July 2026

The ministry of petroleum and natural gas (MoPNG) on Sunday dismissed reports claiming that Bhutan had refused to import India’s E20 petrol, stating that no such offer had ever been made by the country’s oil marketing companies (OMCs). Calling the claims incorrect, the ministry said there is no proposal to export E20 petrol to Bhutan.In…

Credit growth has picked up over the past few months, but banks have struggled to grow their deposit base to match it. Growth in current account and savings account (CASA) deposits has particularly slowed, with retail investors now having a range of avenues to put their savings in, such as stocks and mutual funds. These…

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France’s Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates his team victory at the end of the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Paraguay and France in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP In the city where the Declaration of Independence was adopted 250 years ago, the Fourth of July had turned Philadelphia into…

Small companies are punching above their weight on Wall Street. A trader at the New York Stock Exchange. The Russell 2000, which tracks shares of smaller companies, climbed some 22% in the first six months of the year. That is the best first half since 1991, beating the Nasdaq composite by around 9 percentage points—its…

2 min readNew DelhiJul 4, 2026 08:31 PM IST Written by Prerna  Sakshi Jain, an 18-year-old from Pachora town in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district, who secured All India Rank 1 in the ICAI CA Foundation examination, told indianexpress.com that seeing her result felt “unrealistic,” especially since she had feared failing the Law paper. “I was very afraid after seeing the…

3 min readMumbaiUpdated: Jul 4, 2026 09:47 PM IST With the screening of Panha, a Marathi-language short film directed by Sakshi Mishra, Parda Faash 3.0 opened in Mumbai on Friday evening. The film — which is a poignant meditation on the human cost of development and, at the same time, infused with hope — set…

Amarnath Yatra (File photo) JAMMU: The third batch of 4,812 pilgrims left for Shri Amarnath cave shrine from Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu amid chants of “Bam Bam Bhole” on Saturday, a day after 12,168 pilgrims paid obeisance to the naturally formed ice Shivling on the opening day of the 57-day annual pilgrimage.“While 2,041…

2 min readNew DelhiJul 4, 2026 06:07 AM IST Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said India’s expanding middle class has emerged as the country’s engine of growth, with consumption-led demand helping the economy remain the world’s fastest-growing major economy after the Covid-19 pandemic. The middle class is no longer merely a beneficiary of economic…

Epigral Ltd., an integrated chemicals manufacturer, is embarking on its next phase of growth by capitalising on India’s rising demand for construction, infrastructure and renewable energy. The company is anchoring its growth strategy on a sustained capital expenditure programme, capacity additions in Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC) Resin and Epichlorohydrin (ECH), and a sharper focus on…