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Nigeria Joins BRICS as Partner State to Boost Investment

Nigeria has become a partner state of the BRICS group of emerging-market powers.

Nailing the 'smart business casual' code during winter

Looking 'smart casual' is easy if you build a wardrobe around versatile separates like blazers and trousers

How Perceived Wealth Triggers Spending Habits

You're in the elevator lobby of your 14th-floor apartment, scrolling through e-commerce deals, though you have no intention of buying. A neighbor enters, mentions the price at which an apartment in the building recently sold, and you're surprised to learn it's significantly higher than what you paid seven years ago. Upon entering your apartment, you unlock your phone again to find a discount on your 18-month-old phone model. Without much thought, you click 'Buy Now'.

IT's Top 5 Might End This Fiscal a Tad Better Than the Last One

Tech services companies' growth optimism reflects in better recruitment numbers

Union Budget Likely To Offer Personal Income Tax Relief

in the July 2024 budget. The bold move to revamp the individual income tax regime comes at a time economic growth is expected to moderate to 6.4% in the current financial year, below the post-pandemic average of 8.3% seen in the preceding three financial years.

Toyota's multi-tech EV push for India

Japanese auto major Toyota will launch electric vehicles (EV) as part of a multi-technology approach towards combating carbon emission in India, as EVs alone will not be able to tackle it, according to top company officials in India.

Indigenous approaches to fire control hold lessons for the US

America must adopt traditional techniques deployed in Australia

Indian startup to offer new cancer therapy

Kiran Shaw-backed Immuneel will provide CAR T-cell treatment

Private investment, jobs to rise in FY26: CII

Investments by the private sector as well as employment opportunities are expected to rise in FY26, according to a survey of over 300 businesses including large, medium, and small firms.

House sale tax: Are furnishings deductible?

I am planning to sell my house in a few months and want to understand how to calculate the cost of acquisition for all tax purposes. Specifically, can I include the expenses of furnishing the house as part of acquisition cost while determining the taxable gains?

Whether Trump's Tariffs Will Aid or Harm the US Is Far From Clear

Indiscriminate tariffs that don't fit into a larger strategy can hurt the barrier-erecting country more than its trade partners

India, Oman FTA negotiations over

India is not seeking customs duty concessions on over 100 product categories such as liquor and cigarettes in the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with Oman, which is under negotiations between the two countries, sources said.

Loan No Longer a Four-Letter Word

Things are so perverse that only if you buy on credit, can you avail certain discounts

NCLT Directs Tulip Hotels' Liquidation

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has directed the liquidation of debt-ridden Tulip Hotels, as the tribunal failed to receive any bidder during its insolvency resolution process within the prescribed timeline.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru plans to expand its cricket ecosystem

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), the third most valued franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL), will broaden its cricket ecosystem by offering everything from branded items to fitness over the next few years, chief operating officer Rajesh Menon said.

ABHA ID sign-up sought for all patients

ABHA health ID is a 14-digit number enabling access to health records, prescriptions, and consultations

What protects us from being stabbed in our own homes?

India extracts a very high price from those who hurt its rich and middle class but this shield could weaken

Trump and the threat to global trade: Much ado about nothing?

His past moves won little success even as key changes since have made world trade less vulnerable

RIL Back on Track With Q3 Show, Say Brokerages

Reliance Industries Ltd, India's most valuable company, is back on a growth path after six months of challenges as it posted better than expected earnings in the December quarter, brokerages said.

Perplexity eyes TikTok merger in $50 bn bid

Perplexity AI submitted a bid to TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd, to merge with its US operations and create a new entity, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Want to be leader in all segments we operate in, says ITC chief Puri

Conglomerate has articulated 'ITC Next Strategy' to sharpen its competitiveness

AESL order book swells to ₹54,700 cr

Adani Energy Solutions Ltd has won two new transmission projects, helping swell its order book to ₹54,700 crore—more than three times the work order it had at the start of the current fiscal in April 2024.

FPI Shorts Near Records as Street Awaits Trump

The 100 executive orders that Trump plans to sign on his first day in office is a new source of worry for markets

Government pay hikes: Fiscal prudence please

The 8th Pay Commission is being set up to revise the salaries of an already-privileged class of employees. Unless kept modest, pay hikes are sure to hit the government's finances hard

Six of Top 10 Firms Shed ₹1.71 tn in mcap

The combined market valuation of six of the top 10 valued domestic firms eroded by ₹1.71 trillion last week, with IT majors Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services taking the biggest hit.

The Great Wealth Transfer Is Being Powered By Women

American women over 60 last year controlled some $8 trillion of liquid wealth assets, according to a McKinsey survey

Gaza Ceasefire Begins as Hamas Names the 3 Hostages to be Released

Hamas had earlier blamed the delay in handing over the names on 'technical field reasons'

Why Early-Stage Consumer Brands Are Foraying Abroad

High-end products across sectors often struggle to attract price-sensitive Indian consumers

Alpha Wave, Z47 to part exit from OfBusiness

Alpha Wave Global and Z47 Partners (formerly Matrix Partners India), two major investors in business-to-business (B2B) marketplace OfBusiness, are set to make partial exits worth $100 million in six to nine months, as the company prepares for its public listing later this year, co-founder and CEO Asish Mohapatra said.

TikTok Goes Dark in US, Disappears From All App Stores

By preemptively taking the app offline, TikTok now has a chance to mobilize its US user base to protest the ban