China steel output slows while India emerges as key growth market: Goldman Sachs report

Goldman Sachs projected relatively stable steel prices across major global markets through the remainder of 2026, with US steel prices expected to remain stronger than those in Europe, China and Brazil. Global steel prices continued to climb across major markets in April and early May, with Brazil emerging as the strongest-performing region, even as China’s…

AMFI January 2026 data: Gold ETF pulls in 2x more inflows, at par with equities for the first time

Gold ETF alone saw inflows worth ₹24,040 crore, which is nearly double of December’s ₹11,647 crore. Meanwhile, silver ETFs recorded a ₹9,463 crore inflow, highlighting the rising interest of investors in exchange-traded products that are not equities. Inflows into gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have surpassed the money channelled into equity mutual funds for the first…

EPFO raises advance withdrawal limit to ₹5 lakh from PF accounts

The move will enable members of retirement fund body EPFO to get their advance withdrawal claims of up to Rs 5 lakh settled within three days   Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday announced raising the limit from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh for auto-settlement of claims for advance withdrawal from employees’…

Vedanta to trim Hindustan Zinc stake via Rs 7,500 cr block deal amid capex push

Vedanta Ltd is set to divest shares worth up to ₹7,500 crore in Hindustan Zinc Ltd through block deals, with the sale likely priced at a discount of up to 10% from the stock’s last closing value.   Hindustan Zinc, once a state-owned enterprise, is now a key subsidiary of Vedanta Ltd and India’s largest…

Air India crash puts Boeing 787 Dreamliner back in spotlight: Whistleblower warned of ‘ticking time bomb’

Touted as a game-changer for long-haul travel, the Dreamliner’s legacy has increasingly been overshadowed by a trail of technical flaws, manufacturing lapses, and mounting safety fears. Michael Gordon Whitaker is an American lawyer who served as the 19th administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from 2023 to 2025. In picture: Whitaker testifies before the…

Trump warns Apple of 25% tariff on iPhones made in India or anyplace else; stock drops 2%

While the majority of Apple’s flagship phone production currently takes place in China, the company has begun to shift manufacturing operations to India.   President Donald Trump on Friday announced that Apple will be subject to a tariff of 25% or more for iPhones manufactured outside of the United States. In a statement on social…