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Multiple corporate actions are lined up this week — including record dates for dividends, rights issues, and bonus shares. Nearly three dozen companies will be involved, including Nifty stocks like Titan, JSW Steel, and Sun Pharmaceuticals.Here's what all is scheduled: Monday, July 7It will be ex-date and record date for-- Dodla Dairy: Final Dividend of Rs 2 per share-- Sun Pharmaceuticals: Final Dividend of Rs 5.50 per share-- Veedol Corporation: Final Dividend of Rs 22-- Exicom Tele-Systems: Right issueTuesday, July 8-- Titan Company: Dividend of Rs 11-- JSW Steel: Final Dividend of Rs 2.80-- JK Cement: Final Dividend of Rs 15-- Ingersoll-Rand (India): Final Dividend of Rs 25-- Bombay Oxygen Investments: Final Dividend 35-- Solar Industries India: Final Dividend of Rs 10-- 1:1 Bonus is
The electric dream is alive, with glitzy EV launches and a loud government push, but India's bumper-to-bumper traffic remains largely fossil-fuelled. Nine out of 10 cars sold in the first half of 2025 run on internal combustion engines (ICEs).While the government has set an ambitious target for electric vehicles to make up 30% of all passenger vehicle sales by 2030, carmakers are hedging their bets, underscoring the wide gap between policy ambitions and market reality.Maruti Suzuki, India's largest carmaker, sold 87% ICE vehicles - those run on petrol, diesel and CNG - in the January-June period, with hybrid and mild hybrid EVs making up the remaining 13%, data collated by market researcher Jato Dynamics showed.122271492The ICE share of Mahindra & Mahindra, which currently sells three
The NorthCHEF PRATEEK SADHU, founder of Naar — India’s first destination restaurant nestled in the hills of Kasauli — says that the hills have an ‘interesting’ dal culture. It’s a contrast to his native Kashmir, where the lentil plays a less prominent role, barring the Kashmiri whole moong, which is cooked with turmeric and a generous dose of fennel powder.Sadhu says in Himachal, they make rajma madra — kidney beans cooked in yoghurt gravy. According to regional culinary blogs, madra can be made using beans, pulses and peas and is a part of the traditional feast called dhaam. Dogras prepare madra with rajma, white chana, rongi, green pea and black lentil. In Himachali households, there’s a whole black gram dish slowcooked with no onion or garlic and eaten with makki ki roti
Inflation is expected to remain in line with the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) projections in the first quarter (Q1) of Financial Year FY26, driven by a favourable statistical base and continued deflation in essential commodities, according to the latest report by Bank of Baroda.Taking the influencing factors into consideration the RBI policy projects CPI inflation for the financial year 2025-26 at 3.7 per cent, with Q1 at 2.9 per cent; Q2 at 3.4 per cent; Q3 at 3.9 per cent; and Q4 at 4.4 per cent The BoB Essential Commodities Index (BoB ECI) remained in deflationary territory in June 2025, declining by -1.8 per cent year-on-year (YoY), compared to a -0.6 per cent drop in May 2025. This marks the third consecutive month of deflation, largely driven by sharp price corrections in vegetables
Former India Test captain Virat Kohli on Saturday lauded "star boy" Shubman Gill for "rewriting history" against England, saying that he deserves "all of this".Gill brought up his second consecutive century and third of the ongoing tour of England while crossing the 500-run aggregate in only fourth innings of the five-match series on Saturday.The 25-year-old captain struck 13 fours and eight sixes to make 161 off 162 balls, following up his first-innings' 269 to become only the second Indian after legendary Sunil Gavaskar to have scored a double century and a ton in a Test."Well played star boy. Rewriting history. Onwards and upwards from here. You deserve all of this," wrote Kohli, who retired from Test cricket a month before the England tour and is now settled in London.Gill amassed 430
