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Crude oil, Strait of Hormuz and Fed cues to drive stock market this week

TazaPulseAugust 16, 2026

Geopolitical developments, crude oil major driving factors for market movement this week After snapping a two-week winning run, Indian equities are likely to remain sensitive to geopolitical developments, with the Strait of Hormuz, US-Iran standoff and crude oil prices expected to influence trading activity this week.According to analysts, with the quarterly earnings season now behind...

CJP claims questions on youth protests, NEET, police action disallowed in Lok Sabha

TazaPulseAugust 16, 2026

CJP claims that three sets of questions by DMK MP Matheswaran V.S. were disallowed in the LS under Rule 41(2) NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party chief spokesperson, Saurav Das, has claimed that three sets of questions concerning the CJP-led youth protests were disallowed during the recently concluded Monsoon Session of Parliament.In a post on X,...

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Goldman picks China stocks poised to benefit from wave of AI-related exports

TazaPulseAugust 16, 2026

China has entered a new phase of exporting artificial intelligence-related hardware, creating “globally relevant export winners,” Goldman Sachs analysts said. Its analysis found companies with market opportunities ranging from $12 billion to $212 billion by 2030. With growing uncertainty around U.S. restrictions on high-tech imports from China, many exporters are instead expanding into Europe and...

CM Suvendu Adhikari vows probe into possible ‘threat’ angle

TazaPulseAugust 16, 2026

“Will probe if anyone threatened him”, CM Suvendu said. NEW DELHI: West Begal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said he would ensure probe into suicide of TMC leader Asish Banerjee to ascertain if the former ex-deputy speaker was “threatened”.“Will probe if anyone threatened him”, CM Suvendu said as per news agency PTI, hours after the TMC leader...

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Top 5 firms lose Rs 1 lakh crore in market value; TCS, Reliance suffer biggest hit

TazaPulseAugust 16, 2026

Dalal Street ended last week in the red, with five of India’s 10 most valued firms losing nearly Rs 1 lakh crore in market capitalisation, with IT major TCS suffering the steepest decline. Sensex ended the week 489.92 points, or 0.62 per cent, lower, while Nifty lost 204.65 points, or 0.83 per cent.“Markets ended the...

Govt fixes refinery-wise output targets; Reliance gets biggest quota

TazaPulseAugust 16, 2026

Govt fixes refinery-wise output targets, Reliance gets biggest quota India, for the first time, has set production targets for individual public and private-sector refineries and upstream companies as it looks to build a stronger domestic supply system after the Middle East chaos disrupted imports.In an order issued earlier this week, the petroleum and natural gas...

Rijiju on PM Modi’s I-Day remarks

TazaPulseAugust 16, 2026

Rijiju said that Prime Minister’s remarks were not meant for opposition leaders. NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s remarks on “dimagi naxals” were not meant for the opposition leaders.Amid opposition’s criticism over PM’s remarks during his Independence Day speech, Rijiju said that the “dimagi naxals”...

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BJP lodges complaint against Sonia Gandhi as Vande Mataram row intensifies

TazaPulseAugust 16, 2026

The controversy erupted after visuals from the Independence Day programme at the Congress headquarters showed senior party leaders speaking among themselves NEW DELHI: BJP leaders on Sunday lodged a formal complaint against Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi at the Urwa Police Station in Karnataka. The move escalated a political row over the recitation of...

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PM Modi’s quiet Independence Day morning with cows, peacocks

TazaPulseAugust 16, 2026

PM Modi shares his morning routine NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday shared a glimpse of his morning routine, posting a video of himself feeding cows and peacocks before leaving for the Red Fort for India’s 80th Independence Day celebrations.In a post on Instagram, Modi said feeding the animals was part of his...

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Students to gherao CM residence on August 20 if demands not met

TazaPulseAugust 16, 2026

Jharkhand students and aspirants protest NEW DELHI: The protest by students and job aspirants over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations entered its 23rd day on Sunday, with the agitators announcing plans to burn effigies of chief minister Hemant Soren and congress leader Rahul Gandhi across all 24 districts.The protesters, under the banner of JPSC-JSSC...