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
Zoho has suspended its semiconductor chip manufacturing plans. It had planned to invest about $700 million to establish semiconductor manufacturing facilities. The company was unable to find the right technology partner for its semiconductor businesses, Reuters reported. Sridhar Vembu, Zoho’s founder, said in a post on X that the semiconductor manufacturing business is very capital-intensive
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) on Thursday released its fiscal fourth quarter earnings with a profit growth 47.78 per cent on-year. Profit for the period came in at Rs 3,014.22 crore in comparison to Rs 2,039.66 crore recorded during the corresponding quarter of FY24. It posted revenue from operations at Rs 8,488.44
Income tax returns (ITRs) for AY 2025-26 (financial year 2024-25) finally started, with almost a two-month delay, on May 30, 2025. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on May 30 released two Excel-based utilities for ITR-1 and ITR-4 filers. Usually, the government makes online and offline ITR utilities available in the second or third
US President Donald Trump increased the tariffs on steel and aluminium, and the increased 50 percent tariffs would be effective from June 4. The increase in tariffs on steel and aluminium could have a major impact on Indian companies, as India exports about $4.6 billion worth of iron, steel, and aluminium products every year to
The Nifty Metal index hammered 1.6% to the 9,047.95 level on Monday after the US President Donald Trump said that he would double the import duty on steel imports, implying this Wednesday. On Friday, Trump announced to raise the tariffs on steel imports to 50%. He was addressing a rally at a US steel plant
Housing sales in India’s top 15 tier 2 cities dropped by 8% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, according to a report by real estate data analytics firm PropEquity. A total of 43,781 units were sold in Q1 2025 compared to 47,378 units in Q1 2024. However, despite the dip in volume, sales value
The board of beleaguered telco Vodafone Idea (Vi) has approved another round of fund raise amounting to Rs 20,000 crore, while the operator’s net loss widened sequentially in the March quarter. In an exchange filing late on Friday night, Vi informed the exchanges that subject to shareholder approval and/or other requisite regulatory/statutory approvals, the firm
