As tensions between India and Pakistan escalate, major Indian IT and global consulting firms have issued advisories urging employees in sensitive regions to work from home (WFH) and avoid non-essential travel. According to a report by Moneycontrol, several companies including HCLTech, Deloitte, EY, Tech Mahindra, and KPMG have taken precautionary measures to safeguard employees amid
The deal pipeline of technology stocks has been in focus. After a mixed Q4 show, April seems to be rather disappointing for the IT services players. As per the latest report by BNP Paribas, deal-wins have seen a significant slowdown in April compared to March. They further stated that most deal wins were related to
Reliance Jio continued to lead the monthly mobile subscriber additions for the second month in a row, registering 2.17 million new users in March, according to the data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Bharti Airtel, country’s second largest telco, added 1.25 million subscribers during the month. After losing 20,720 subscribers in
KFC, Pizza Hut operator Sapphire Foods on Wednesday released its fiscal fourth quarter earnings report wherein profit remained flat at Rs 2.02 crore. It posted revenue from operations at Rs 711.34 crore. This was 12.61 per cent higher in comparison to Rs 631.70 crore recorded during the corresponding quarter of FY24. The company EBITDA stood
Polycab India Ltd on Tuesday released its fiscal fourth quarter earnings report with profit at Rs 726.67 crore, surpassing estimates. This was 33.09 per cent higher in comparison to Rs 546.00 crore during the corresponding quarter of FY24. It posted revenue from operations at Rs 6985.80 crore, up 24.93 per cent as against Rs 5591.90
Prominent international private equity companies and major Indian healthcare companies are preparing to bid for the Sahyadri Hospitals as the company extends its bidding deadline. As per media reports, the bidders include prominent indian healthcare groups like Max Healthcare, Manipal Hospitals, and private equity companies like KKR, Blackstone, and EQT Partners. Sahyadri Hospitals was bought
The top audit firms have cemented their position in FY25 with India Inc preferring to get their audit work done by Big 6 firms like Deloitte, EY, Grant Thornton, KPMG, BDO, and PwC. Analysis shows that top six audit firms handled 326 assignments of the 483 Nifty-500 companies as on March 2025. Their dominance has
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and IBM are collaborating to advance the quantum industry in India through the Government of Andhra Pradesh’s new Quantum Valley Tech Park, which is under construction in Amaravati. The park will house an IBM Quantum System Two, equipped with a 156-qubit Heron quantum processor, making it the largest quantum computer in
It seems that the high-interest-rate regime, which prevailed for almost three years, has come to an end in the wake of the RBI slashing the repo rate by 100 basis points (bps) this year. However, there are some private sector banks that are still offering attractive interest rates on their fixed deposits (FDs) for senior
IndiGo airline operator InterGlobe Aviation reported a drop in first-quarter profit on Wednesday. The company posted a profit of Rs 2,176.3 crore for the April–June period, down 20.25 per cent from Rs 2,728.8 crore a year ago, and down 29 per cent sequentially from Rs 3,067.5 crore in Q4 FY25. Revenue from operations stood at
It was a quiet yet resilient day on Dalal Street as benchmark indices ended the session on a flat note with a slight upward tilt. The Sensex settled at 81,465.28, up 0.16%, while the Nifty wrapped up the day at 24,855.05, also gaining 0.18%. Meanwhile, the Nifty Bank ended the day at 56,150, down 0.13%.
It seems that long waits and weeks of uncertainty after filing income tax returns (ITRs) have become the thing of the past, at least for many individual taxpayers. This year, many taxpayers are receiving their income tax refunds within mere hours of e-filing their income tax returns. This is a major shift from past years
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has deposited Rs 560.21 crore with the Registry of the Bombay High Court in an arbitration matter that involved Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL). MMOPL, a subsidiary of Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra), is a joint venture between the company and MMRDA. While Reliance Infra holds 74
