Newspaper
Financial Express Kochi
Ceasefire collapses
HE WARNED THAT Iranian forces were preparing a “heavy response” without revealing details.
2 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Voice tariff tweak may impact telcos unevenly
FEATURE PHONE-HEAVY OPERATORS LIKE Vi, BSNL MORE EXPOSED
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Trump warns of 50% tariffs on nations supplying arms to Iran
HOURS AFTER THE announcement of a double-sided ceasefire in the West Asia conflict with Iran for two weeks, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned against any country supplying military weapons to the Islamic Republic, stating that he would impose a 50% tariff on all goods exported to the US.
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
The waiting game: RBI has done well to hold its horses
RESERVE BANK OF India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra has done well to refrain from immediate rate action, despite bond markets having anticipated one.
2 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
'Restrictions on forex position won't remain forever'
In the post-policy press conference, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra and the deputy governors spoke on the impact of the West Asia war and the rationale behind the measures taken to arrest the rupee depreciation.
3 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Bond yields log biggest slump in four years
Rupee gains 42 paise to close at 92.57
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Sebi enables lock-in of pledged shares
THE SECURITIES AND Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has introduced a mechanism to lock in pledged shares, particularly those of IPO-bound companies.
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Flawless cloud? Think again
FOR YEARS, THE tech industry has operated under a comforting illusion: that the cloud is an ethereal, invincible entity.
2 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
No immediate relief for airlines, travel bodies
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump’s two-week ceasefire with Iran is unlikely to provide immediate relief to the global aviation industry as it reels from its worst crisis in years, executives said on Wednesday, even as airline shares rallied after the deal.
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
A policy of caution
RBI REFLECTS DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF GEO-ECONOMIC REALITIES WITHOUT HINTING ATANY IMMINENT RATE HIKE
3 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Assam case: Khera moves Telangana HC for anticipatory bail
A DAY AFTER the Assam police searched his Delhi residence, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Wednesday moved the Telangana High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a case filed in Guwahati in connection with his allegations against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife.
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Cautious RBI holds rate, policy stance
GDP growth seen at 6.9% in FY27, inflation at 4.6%
2 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
World Bank pegs India GDP growth at 6.6%
FY27 PROJECTION AIDED BY FREE TRADE PACTS
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Vingroup to invest $8.5 bn in Maha; clean mobility in focus
VIETNAM'S VINGROUP WILL invest $8.5 billion (around ₹70,000 crore) in Maharashtra over the next two years, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Wednesday, marking a major foreign investment push into urban infrastructure and clean mobility.
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Marine insurance costs likely to remain elevated, say insurers
THE TWO-WEEK CEASEFIRE in West Asia is unlikely to offer any reprieve to exporters, with freight and insurance costs expected to remain elevated.
2 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
One in four cars sold by BMW are now electric
AT ATIME when Audi has temporarily stopped selling electric vehicles (EVs) in India — and Mercedes-Benz sells just one EV for every 10 cars it delivers — BMW Group India has said that one in four cars sold by it are now electric.
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
E-comm GMV surges 19-21% in 2025: Report
Tier 2+ cities contribute half of incremental orders
2 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Airport charges cut by 25% to ease airline cost pressure
THE CENTRE ON Wednesday announced a 25% cut in airport charges to ease airline cost pressures, directing major airports to reduce landing and parking fees for domestic flights for three months.
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
'Funding will help double AUM to ₹30,000 crore'
Digital lender KreditBee has raised $280 million in a Series E round, marking one of the largest startup funding rounds so far this year, that too, at a unicorn valuation of $1.5 billion.
2 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Titan expects 46% revenue growth in Q4
JEWELLERY AND WATCH-MAKER Titan Co is expected to have registered a 46% growth in revenue during the March quarter of FY26, aided by surging gold prices, according to the company’s latest quarterly update. The Tata Group-managed company recorded a 40% growth in standalone revenue during the October-December quarter.
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Rani Kapur: I am ‘head of the family’, but ‘nobody’ for Priya
RANI KAPUR, MOTHER of the late businessman Sunjay Kapur, has sharpened her attack in the ongoing dispute over the RK Family Trust, saying she is the “head of the family” while Priya Kapur considers her “nobody”, underscoring the deepening rift within the family.
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
IBBI moots realty insolvency fix on project basis
A PANEL EXAMINING challenges in real estate-specific insolvency cases recommended that the resolution process for stressed assets in the sector be conducted on a project-wise basis, rather than the current practice of taking the entire company into insolvency.
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Oil prices tumble below $100/bbl
OIL TUMBLED BELOW $100 a barrel on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, subject to an immediate and safe reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Tunnel that thinks and responds
FROM THE FRONT PAGE
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
March contraction hits FMCG amid Iran crisis
FAST-MOVING CONSUMER GOODS (FMCG) sector saw a sharp deceleration in growth in the March quarter of FY26, as weak urban demand and geopolitical tensions in West Asia weighed on consumer sentiment, according to Bizom data shared exclusively with FE.
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Anthropic’s Glasswing targets cyber threats
AI STARTUP ANTHROPIC has introduced Project Glasswing, a cybersecurity initiative that brings together major technology firms and critical infrastructure organisations to test an advanced, unreleased AI model designed to identify and address software vulnerabilities at scale.
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
MoSPI mulls mixed approach to estimate District Domestic Product
THE MINISTRY OF Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has proposed adopting “a mixed approach” for preparing District Domestic Product (DDP) estimates under the new GDP series with base year 2022-23.
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
India calls for free navigation via Hormuz
INDIA ON WEDNESDAY welcomed the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran and called for unimpeded freedom of navigation and flow of commerce through the Strait of Hormuz, while hoping that lasting peace will return to West Asia.
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Silver, gold script sharp comeback amid truce
SILVER PRICES SURGED ₹11,000 to ₹2.51 lakh per kilogram in the national capital on Wednesday, while gold advanced to ₹1.56 lakh per 10 grams amid strong global cues after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire.
1 min |
April 09, 2026
Financial Express Kochi
Land acquisition starts for East-West freight corridor
DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR Corporation of India (DFCCIL) has started the land acquisition process for the East-West Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) project, announced in the FY27 Budget, a senior DFCCIL official told FE.
2 min |