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Mumbai, Apr 9 (PTI) Country's largest IT services company TCS on Thursday reported a 12.22 per cent jump in its March quarter net profit at Rs 13,718 crore. The Tata Group company reported a net profit of Rs 12,224 crore in the January-March period last year and Rs 10,657 crore in the preceding December quarter. For fiscal year 2025-26, TCS' PAT inched up 1.35 per cent to Rs 49,210 crore, as against Rs 48,553 crore in FY25. From a headcount perspective, the company added 2,356 jobs in Q4 to t ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 9, 2026: Axis Max Life Insurance Limited ("Axis Max Life" / "Company"), formerly known as Max Life Insurance Company Limited, has secured the top position in the Hansa Research Customer Experience Study (CuES) 2026, ranking #1 among Indian life insurers with a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 61. Conducted by Hansa Research, a full-service global market research agency conducting research in over 100 countries, the study captures insights from over 3,500 customers across 12 life insu ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 9: As India's T20 season reaches fever pitch, Real Cricket is bringing the party to every player's phone.KRAFTON India and Nautilus Mobile have launched the 4.7 update - the most ambitious content drop in the franchise's history. Seven officially licensed IPL franchises are playable in the game, complete with authentic jerseys and real player faces. Irfan Pathan brings his voice to the commentary box. Twenty international cricketers get their real bowling act ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Jayant Chaudhary, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Minister of State for Education, on Wednesday initiated the campaign to build a Skills Outcomes Fund, a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at unlocking aspirational livelihoods for youth from low-income backgrounds. The fund envisages mobilising public and private capital to scale outcomes-based financing (OBF) in India's skilling ecosystem, linking inves ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 8, 2026: Axis Max Life Insurance Limited ("Axis Max Life" / "Company"), formerly known as Max Life Insurance Company Limited, has secured the top position in the Hansa Research Customer Experience Study (CuES) 2026, ranking #1 among Indian life insurers with a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 61. Conducted by Hansa Research, a full-service global market research agency conducting research in over 100 countries, the study captures insights from over 3,500 customers across 12 life insu ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8: Axis Max Life Insurance Limited ("Axis Max Life" / "Company"), formerly known as Max Life Insurance Company Limited, has secured the top position in the Hansa Research Customer Experience Study (CuES) 2026, ranking #1 among Indian life insurers with a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 61. Conducted by Hansa Research, a full-service global market research agency conducting research in over 100 countries, the study captures insights from over 3,500 customers across 12 life in ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Dalal Street witnessed a major relief on Wednesday, with equity benchmarks opening sharply higher, jumping more than 3 per cent each after the announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the US-Israel-Iran conflict by both sides. Sensex climbed as much as 3.71 per cent or 2, 775 points to 77, 392, hitting an intra-day high in early trade. Similarly, Nifty traded at 23, 938, up 3.52 per cent or 815 points, from the previous close amid buying in auto, realty, banking, IT, and metal sector sto ...Read More >
NewsVoir New Delhi [India], April 8: Axis Max Life Insurance Limited ("Axis Max Life" / "Company"), formerly known as Max Life Insurance Company Limited, has secured the top position in the Hansa Research Customer Experience Study (CuES) 2026, ranking #1 among Indian life insurers with a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 61. Conducted by Hansa Research, a full-service global market research agency conducting research in over 100 countries, the study captures insights from over 3,500 customers across ...Read More >
Investing.com -- UBS on Monday nudged down its S&P 500 price targets, flagging elevated oil prices from the Middle East conflict as a threat to growth and a likely delay to Federal Reserve rate cuts, though the bank maintained its broadly positive outlook on U.S. equities. The firm cut its June 2026 S&P 500 target from 7,300 to 7,000 and its December 2026 target from 7,700 to 7,500. Its earnings estimate for 2026 was left unchanged at $310 per share, implying 11% growth. "Slightly weaker growt ...Read More >
MUMBAI: When the numbers go silent, the noise on screen gets a little harder to measure. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has extended the suspension of television rating data for news channels, directing Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) to withhold TRPs for another four weeks. The latest order, issued on March 31, 2026, builds on an earlier directive from March 6 that had paused ratings for a month. The ministry has clarified that the blackout will continue for four weeks or u ...Read More >
