The country’s largest organised retailer, Reliance Retail, may be back on the growth path in the third quarter of the current financial year backed by festive demand, sector analysts said. Parent Reliance Industries (RIL) is set to declare its financial results on January 16. In the result preview ahead of RIL’s earnings next week, global
A term insurance plan under the Married Women’s Property (MWP) Act will ensure financial protection of the insured’s wife and children in his absence. The insurance pay-out will only go to them and no creditor of any outstanding loan of the insured can stake claim on the amount. In case a woman is opting for
Zomato will not launch private labels and Blinkit’s quick food delivery platform, Bistro, operates independently without using any data from its Gurugram-based parent, Blinkit CEO Albinder Dhindsa clarified on Friday. The statement comes a day after the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) announced plans to take legal action against platforms like Zomato for allegedly
Infosys has escalated its legal battle with Cognizant by filing a counter-lawsuit in a US court. The lawsuit accuses the Nasadq-listed Cognizant and its CEO, Ravi Kumar, of engaging in anti-competitive practices and misusing sensitive information to undermine Infosys Helix, its flagship healthcare platform. The allegations were reported by Moneycontrol and mark a significant development
In a move that will bring relief to foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed a doubling of the additional disclosure threshold for FPIs with an exposure of Rs 25,000 crore. The suggestion – to raise the floor to Rs 50,000 crore of equity assets under management –
Maha Kumbh Mela 2025: Days before the start of the world’s largest religious congregation ‘Maha Kumbh 2025’, digital payment app PhonePe, in partnership with ICICI Lombard General Insurance, has launched a first-of-its-kind insurance coverage for devotees travelling to Prayagraj. The insurance plan is designed for travellers attending the upcoming Maha Kumbh Mela from January 13
Shares of Indian IT outsourcing giants Infosys Ltd., HCL Technologies Ltd. and Wipro Ltd. got a boost from Donald Trump’s US election win. They will get a chance to comment on how his presidency might affect their businesses when they post earnings. Overall, investors appear to view the incoming administration favorably for the sector, as
Larsen & Toubro’s chairman, SN Subrahmanyan, recently faced backlash after comments he made about wanting his employees to work 90 hours a week went viral. During an employee interaction, Subrahmanyan expressed regret over not being able to make employees work on Sundays, suggesting that working on weekends would lead to “extraordinary outcomes.” His remarks, which
Now, you won’t be charged for updating or modifying details of the nominee in your Public Provident Fund (PPF) account as “necessary changes” are being made to the Government Savings Promotion General Rules 2018. “In the Government Savings Promotion General Rules, 2018, in Schedule II, under ‘Fee to be charged for services,’ the words and
US President Donald Trump’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs have created a stir in the global markets, impacting almost all asset classes. Equities slumped, bonds surged, and gold hit new highs. Investors’ concerns grew, and their direct impact is visible on the prices of gold. Investors scramble towards safe-haven assets like gold in times of uncertainty, and
US President Donald Trump has announced a flat 26 per cent tariff on Indian goods with some exemptions and according to analysts, this comes as a double-edged sword for India’s textile sector. While the increased tariff is likely to impact exports with the US being a major market for Indian textiles, it also gives India’s
Infosys has filed fresh charges in a US district court against US-based Cognizant Technology Solutions, a report by The Times of India said. The company has accused Cognizant for leveraging its power of monopoly to restrain the competition and maintain its dominance in the healthcare software market via its platform Cognizant TriZetto Software Group. Infosys
The domestic brokerage house Motilal Oswal believes that the US tariff impact will remain minimal on India. India’s exports in the six most vulnerable sectors amount to only 1.1% of India’s GDP. “Overall, we believe that the impact of reciprocal tariffs (assuming full product-level reciprocity) on India will be limited on a national basis,” said