comeback on October 25 after a 4-day fall. During today’s session. the shares of ICICI Bank soared over 11 percent on the back of its highest ever quarterly profit on a standalone basis in the September quarter. Meanwhile, reports say a whistle-blower has informed the market regulator SEBI about related party transactions by Asian Paints' promoters. Following the development, the...

Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan has warned the use of digital US dollars may impact poor nations adversely. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar explains what unintended consequences, Rajan thinks, US digital dollar may have on poor economies. She also talks about how the stock market fared this week, the record-high fuel prices, why Marke...

In 278 days since the COVID-19 vaccination drive started in January this year, India on October 21 achieved the milestone of administering 100 crore vaccine doses. Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India, said he was relieved that the AstraZeneca partnership worked out well. Meanwhile, reports say the Union Cabinet has cleared a hike of 3 percent in dearness allowance (DA), which means th...

After remaining stable for two days, the cost of fuels was hiked again on October 20. Petrol rates were hiked by up to 34-35 paise and diesel prices were raised by 35-37 paise. Meanwhile, Sensex and Nifty suffered sharp losses extending their fall to a second straight day. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’s Kanishka Sarkar shares more details about the market, the latest on cruis...

The coal stock situation at thermal power projects seems to be inching towards normalcy as the number of non-pit head projects having less than four days of coal reduced to 61 on October 17 from 70 a week ago, according to government data. Meanwhile, different tobacco stocks reacted differently to the announcement of the government forming a committee for future taxation policy for tobacco. In thi...

The toll in the devastating landslides and flash floods that occurred in the south-central districts of Kerala surged past 30 on October 18. The state government put the number of deaths in rain-related incidents since October 12 at 38. Meanwhile, VK Paul, COVID Task Force chief, has said that it looks like the tapering phase of the second COVID-19 wave in India but also pointed to districts where...

An expert panel of India's central drug authority has recommended granting emergency use authorisation to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for children and adolescents in the 2 to 18 years age group. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has announced that airlines can operate domestic flights without any capacity restriction from October 18 onwards. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com ’...