Chintels Paradiso Case: In a first, Haryana RERA referred to Google's 'AI overview' to determine how much property rates have increased in Gurugram's Sector 109 In a significant order linked to the 2022 Chintels Paradiso collapse on Dwarka-Gurgaon Expressway, the Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (HRERA) has directed the developer to pay over Rs 4 crore as compensation to a homebuyer, relying in part on Google's AI-powered insights to assess rising property prices. Google AI Data Used t ...Read More >
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 6: Galgotias University, in collaboration with Salesforce, the world's leading AI CRM platform, has established the Salesforce Centre of Excellence - Tableau AI Data Lab on its campus. The initiative marks a significant step towards embedding Artificial Intelligence driven data analytics and visualization capabilities into mainstream academic learning, preparing students for the evolving demands of the data driven economy. Also Read | Mediterranean S ...Read More >
April 6 (Reuters) - Shares of Wipro (WIPR.NS), opens new tab rose as much as 3.2% on Monday after the Indian IT services firm agreed to buy the IT services business of Singapore-based Olam Group (OLAG.SI), opens new tab for an enterprise value of $375 million. The stock was last up 1.9% at 9:34 a.m. IST, making it the top gainer on the IT index (.NIFTYIT), opens new tab, which was trading 0.5% higher. It was also the second-biggest gainer on the benchmark Nifty 50 (.NSEI), opens new tab, which ...Read More >
MUMBAI, April 6 (Reuters) - India's central bank is expected to keep interest rates on hold on Wednesday as policymakers assess the fallout from the war in Iran, which threatens the South Asian economy and has battered its currency and bond markets. Instead, the focus is likely to be on calming financial markets, with assurances of readiness to support the weakening rupee and inject liquidity to keep bond yields in check, economists and traders said. All but two of 71 economists in a March 23- ...Read More >
MUMBAI, April 6 (Reuters) - India's central bank is expected to keep interest rates on hold on Wednesday as policymakers assess the fallout from the war in Iran , which threatens the South Asian economy and has battered its currency and bond markets. Instead, the focus is likely to be on calming financial markets, with assurances of readiness to support the weakening rupee and inject liquidity to keep bond yields in check, economists and traders said. All but two of 71 economists in a March 23 ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Chintan Shivir on the Pharmaceutical Sector, organized by the Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council of India (PHARMEXCIL), with the support of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, concluded successfully today in Hyderabad. This event marked the continuation of the series of discussions, following successful editions in Chandigarh and Ahmedabad, and served as a platform for strengthening India's pharmaceutical export agenda. The inaugural session, chaired by ...Read More >
April 6 (Reuters) - Shares of Wipro rose as much as 3.2% on Monday after the Indian IT services firm agreed to buy the IT services business of Singapore-based Olam Group for an enterprise value of $375 million. The stock was last up 1.9% at 9:34 a.m. IST, making it the top gainer on the IT index, which was trading 0.5% higher. It was also the second-biggest gainer on the benchmark Nifty 50, which was down 0.2%. Olam Holdings, a unit of the Singapore food and agribusiness conglomerate, will se ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): State governments and Union Territories across the country are expected to raise a total of Rs 2,54,509 crore through market borrowings during the first quarter of the 2026-27 financial year. According to an indicative calendar released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday, these borrowings will take place between April and June 2026 as part of the states' efforts to manage their financial requirements. The central bank, acting as the debt manager fo ...Read More >
Franklin Templeton has launched Sapphire Equity Long-Short SIF, its first offering under the SIF framework. The fund uses a quantitative strategy with long and short positions across Nifty 500 stocks. Designed for high-risk investors, it aims to generate alpha through dynamic allocation and disciplined risk management across market cycles. Franklin Templeton (India) has announced the launch of Sapphire Equity Long-Short SIF, its first offering under Specialised Investment Funds (SIF). It is an ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 3 (PTI) The Reserve Bank of India's Benchmark Issuance Strategy (BIS) for select states is expected to improve transparency and liquidity in the State Development Loan (SDL) market, say experts. According to market experts, the impact on borrowing costs and yield spreads is likely to be gradual amid the continued heavy supply of state bonds. The central bank has decided to roll out the strategy on a pilot basis from FY27, under which states will issue securities in specific benchma ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government's Public-Private Partnership (PPP) dialysis programme received a boost with the introduction of an AI-enabled monitoring system aimed at improving patient safety and treatment quality. Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said the initiative would enhance clinical oversight and bring public dialysis services on par with private healthcare standards. The system, introduced by NephroPlus at KC General Hospital in Bengaluru, enables real-time tracking of critical di ...Read More >
