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Household essentials set to become costlier

TazaPulseMay 16, 2026

NEW DELHI : Your daily consumption basket, including staples, packaged foods and household essentials, could become more expensive in the months ahead as rising fuel prices push up supply chain and input costs. The fuel price revision, amid the ongoing West Asia conflict, is expected to add fresh pressure on FMCG companies, prompting them to...

Monsoon likely to hit Kerala on May 26: IMD

TazaPulseMay 16, 2026

NEW DELHI: Monsoon is likely to arrive in Kerala on May 26, IMD said Friday, forecasting an early start to the rainy season in India. Monsoon normally sets in over Kerala on June 1, give or take seven days.“This year, the southwest (summer) monsoon is likely to set in over Kerala on May 26 with...

Tata Trusts ordered to defer today’s board meets

TazaPulseMay 16, 2026

Maharashtra’s charity commissioner has ordered Tata Trusts to defer board meetings and launched an inquiry into complaints filed by vice-chairman Venu Srinivasan and advocate Katyayani Agrawal, stating that “the issues highlighted by them are serious and require due consideration.” The development deepens a governance dispute at one of India’s most influential philanthropic institutions where Srinivasan...

BJP stages protest outside Omar’s residence for liquor prohibition in Kashmir

TazaPulseMay 16, 2026

SRINAGAR: BJP Friday staged a protest outside J&K CM Omar Abdullah’s residence, demanding prohibition of liquor in Kashmir Valley.The party said it would launch protests from Qazigund town in south Kashmir to Karnah area on Line of Control in north Kashmir in the second phase of protests in near future if the National Conference govt...

Jim Cramer fears SpaceX’s IPO could be ‘destructive’ for the rest of market

TazaPulseMay 16, 2026

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday he is growing increasingly concerned about signs of speculative excess in the IPO market. The “Mad Money” host warned he didn’t want to “end up with another Cerebras,” arguing that the highly anticipated debut of Elon Musk’s SpaceX could fuel another wave of speculative buying. SpaceX is expected to go...

CBI arrests retired professor on NTA panel that set NEET paper

TazaPulseMay 16, 2026

NEW DELHI/CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: CBI on Fr-iday said it had arrested a retired chemistry professor, who it identified as a key accused in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, in Latur.PV Kulkarni, who spent over three decades in academia, was associated with National Testing Agency (NTA) as part of the panel that set the question paper....

Why the bond market has become a thorn in the market’s side

TazaPulseMay 16, 2026

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday that stock investors need to remember the bond market is in the driver’s seat at the moment — a dynamic that looms large ahead of key earnings reports next week. “The bond market’s wrath can smackdown any stock market no matter how robust,” said the “Mad Money” host. On Friday,...

Why the Indian currency breached 96 against US dollar

TazaPulseMay 16, 2026

Rupee slipped past the crucial 96-mark and hit a fresh all-time low of 96.14 against the US dollar in intraday trade on Friday, as soaring crude oil prices, escalating tensions in West Asia and persistent foreign capital outflows intensified pressure on the currency.At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 95.86 and weakened...

Rajnath, CM Naidu lay stone for AMCA project in Andhra, minister calls it ‘history chapter in defence history’; 8 cos to set up ‘Drone City’ in Kurnool

TazaPulseMay 16, 2026

NEW DELHI: In a big boost for the country’s stealth aircraft programme, defence minister Rajnath Singh and Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday laid the foundation stone for the core integration and flight testing centre at Puttaparthi in Sri Sathya Sai district of the state to fast-track the development of 5th-generation Advanced Medium...

Petrol, diesel prices up by Rs 3, CNG by Rs 2, further hike likely; no change in piped gas yet

TazaPulseMay 16, 2026

NEW DELHI: Amid mounting losses, public sector oil firms announced the much-anticipated increase in petrol and diesel prices, raising it by around Rs 3 a litre across metros on Friday, which was lower than expected. Piped kitchen gas prices were, however, left unchanged.Oil company executives did not rule out the possibility of a further increase...