It’s a busy week on the Q4 results calendar with over 30 companies reporting their earnings in this holiday-shortened week. From tech majors Infosys, Wipro to the big boys of the banking world, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank are all set to report their Q4 performances. Wipro: Q4 earnings on April 16 Tricky times for
By Narry (Narsimha Rao Mannepalli) It’s the Annual earnings season for most of the Indian IT industry and would be a good checkpoint to reflect on where we are and what lies ahead of us. By all indications, FY 2026 is shaping up to be another year of muted growth for the Indian IT industry—likely
Fairmont Mumbai, Accor group‘s luxury hotel chain, which was launched this week in the metropolis, is looking to break even within 5-7 years, general manager Rajiv Kapoor said in a conversation with FE. The Mumbai property, located in the suburb of Andheri, is the second for Accor’s Fairmont brand in India after the Fairmont Jaipur
IT services major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has decided to defer employee salary hikes for 2025 which were earlier expected to start in April. The company cited the growing macroeconomic uncertainty intensified by the ongoing tariff war between the US and other countries for the decision. The IT major made the announcement during the company
IT services giant Infosys on Thursday announced that the company will release results for the fiscal fourth quarter and year ended March 31 on April 17, 2025. “Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, will announce results for the fourth quarter and year ended March 31, 2025 on Thursday, April 17, 2025
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Accenture, and Infosys have secured the top three positions on LinkedIn’s 2025 Top Companies list for India, according to a report released by the professional networking platform. The annual list identifies 25 large companies that offer professionals strong career growth opportunities based on user activity on LinkedIn. Cognizant also made it
The government announced a Rs 50 hike in LPG prices and proposed Rs 2 excise duty increase on petrol and diesel, seeking to use this to compensate oil marketing companies (OMCs) for their Rs 41,338 crore losses in FY25. According to a report by CNBC TV18 which cited sources, state-run OMCs — Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
With the fiscal fourth quarter earnings season all set to kickstart this week, Nuvama Institutional Equities said that earnings weakness persisting during 9MFY25 is likely to streak through Q4FY25 as well. Summarising the key highlights, the brokerage elaborated, “i) Top-line growth for coverage (ex-OMCs) is likely to be subdued (~6 per cent YoY) for a
The deadline for filing Income Tax Return is fast approaching and many taxpayers across India must still be rushing to file their ITR for FY 2024-25 (AY 2025-26). While the e-filing system has simplified tax submissions, last-minute filings often lead to errors. These errors can result in penalties, delayed refunds or in some cases, even
Adani Power and Bhutan’s state-owned generation utility, Druk Green Power (DGPC), on Saturday signed an agreement to set up a 570 MW Wangchhu hydroelectric project in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. The Wangchhu project will see an investment of about Rs 6,000 crore in setting up the renewable energy power plant and related infrastructures. ALSO
The Indian equity market continues to underperform EM peers for the second straight week. The Nifty is stuck in a tight range below the 25,000 mark. The story is not very different if you track the Sensex, either. On a 12-month basis, the MSCI India Index is down 10% compared to the MSCI EM Index
Health insurers may need to raise premiums by 3–5% to offset the loss of input tax credit (ITC) after the full GST exemption on individual life and health policies, Kotak Institutional Securities said in a report. The brokerage noted that despite a possible price hike, customers would still benefit from a 12–15% reduction in prices
The tax reforms unleashed by the government has missed an important segment of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), namely, detergents. The Rs 45,000-crore category, among the largest FMCG segments in India, continues to attract an 18% GST. There has been no rationalisation of tax there, even as some other daily-use items such as soaps, hair oils