Pune, 1 April 2026: Force Motors Limited, India's largest van maker and a leading automotive manufacturer, reported total domestic wholesales of 36,536 units in FY 2025-26, registering a 20% growth compared to 30,531 units in FY 2024-25. The year witnessed growth across the portfolio, owing to strong demand in both urban and rural passenger mobility segments and continued strength in institutional and defence businesses. The company's flagship, Force Traveller, maintains its leadership in the l ...Read More >
New Delhi : Godrej Enterprises Group and Tata Capital have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate India's intralogistics transformation by introducing structured finance lease solutions -- an emerging and differentiated model in the Indian forklift and material handling equipment market. The collaboration enables businesses to scale operations without large upfront capital expenditure and aims to finance lease assets worth ₹100 crore over the next three years. With sectors such as e ...Read More >
New Delhi: The National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday said it has partnered with Indian Gas Exchange Ltd (IGX) to introduce exchange-traded derivatives based on domestic natural gas prices. As part of the collaboration, NSE will launch natural gas futures contracts linked to IGX's benchmark price index -- Gas IndeX of India (GIXI), reflecting pricing based on actual trades on the IGX platform. In a statement, the exchange said it has received approval from markets regulator Sebi to launch ...Read More >
Mumbai: Valuations of Indian IT stocks have fallen to their cheapest levels since July 2020 after the recent selloff, opening up an opportunity for gradual accumulation over the next two years, said fund managers. The Nifty IT index is currently trading at a price-to-earnings multiple of 20.6 times, well below its five-year average of 29.16 and ten-year average of 24.4, making it the lowest valuation for the sector since the post-Covid period of July 2020. "The Indian IT sector is passing thro ...Read More >
Delhi/Hyderabad, April 1 (Maxim News): The National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday said it has partnered with Indian Gas Exchange Ltd (IGX) to introduce exchange-traded derivatives based on domestic natural gas prices. 'Here To Join Us On WhatsApp As part of the collaboration, NSE will launch natural gas futures contracts linked to IGX's benchmark price index -- Gas IndeX of India (GIXI), reflecting pricing based on actual trades on the IGX platform. In a statement, the exchange said it ha ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday said it has partnered with Indian Gas Exchange Ltd (IGX) to introduce exchange-traded derivatives based on domestic natural gas prices. As part of the collaboration, NSE will launch natural gas futures contracts linked to IGX's benchmark price index -- Gas IndeX of India (GIXI), reflecting pricing based on actual trades on the IGX platform. In a statement, the exchange said it has received approval from markets regulator Seb ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 1 (ANI): National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) on Wednesday announced a collaboration with Indian Gas Exchange Limited (IGX) to introduce exchange-traded derivatives based on natural gas traded and delivered on the IGX platform. The initiative aims to strengthen India's domestic natural gas market by providing efficient risk management tools to market participants. As part of the collaboration, NSE will launch Indian natural gas derivative contracts based o ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: LG Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Monday visited Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)'s Bhalswa landfill to review the ongoing bioremediation work aimed at flattening the mountain of garbage.While inspecting the site, Sandhu told officials to address the issue of not only legacy waste but also the continuous inflow of fresh waste.He noted that while significant progress has been made since PM Modi, on Swachhata Diwas 2021, flagged the three landfill sites in Delhi -- Bhalswa, Ghazipur and O ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The government has drawn a hard line under its electronics push, pairing fresh approvals worth thousands of crores with a blunt warning: subsidies will not flow to companies that treat India as a factory floor without building design muscle. Signalling a shift from scale to strategic value, Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said firms under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) must embed design, quality and engineering in India or risk losing support. The ...Read More >
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